About Dr. Hutchinson Janis Faye Hutchinson, Ph.D., M.P.H. is a biological/medical anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology, University of Houston. I received my doctorate from the University of Kansas; and my master’s and bachelor degrees from the University of Alabama. My research interests include condom use, HIV/AIDS, racism and health, and health issues among African Americans. My publications focus on these topics and African-American identity as shown in Cultural Portrayals of African Americans: Creating an Ethnic/Racial Identity, 1997. I am currently examining the impact of recent DNA information (mapping of the human genome) on health beliefs among Indian Americans.