Nils Graber
Dr. Nils Graber is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Chair for the History of Science at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Previously, he held positions at the University of Lausanne at the Laboratory for the Social Studies of Science, the Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), and the Institute for Higher Education in Health (IUFRS). He holds a PhD from the research centre Cermes3 at EHESS in Paris.
Situated at the intersection of history of science, STS, and medical anthropology, his research has examined the epistemic regimes of immuno-oncology, the globalization of bio-pharmaceuticals, patient's experiences of experimental care, and the organization of primary health care in relation to oncology and COVID-19. His previous research includes fieldwork experience with an interdisciplinary collaborative approach in Cuba, Switzerland, and Brazil.
As part of the SocMed research project, Nils is investigating the relationship between the socialist countries of COMECON in cancer research and pharmaceuticals between the 1970s and 1990s. His work also explores how this socialist network connected to the WHO and influenced international cancer research and policies in this period.
Nils Graber is also an associate member of the PrimaCoba project "Primary Care facing the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba: Spatial Differences, Social Vulnerabilities, Experiences, and Lessons at a Global Level", funded by the French Research Agency (ANR) and based at both the University of Strasbourg and the Center for Population and Development (CEPED) in Paris.
Key publications
Edition of journal special issues
2022 Greco C., Graber N., « Anthropology of New Chronicities: Illness Experiences under the Promises of Medical Innovation as Long-Term Treatments », Anthropology & Medicine, Vol. 29, n°1, p.1-13.
2019 Graber N., Moulin A. M., « Introduction. Biotechnologies, santé publique et bioéthique : un regard franco-cubain », Droit, santé et société, Vol. 6, n°1, p. 31-33, https://www.cairn.info/revue-droit-sante-et-societe-2019-1-page-31.htm
2018 Frieden M.-C., Graber N., M’Zoughi M., « Les maladies chroniques dans les Suds : expériences, savoirs et politiques aux marges de la santé globale », Emulations – Revue de sciences sociales, n°27, p. 7-14, https://doi.org/10.14428/emulations.027.01
2017 Leleu J., Graber N., Destremau B., « Introduction. Cuba : les temporalités et tensions du changement », Cahiers des Amériques latines, n°84, p. 15‑27, https://doi.org/10.4000/cal.4518
2016 Graber N., Leleu J., Blandine Destremau, “Culture and Institutions: Cuban Dynamics of Change.”, International Journal of Cuban Studies, Vol. 8, n°2, p. 145‑150, http://10.13169/intejcubastud.8.2.0145
Peer-reviewed articles
Graber, N., Chiapperino, L., Panese, F., “A Precision-immuno-oncology Turn? Hybridizing Cancer Genomics and Immunology through Neoantigens-Based Adoptive Cell Therapies”, Social Studies of Science [accepted, forthcoming]
2024 Graber N., Canova N., Bryant-Lukosius D., et al. “Reflections on the opportunities and challenges of applying experience-based co-design (EBCD) to phase 1 clinical trials in oncology”, Health Expectations. 2024;27(4):e14068. doi:10.1111/hex.14068
2022 Graber N., “Vaccinal chronicity: immunotherapy, primary care, and the remaking of lung cancer’s patienthood in Cuba”, Anthropology & Medicine, Vol. 29, n°1, p. 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2022.2041549
2021 Chiapperino L., Graber N., Panese F., « Epistemic dwelling: precision immuno-oncology by design », New Genetics and Society, Vol. 40, n°1, p. 26-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2020.1853511
2020 Galvez A. M., Graber N., Le Galès C., « Innovación y cuidados del cáncer en Cuba desde la perspectiva de la evaluación socioeconómica y la etnocontabilidad. » [Innovation et soins du cancer à Cuba selon les perspectives de l’évaluation socioéconomique et de l’ethnocomptabilité], Infodir – Revista de Información para la Dirección en Salud, n°33.
2018 Graber N., « An Alternative Imaginary of Community Engagement: State, Cancer Biotechnology and the Ethos of Primary Healthcare in Cuba », Critical Public Health, vol. 28, n°3, p. 269-280, https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2018.1440071
2013 Graber N., « Les activités d'un réseau d'ONG à Cuba : internationalisme médical et santé globale », Tiers Monde, Vol. 215, n°3, p.149-164, https://doi.org/10.3917/rtm.215.0149
Book chapters
2024 Cerapio J. P., Ruiz E., Casavilca-Zambrano, Graber N., Pineau P., and Bertani S., “ Tracking Down the Origins of a Divergent Subtype of Liver Cancer in Indigenous Americans in Peru”, in Indigenous & Tribal Peoples and Cancer, Springer, p.363-365.
2023 Chiapperino L., Graber N., Panese F., “Explanatory pluralism in oncology. The case of neoantigen-based adoptive cell transfer immunotherapies” in Hens K. and Deblock A. Experimental Philosophy of Medicine, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 151-172.
2018 Graber N., « Aux marges de l'oncologie globale : immunothérapie du cancer et biopolitique de la vaccination à Cuba », in N. Amsellem et P. Bataille (Dir.), Cancer, un regard sociologique. Biomédicalisation et parcours, La Découverte, Paris, p. 105-120.
Nils Graber
Dr. Nils Graber is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Chair for the History of Science at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Previously, he held positions at the University of Lausanne at the Laboratory for the Social Studies of Science, the Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), and the Institute for Higher Education in Health (IUFRS). He holds a PhD from the research centre Cermes3 at EHESS in Paris.
Situated at the intersection of history of science, STS, and medical anthropology, his research has examined the epistemic regimes of immuno-oncology, the globalization of bio-pharmaceuticals, patient's experiences of experimental care, and the organization of primary health care in relation to oncology and COVID-19. His previous research includes fieldwork experience with an interdisciplinary collaborative approach in Cuba, Switzerland, and Brazil.
As part of the SocMed research project, Nils is investigating the relationship between the socialist countries of COMECON in cancer research and pharmaceuticals between the 1970s and 1990s. His work also explores how this socialist network connected to the WHO and influenced international cancer research and policies in this period.
Nils Graber is also an associate member of the PrimaCoba project "Primary Care facing the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba: Spatial Differences, Social Vulnerabilities, Experiences, and Lessons at a Global Level", funded by the French Research Agency (ANR) and based at both the University of Strasbourg and the Center for Population and Development (CEPED) in Paris.
Key publications
Edition of journal special issues
2022 Greco C., Graber N., « Anthropology of New Chronicities: Illness Experiences under the Promises of Medical Innovation as Long-Term Treatments », Anthropology & Medicine, Vol. 29, n°1, p.1-13.
2019 Graber N., Moulin A. M., « Introduction. Biotechnologies, santé publique et bioéthique : un regard franco-cubain », Droit, santé et société, Vol. 6, n°1, p. 31-33, https://www.cairn.info/revue-droit-sante-et-societe-2019-1-page-31.htm
2018 Frieden M.-C., Graber N., M’Zoughi M., « Les maladies chroniques dans les Suds : expériences, savoirs et politiques aux marges de la santé globale », Emulations – Revue de sciences sociales, n°27, p. 7-14, https://doi.org/10.14428/emulations.027.01
2017 Leleu J., Graber N., Destremau B., « Introduction. Cuba : les temporalités et tensions du changement », Cahiers des Amériques latines, n°84, p. 15‑27, https://doi.org/10.4000/cal.4518
2016 Graber N., Leleu J., Blandine Destremau, “Culture and Institutions: Cuban Dynamics of Change.”, International Journal of Cuban Studies, Vol. 8, n°2, p. 145‑150, http://10.13169/intejcubastud.8.2.0145
Peer-reviewed articles
Graber, N., Chiapperino, L., Panese, F., “A Precision-immuno-oncology Turn? Hybridizing Cancer Genomics and Immunology through Neoantigens-Based Adoptive Cell Therapies”, Social Studies of Science [accepted, forthcoming]
2024 Graber N., Canova N., Bryant-Lukosius D., et al. “Reflections on the opportunities and challenges of applying experience-based co-design (EBCD) to phase 1 clinical trials in oncology”, Health Expectations. 2024;27(4):e14068. doi:10.1111/hex.14068
2022 Graber N., “Vaccinal chronicity: immunotherapy, primary care, and the remaking of lung cancer’s patienthood in Cuba”, Anthropology & Medicine, Vol. 29, n°1, p. 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2022.2041549
2021 Chiapperino L., Graber N., Panese F., « Epistemic dwelling: precision immuno-oncology by design », New Genetics and Society, Vol. 40, n°1, p. 26-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2020.1853511
2020 Galvez A. M., Graber N., Le Galès C., « Innovación y cuidados del cáncer en Cuba desde la perspectiva de la evaluación socioeconómica y la etnocontabilidad. » [Innovation et soins du cancer à Cuba selon les perspectives de l’évaluation socioéconomique et de l’ethnocomptabilité], Infodir – Revista de Información para la Dirección en Salud, n°33.
2018 Graber N., « An Alternative Imaginary of Community Engagement: State, Cancer Biotechnology and the Ethos of Primary Healthcare in Cuba », Critical Public Health, vol. 28, n°3, p. 269-280, https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2018.1440071
2013 Graber N., « Les activités d'un réseau d'ONG à Cuba : internationalisme médical et santé globale », Tiers Monde, Vol. 215, n°3, p.149-164, https://doi.org/10.3917/rtm.215.0149
Book chapters
2024 Cerapio J. P., Ruiz E., Casavilca-Zambrano, Graber N., Pineau P., and Bertani S., “ Tracking Down the Origins of a Divergent Subtype of Liver Cancer in Indigenous Americans in Peru”, in Indigenous & Tribal Peoples and Cancer, Springer, p.363-365.
2023 Chiapperino L., Graber N., Panese F., “Explanatory pluralism in oncology. The case of neoantigen-based adoptive cell transfer immunotherapies” in Hens K. and Deblock A. Experimental Philosophy of Medicine, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 151-172.
2018 Graber N., « Aux marges de l'oncologie globale : immunothérapie du cancer et biopolitique de la vaccination à Cuba », in N. Amsellem et P. Bataille (Dir.), Cancer, un regard sociologique. Biomédicalisation et parcours, La Découverte, Paris, p. 105-120.
