Tamara Hershey, PhD
Health and Human Development, Environment, Environmental Toxins, Motor and Cognitive Function

Tamara Hershey is a psychiatrist working with colleagues at Washington University to study how environmental toxins impact South Africans’ motor skills and cognitive functions. Elsewhere, she is studying how malnutrition affects those human abilities among Ghanaians and Malawians.
Location

Ghana

Malawi

South Africa
Goals & Impact
Interpret how environmental toxins affect South African miners and how malnutrition affects Ghanaians and Malawians.