Casper Bendixsen, PhD is the Director of the National Farm Medicine Center and a tenured Research Scientist . Dr. Bendixsen has joined the team at NFMC after earning his doctorate in anthropology from Rice University, where he studied the cultural values and ethics of US ranchers. Bendixsen also comes with the background of growing up on a farm and ranch in southeast Idaho. He is interested in preventing farm injuries through studying the culture of agriculture.