Background
Lex, Barbara Wendy was born on March 12, 1941 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Daughter of Walter Albert and Ruth Lex.
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Barbara Wendy Lex, American Medical anthropologist. Achievements include development of the concept of ritual trance, autonomic type II alcoholism in women. Recipient Dissertation Completion award Syracuse University, 1969, Faculty Research award W. Michigan U., 1972; New York State Regents scholar, 1957, Syracuse University Trustee scholar, 1957.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Syracuse University, 1969; Master in Public Health in Public Health, Harvard University, 1982.
Career
Assistant professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1969-1970; assistant professor, W. Michigan U., Kalamazoo, 1970-1975; associate in psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1987; assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987-1990; associate professor, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1990; associate in anthropology, McLean Hospital ADARC, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1987-1988; associate anthropologist, McLean Hospital ADARC, 5, Massachusetts, since 1989. Member DAAR-1, IRG, Rockville, Maryland., since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Expert witness United States Congress Senate Committee, Washington, 1988, House of Representatives Committee on Children, Washington, 1990. Fellow Society for Applied Anthropology, American Anthropological Association. Member American Public Health Association, Society for Study Psychiatry and Culture.
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American
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Recipient Dissertation Completion award Syracuse University, 1969, Faculty Research award W. Michigan U., 1972. New York State Regents scholar, 1957, Syracuse University Trustee scholar, 1957.Recipient Dissertation Completion award Syracuse University, 1969, Faculty Research award W. Michigan U., 1972. New York State Regents scholar, 1957, Syracuse University Trustee scholar, 1957.