作者： 特雷莎·麦克费尔（Theresa MacPhail） 医学人类学家，作家，史蒂文斯理工学院人文、艺术和社会科学学院副教授。她在美国加州大学伯克利分校获得医学人类学博士学位，是美国人类学协会会员、2018年NEH（美国国家人文基金会）公共学者，研究和写作集中在全球健康、生物医学和疾病领域。如今，她和她的猫以及数十亿尘螨一同住在布鲁克林。 译者： 秦琪凯，麻省总医院和哈佛医学院博士后研究员，博士毕业于上海科技大学（生命科学与技术学院和iHuman研究所）。译有《优雅的守卫者》。

作者： 特雷莎·麦克费尔（Theresa MacPhail） 医学人类学家，作家，史蒂文斯理工学院人文、艺术和社会科学学院副教授。她在美国加州大学伯克利分校获得医学人类学博士学位，是美国人类学协会会员、2018年NEH（美国国家人文基金会）公共学者，研究和写作集中在全球健康、生物医学和疾病领域。如今，她和她的猫以及数十亿尘螨一同住在布鲁克林。 译者： 秦琪凯，麻省总医院和哈佛医学院博士后研究员，博士毕业于上海科技大学（生命科学与技术学院和iHuman研究所）。译有《优雅的守卫者》。

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