top of page
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d58e30_ee617accd8d440cf8fb48644e9498dd6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_115,h_52,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/d58e30_ee617accd8d440cf8fb48644e9498dd6~mv2.jpg)
Biological Anthropologist
Associate Professor, UCCS
Boettcher Investigator
![Tara Cepon Robins 2.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d58e30_36a604fabd93499c80ba641fb35604b8~mv2_d_4608_3456_s_4_2.jpg/v1/crop/x_1061,y_500,w_2383,h_2384/fill/w_314,h_314,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Tara%20Cepon%20Robins%202_JPG.jpg)
About Me
I am an Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. I am interested in the effects of inequality, infrastructural neglect, and global climate change on human health. Specifically, I research how exposure to parasites and other pathogens becomes embodied and alters immune function, growth, and development.
​
Ongoing research includes investigating the prevalence and health effects of intestinal parasitic infections in marginalized and low-resource communities in the United States. I also conduct ongoing research with the Shuar Health and Life History Project, the World Health Organization's SAGE project, and the UCCS Gerontology Research Affiliates.
​
![Ecuador.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d58e30_63d13ee37b70445cb4b2a4f810fb5d50~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_10,y_166,w_594,h_210/fill/w_832,h_281,al_c,lg_1,q_80,enc_auto/Ecuador.jpg)
bottom of page