Sagan Friant
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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522 Carpenter
University Park, PA - She/Her
- srf215@psu.edu
- 814-865-3129
Research Summary
Evolutionary anthropology of human health, disease ecology, nutrition, socio-ecological systems, bushmeat hunting, Nigeria.
Huck Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- Ecology
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Ecology Institute
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
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Publication Tags
Parasites Infection Cercocebus Food Nigeria Food Security Uganda Rivers Biodiversity Infections Social Behavior Primates Health Bushmeat Cercopithecus Aethiops Demography Gastrointestinal Parasites Dogs Food Supply Antiparasitic Agents Rainforest Parasite Infectious Diseases Wildlife Communicable DiseasesMost Recent Papers
Typical intracranial myiasis in Nigerian red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus) caused by an unknown bot fly (Diptera: Oestridae)
Sagan Friant, Daniel K. Young, Tony L. Goldberg, 2022, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife on p. 14-19
Faecal parasites increase with age but not reproductive effort in wild female chimpanzees
Sarah Renee Phillips, T. L. Goldberg, M. N. Muller, Z. P. Machanda, E. Otali, S. Friant, J. Carag, K. E. Langergraber, J. C. Mitani, E. E. Wroblewski, R. W. Wrangham, M. Emery Thompson, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Eating bushmeat improves food security in a biodiversity and infectious disease “hotspot”
Sagan Friant, Wilfred A. Ayambem, Alobi O. Alobi, Nzube M. Ifebueme, Oshama M. Otukpa, David A. Ogar, Clement B.I. Alawa, Tony L. Goldberg, Jerry K. Jacka, Jessica M. Rothman, 2020, EcoHealth on p. 125-138
Life on the rainforest edge: food security in the agricultural-forest frontier of cross river state, Nigeria
Sagan Friant, Wilfred A. Ayambem, Alobi O. Alobi, Nzube M. Ifebueme, Oshama M. Otukpa, David A. Ogar, Clement B.I. Alawa, Tony L. Goldberg, Jerry K. Jacka, Jessica M. Rothman, 2019, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Demography and health of “village dogs” in rural Western Uganda
David Hyeroba, Sagan Friant, Johnson Acon, James Okwee-Acai, Tony L. Goldberg, 2017, Preventive Veterinary Medicine on p. 24-27
Combining footwear with public health iconography to prevent soil-transmitted helminth infections
Sarah B. Paige, Sagan Friant, Lucie Clech, Carly Malavé, Catherine Kemigabo, Richard Obeti, Tony L. Goldberg, 2017, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on p. 205-213
Social behaviours and networks of vervet monkeys are influenced by gastrointestinal parasites
Colin A. Chapman, Sagan Friant, Kathleen Godfrey, Cynthia Liu, Dipto Sakar, Valérie A.M. Schoof, Raja Sengupta, Dennis Twinomugisha, Kim Valenta, Tony L. Goldberg, 2016, PLoS One
Changes in physiological stress and behaviour in semi-free-ranging red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus) following antiparasitic treatment
Sagan Friant, Toni E. Ziegler, Tony L. Goldberg, 2016, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Primate reinfection with gastrointestinal parasites: behavioural and physiological predictors of parasite acquisition
Sagan Friant, Toni E. Ziegler, Tony L. Goldberg, 2016, Animal Behaviour on p. 105-113
Combining Footwear with Public Health Iconography to Prevent Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections
Sarah Paige, Sagan Friant, Lucie Clech, Carly Malave, Catherine Kemigabo, Richard Obeti, Tony Goldberg, 2016, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on p. 9 pgs.
Most-Cited Papers
Drivers of bushmeat hunting and perceptions of zoonoses in Nigerian hunting communities
Sagan Friant, Sarah B. Paige, Tony L. Goldberg, 2015, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Eating bushmeat improves food security in a biodiversity and infectious disease “hotspot”
Sagan Friant, Wilfred A. Ayambem, Alobi O. Alobi, Nzube M. Ifebueme, Oshama M. Otukpa, David A. Ogar, Clement B.I. Alawa, Tony L. Goldberg, Jerry K. Jacka, Jessica M. Rothman, 2020, EcoHealth on p. 125-138
Social behaviours and networks of vervet monkeys are influenced by gastrointestinal parasites
Colin A. Chapman, Sagan Friant, Kathleen Godfrey, Cynthia Liu, Dipto Sakar, Valérie A.M. Schoof, Raja Sengupta, Dennis Twinomugisha, Kim Valenta, Tony L. Goldberg, 2016, PLoS One
Primate reinfection with gastrointestinal parasites: behavioural and physiological predictors of parasite acquisition
Sagan Friant, Toni E. Ziegler, Tony L. Goldberg, 2016, Animal Behaviour on p. 105-113
Threats from trading and hunting of pottos and angwantibos in Africa resemble those faced by slow lorises in Asia
Magdalena S. Svensson, Sagan C. Friant, 2014, Endangered Species Research on p. 107-114
Changes in physiological stress and behaviour in semi-free-ranging red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus) following antiparasitic treatment
Sagan Friant, Toni E. Ziegler, Tony L. Goldberg, 2016, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Life on the rainforest edge: food security in the agricultural-forest frontier of cross river state, Nigeria
Sagan Friant, Wilfred A. Ayambem, Alobi O. Alobi, Nzube M. Ifebueme, Oshama M. Otukpa, David A. Ogar, Clement B.I. Alawa, Tony L. Goldberg, Jerry K. Jacka, Jessica M. Rothman, 2019, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Combining footwear with public health iconography to prevent soil-transmitted helminth infections
Sarah B. Paige, Sagan Friant, Lucie Clech, Carly Malavé, Catherine Kemigabo, Richard Obeti, Tony L. Goldberg, 2017, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on p. 205-213
Demography and health of “village dogs” in rural Western Uganda
David Hyeroba, Sagan Friant, Johnson Acon, James Okwee-Acai, Tony L. Goldberg, 2017, Preventive Veterinary Medicine on p. 24-27
Lung fluke (Paragonimus africanus) infects Nigerian red-capped mangabeys and causes respiratory disease
Sagan Friant, Kelsey Brown, Mason T. Saari, Nicholas H. Segel, Julia Slezak, Tony L. Goldberg, 2015, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife on p. 329-332