# Briana Brightly PhD Candidate, Buddhist Studies ![Foley](/sites/g/files/omnuum9471/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/earlymodernworld/files/img_0783_-_briana_foley.jpg?itok=Wxlq5HA6) email Briana Brightly is a Ph.D. candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion. Her dissertation, titled “Anatomy of the Buddha: Making Images during the Golden Age of Tibetan Medicine, 1600–1800,” investigates the intersection of medicine and Buddhist visual culture in early-modern Tibet. Recurrent areas of interest include the history of science, medicine, and technology; history of pharmacy; craft knowledge; and the study of religion, science, and material culture, more broadly. Brightly holds a B.A. from Reed College, and an M.A. in Religious Studies from Vanderbilt University. - ## People: Department Search [Committee on the Study of Religion](/people-department-search/committee-study-religion) - ## People: Filtered Search [Graduate Students](/people-filtered-search/graduate-students) - ## People: Theme Search [History of Medicine](/people-theme-search/history-medicine) [History of Religion](/people-theme-search/history-religion) [History of Science](/people-theme-search/history-science) - ## People: Region Search [South Asia](/people-region-search/south-asia) - ## People: Time Period Search [17th Century](/people-time-period-search/17th-century) [18th Century](/people-time-period-search/18th-century) [19th Century](/people-time-period-search/19th-century)