Elisa J. Sobo is professor of anthropology at San Diego State University and a clinical associate professor in the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. A leading medical anthropologist and methodologist, she is co-chair of the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Public Policy, sits on the editorial boards of Anthropology & Medicine and Medical Anthropology, is book review editor for Medical Anthropology Quarterly, and has served on the executive board of the Society for Medical Anthropology and the Royal Anthropological Institute's Medical Committee in the UK. She publishes extensively in major social science, health care, and medical journals and is author, co-author, or co-editor of twelve books, including The Cultural Context of Health, Illness, and Medicine, 2d ed, (Praeger 2010), Culture and Meaning in Health Services Research (Left Coast 2009), Child Health Services Research: Applications, Innovations, and Insights (Jossey-Bass 2003), and The Endangered Self: Managing the Social Risks of HIV (Routledge 2000).