Dafna Rachok is a medical and political anthropologist, researching global health, medical humanitarianism, and patient communities. Her current research, Affective Belonging: Vulnerable Groups’ Political Subjectivity and HIV in Ukraine explores what underpins the strength of a public health system in a supposedly weak post-socialist state. It centers on political mobilization of Ukrainian vulnerable communities (people living with HIV, sex workers, people who use drugs) as citizens through interactions with the state public health bureaucracy. Dafna’s research was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the National Science Foundation, among others. When Dafna’s not working, she’s spending time with her Malinois-mix named Doxa.