RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Havstad has worked in a soil ecology lab, on a marine reserve, in a gene expression lab, and behind the scenes at a natural history museum. She has performed an extended ethnography of the laboratory—but also countless tail clips, PCRs, and Western blots. She has published in Bioethics, Biology & Philosophy, British Journal for the History of Science, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Nature, Perspectives on Science, Philosophy of Science, Public Affairs Quarterly, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and Systematic Biology (among other venues).

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    CTSA UM1 PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: UTAH CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE
    1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    IMPROVING SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES TO ENHANCE THE VALIDITY OF CTS FOR ALL AMERICANS
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Millar M,
    • Zickmund S
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Training in Advanced Statistical Methods in Neuroimaging and Genetics
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    • Anna D,
    • Vincent K
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    CTSA UM1 Program at University of Utah
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences1 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hess R,
    • Majersik J
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences