Sagan Friant
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
-
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
Links
Most Recent Publications
Towards a 'people and nature' paradigm for biodiversity and infectious disease
Rory Gibb, David W. Redding, Sagan Friant, Kate E. Jones, 2025, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
VESPA: an optimized protocol for accurate metabarcoding-based characterization of vertebrate eukaryotic endosymbiont and parasite assemblages
Leah A. Owens, Sagan Friant, Bruno Martorelli Di Genova, Laura J. Knoll, Monica Contreras, Oscar Noya-Alarcon, Maria G. Dominguez-Bello, Tony L. Goldberg, 2024, Nature Communications
Child and adolescent foraging: New directions in evolutionary research
Ilaria Pretelli, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Edmond Dounias, Sagan Friant, Jeremy Koster, Karen L. Kramer, Shani M. Mangola, Almudena Mari Saez, Sheina Lew-Levy, 2024, Evolutionary Anthropology
A systematic mapping review of links between handling wild meat and zoonotic diseases
Luke Tumelty, Julia E. Fa, Lauren Coad, Sagan Friant, Joseph Mbane, Cedric Thibaut Kamogne, Caleb Yengo Tata, Amy Ickowitz, 2023, One Health
Course Design Unbundled: A Trauma-Informed Modality of Faculty Development
M Capofari, L Cruz, Rebekah Dawson, Sagan Friant, L Hood, A Smith, 2023, Journal of Faculty Development on p. 72-75
Human behaviors driving disease emergence
Sagan Friant, 2023, Evolutionary Anthropology
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
Zootherapy as a potential pathway for zoonotic spillover: A mixed-methods study of the use of animal products in medicinal and cultural practices in Nigeria
Sagan Friant, Jesse Bonwitt, Wilfred Ayambem, Nzube Ifebueme, Alobi Alobi, Oshama Otukpa, Corrigan Shea, Jesse Bonwitt, Andrew Bennett, Tony Goldberg, Jessica Rothman, Jerry Jacka, 2022, BMC: One Health Outlook on p. 21
Faecal parasites increase with age but not reproductive effort in wild female chimpanzees: Reproduction & Aging in Wild 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
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
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
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
Faecal parasites increase with age but not reproductive effort in wild female chimpanzees: Reproduction & Aging in Wild 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
A systematic mapping review of links between handling wild meat and zoonotic diseases
Luke Tumelty, Julia E. Fa, Lauren Coad, Sagan Friant, Joseph Mbane, Cedric Thibaut Kamogne, Caleb Yengo Tata, Amy Ickowitz, 2023, One Health
News Articles Featuring Sagan Friant
Aug 16, 2022
Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria
A team of researchers led by Penn State has been awarded $4 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate the elements that lead to the spread of Lassa virus from rodents to humans in Nigeria.
Full Article
Aug 01, 2022
What is monkeypox and why is it spreading?
"It was first discovered in monkeys in a laboratory setting in central Africa, it does infect monkeys, and has been isolated from monkeys, but they're not the primary reservoir for the disease," says Sagan Friant, an anthropologist at Pennsylvania State University in the United States.
Full Article
Jun 07, 2022
Penn State researcher says current monkeypox outbreak is unexpected but risks remain low
More than 1,000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed as of Monday in 29 countries, including the U.S., since May. Philadelphia reported a case last Thursday, which the Centers for Disease Control confirmed was the first in Pennsylvania.
Full Article