Erica Kilius

Erica Kilius is a medical anthropologist whose research focuses on the roots of health inequities through both biocultural and public health perspectives. She has a particular interest in sleep as a mechanism that both influences and is influenced by health risk. Erica holds a PhD from the University of Toronto in Evolutionary Anthropology and a M.P.H. in Population Health from SFU. She uses mixed method approaches, integrating interview, survey, accelerometer, and environmental data to examine how health risks emerge and persist across our lifespans. Erica is currently working with an agropastoral community in South Africa to understand how risk of livestock theft influences both sleep and overall well-being, as well as the structural barriers to healthcare access faced in this community.