Dina M. Asfaha is a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Department of Anthropology. Dina’s work engages African studies, medical anthropology, and science and technology studies (STS) to explore statecraft and sovereignty; medicine, the state, and global health; clinical practices and scientific expertise, infrastructure, and innovation in Africa and the African diaspora. Her dissertation research focuses on the relationship between sovereignty and medicine in Eritrea and is the first scholarly treatment of the medical infrastructure that delivered victory in Eritrea’s liberation struggle against imperial Ethiopia (1961-1991) — the longest war in modern African history. Dina’s research yields insights about understandings of medicine and governance in Eritrea as a critique of colonial rule and the repercussions of this political project amid competing geopolitical agendas in the Horn of Africa. She has also taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Pennsylvania, NYU-Abu Dhabi campus, and NYU's Stern School of Business.