Her research has focused on labor hierarchies, biodiversity conservation, human-animal relations, and extinction events in Madagascar. She studies zoonotic disease, disease that spills over from animal species to humans, and its relationship to environmental degradation and cultural practices. Her current research in Madagascar focuses on bubonic plague outbreaks and funerary practices. She is the author of "Forest and Labor in Madagascar: from Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere" and she is the editor of "The Anthropology of Extinction: Essays on Culture and Species Death." In her talk, Dr. Sodikoff will discuss the challenges of epidemiology within rapidly transforming landscapes and genetics.