Amber Shaw is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Emory University, specializing in biological anthropology with a focus on aging and disease prevention. Her interdisciplinary research bridges behavioral science and molecular biology, utilizing non-invasive techniques and biomarkers to investigate aging in wild chimpanzee populations at Gombe Stream National Park. Amber’s work explores the impact of early-life adversity, social integration, and sex differences on individual aging trajectories. She aims to apply her findings to improve health span and quality of life across species by integrating biological insights with personal histories.
Before coming to Emory, Amber earned a B.A. from Harvard University with a concentration in Human Evolutionary Biology and wrote her honors thesis on the social impacts of infant mortality among wild bonobos.