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Dr. Riach received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University
of Georgia.
He is a faculty fellow of the Honors College at F.I.U. and has been an
adjunct with the university for several years. His research and
teaching interests include the interconnections between ecosystem health and
human well-being, with a focus on the Amazon and South Florida regions. His work combines multiple
theories and methodologies from anthropology, epidemiology, medicine, ecology,
and geography. He also specializes in traditional health knowledge and ethnobotany of native people in the Ecuadorian and
Peruvian Amazon. He has worked on health and environmental projects
among indigenous rainforest cultures including the Cayapas
and the Siona-Secoya of Ecuador and the Aguaruna and
Yagua of Peru. As a member of Project
Amazonas, Inc., a humanitarian and environmental research and education
non-profit organization, he has helped develop integrated strategies to
address health, conservation, and development needs in the Peruvian Amazon.
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