Henrietta Byrne

Henrietta Byrne

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Henrietta is a PhD Candidate and emerging researcher in Gender Studies and Anthropology at the University of Adelaide. Henrietta's research is situated within Science and Technology Studies (STS), medical anthropology, and sociology of health. Her PhD examines the politics of evidence-making and hierarchies of knowledge production in relation to epigenetics and intergenerational trauma. Henrietta also researches the ongoing legacies of the British nuclear testing program that took place in South Australia in the 1950-60s. Broadly, her work explores how evidence of environmental exposures is produced in health spaces. Henrietta completed a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in 2017, also at the University of Adelaide.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Keaney, J., Byrne, H., Warin, M., & Kowal, E. (2024). Refusing epigenetics: indigeneity and the colonial politics of trauma. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 46(1), 23 pages.
    DOI
    2023 Keaney, J., Byrne, H., Warin, M., Kowal, E., Meloni, M., Gilbert, S., . . . Brown, A. (2023). Epigenetic science and Indigenous health: key issues and considerations for future research. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 14(3).
    2023 Warin, M., Keaney, J., Kowal, E., & Byrne, H. (2023). Circuits of time: enacting postgenomics in Indigenous Australia. Body and Society, 29(2), 20-48.
    DOI Scopus5

  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2024 Keaney, J., Byrne, H., Warin, M., Kowal, E., & Meloni, M. (2024). Intergenerational Trauma.. In M. Pentecost, J. Keaney, T. Moll, & M. Penkler (Eds.), The Handbook of DOHaD & Society: past, present and future directions of biosocial collaboration.. Cambridge University Press.
    2020 Byrne, H. (2020). Dialysis in the desert: blood, biomedial technologies, and transformation in Central Australia. In R. Vokes, & A. Dundon (Eds.), Shifting States New Perspectives on Security, Infrastructure, and Political Affect. Routledge.
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