Barrett P. Brenton is a biocultural anthropologist who is presently
an Associate Professor of Anthropology at St. John's University and
a Vincentian Research Fellow. As a specialist in
nutritional/medical anthropology, his cross-cultural research is
focused on international food security and policy, meeting the
health care needs of the poor and the health consequences of
dietary change. Dr. Brenton's applied research experience has taken
him to both rural and urban impoverished areas across the U.S., to
the Peruvian Andes and the Ecuadorian Amazon, to Kenya, Zambia and
South Africa. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst.