Dr Michelle Pentecost is a physician-anthropologist. Her research and publication record reflects her work and interest across disciplines including clinical medicine, anthropology, science and technology studies, urban studies and global health. Michelle holds a degree in medicine from the University of Cape Town and has a decade of work experience as a clinician in South Africa. She defended her doctorate in Anthropology at the University of Oxford, specialising in the anthropology of postgenomics and global health. As a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, her current research in South Africa investigates the social and ethical implications of public health interventions in the early life period from preconception to early childhood, and develops innovative qualitative methodologies for studying the social factors that shape life trajectories. For more information and recent publications visit michellepentecost.net or follow on twitter @medanthdoc.