Dr Muriel Lamarque PhD FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
Summary
I am an Anthropologist and Senior Lecturer in Public Health, teaching modules across the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. My research interests include migrant health, social inequalities, popular and traditional healing practices, gender and identity within a Critical Medical Anthropology and Social Epidemiology approach.
About
After receiving my Bachelor’s in Anthropology from the National University of La Plata (Argentina) in 2015, I continued my postgraduate studies in Spain, where I completed an MSc in Applied Anthropology, Health and Community Development at the University of Salamanca. I was awarded my PhD in Health and Development in the Tropics from the same institution in 2021.
Much of my research has focused on Health Anthropology, particularly the illness experiences and related practices of marginalized populations, such as people from low socioeconomic status or racial/cultural minorities. Throughout my career, have worked in community settings evaluating the impact of social programmes, as well as in Hospitals and third-sector organisations conducting primary research on social determinants of health.
My current line of research focuses on the health-seeking behaviours and community aid practices of Latin American migrants settled in Europe. Besides assessing the impact of restrictive care access policies on their overall well-being and specific indicators, my work analyses the importance of transnational health networks in distributing goods and knowledge for ailment care, as well as the maintenance of traditional Latin healing practices in European urban settings.
Alongside my core area of work, I contribute to several multidisciplinary research groups that address emerging issues, including health-related practices and values associated with sustainable food consumption, and the effects of climate change on the well-being of underserved populations.
I joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2022.
Teaching
Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Sociology, Public Health
MSc Public Health, BA Sociology
Gender, Sexuality and Culture
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Health and Human Rights: Intersections, Challenges, and Solutions
Dissertation (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Research
- Social and Economic Research Institute
LAHUK: Latin American Health in the UK
Publications
Journal articles
Uribe Guajardo, M.G., Diab, J.L., Curry, G., Lamarque, M., Mazariego, J., Briozzo, E., ... Cravero, K. (2025). Advancing Participatory Approaches in Global Migrant Research: A Roundtable Discussion. Journal of immigrant and minority health. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-025-01798-4
Moro Gutiérrez, L., Lamarque, M., & Tomé Martín, P. (2025). Los valores ligados a la alimentación en las etnografías españolas del siglo XXI. Archives on Food, Culture and Nutrition (AFOCUN), 3 (1), 53-74. http://doi.org/10.17398/3020-3635.3.53
Moro Gutiérrez, L., & Lamarque, M. (2020). Alimentación, estilo de vida y participación: un estudio etnográfico de los grupos de consumo agroecológico en Castilla y León. Disparidades. Revista de Antropología, 75 (1). http://doi.org/10.3989/dra.2020.010
Lamarque, M., & Moro Gutiérrez, L. (2020). Itinerarios terapéuticos y procesos de atención de la enfermedad en migrantes latinoamericanos: conflictos, negociaciones y adaptaciones. Migraciones internacionales, 11, 1-18. http://doi.org/10.33679/rmi.v1i1.1796
Orden, A.B., Lamarque, M.S., & Apezteguía, M.C. (2019). Trend in childhood obesity reflects socioeconomic status in Argentina. Annals of Human Biology, 46 (7-8), 531-536. http://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1694070
Orden, A.B., Lamarque, M.S., Chan, D., & Mayer, M.A. (2019). Short sleep and low milk intake are associated with obesity in a community of school aged children from Argentina. American Journal of Human Biology, 31 (3). http://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23224
Lamarque, M., & Moro-Gutiérrez, L. (2018). The last possible resort: Latin American migrants’ rapport with Spanish healthcare. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 11 (4), 270-281. http://doi.org/10.1108/ijhrh-01-2018-0004
(2017). Preventing childhood obesity: Contributions from the social sciences to intervention. Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria, 115 (2). http://doi.org/10.5546/aap.2017.eng.169
Lamarque, M., & Gutiérrez, L.M. (n.d.). Curando dentro, cuidando fuera: mujeres latinoamericanas y prácticas terapéuticas en el contexto migratorio transnacional. Physis: Revista de Saúde Coletiva, 30 (2). http://doi.org/10.1590/s0103-73312020300222
Book chapters
Lamarque, M., & Moro Gutiérrez, L. (2021). Curing and caring in the domestic sphere. Therapeutic practices, gender roles and conflicts in transnational migratory space. In Estudios interdisciplinares de género. Thomson Reuters Aranzadi
Moro Gutiérrez, L., & Lamarque, M. (2019). El estudio de las prácticas económicas alternativas a través de una metodología multitécnica. In Espacios y prácticas económicas alternativas en las ciudades españolas. Thomson Reuters Aranzadi
Other activities
Member of the Global Research Network on Migrants in Big Cities and the INTERCLIME Network
Postgraduate supervision
PhD supervision of Maysoon Shafiq. Project on the underutilisation of palliative care services by the Muslim community in the UK