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2010
Agenda
Participants | Photos | Download 2010 Agenda (PDF)
June 7 ••• Day 1
Annenberg Hall-Room 345 |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:45 |
Welcome and participant introductions
Thomas McDade, Emma Adam, and Christopher Kuzawa, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 9:15 |
What is biology and why measure it? A theoretical introduction to biology and its role in the social sciences
Christopher Kuzawa, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:30 |
Case studies: Biology in context
Thomas McDade, Emma Adam, Christopher Kuzawa, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 12:00 |
Lunch, James Allen Center Park Dining Room |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:30 |
Theory to practice: Guiding principles for integrating biological measures into survey research
Christopher Kuzawa, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 2:15 |
Salivary biomarkers: Common measures, collection methods and challenges, and analysis techniques
Emma Adam, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:15 |
Salivary biomarkers, continued |
| 4:30 |
Adjourn |
| 6:00 |
Dinner at Campagnola, 2nd floor
815 Chicago Ave., Evanston, 847-475-6100
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June 8 ••• Day 2
Annenberg Hall - Room 345 |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Dried blood spots as a minimally-invasive alternative to venipuncture: Advantages/disadvantages, analytic options, and procedures for sample collection
Thomas McDade, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:15 |
Methods development and application:
Lessons from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project
Stacy Tessler Lindau, University of Chicago |
| 12:15 |
Lunch, Norris University Center – Lake Room |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:45 |
Methods breakout sessions:
1. Anthropometry
2. Blood pressure
3. Actigraphy
Christopher Kuzawa, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 3:15 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Engaging diverse populations in biomarker research
Ann Bryant Borders, Feinberg School of Medicine and IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 4:30 |
Adjourn |
June 9 ••• Day 3
Anthropology Department, 1810 Hinman Ave.
Main conference room and Laboratory for Human Biology Research |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Laboratory measurement, I: Introduction to the immunoassay
Thomas McDade, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Laboratory measurement, II: Assay evaluation and quality control
Thomas McDade, IPR/C2S, Northwestern University |
| 11:00 |
Genetic studies of complex human traits: DNA
M. Geoffrey Hayes, Feinberg School of
Medicine, Northwestern University |
| 11:45 |
Lunch |
| 12:30 |
Breakout sessions:
1. Lab tour
2. Sample shipping and storage
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| Afternoon Session |
| 1:30 |
Presentation of lab results and wrap up |
| 2:00 |
Adjourn |
Participants
Download 2010 Participant Directory (PDF)

2010 Summer Biomarker Institute Participants
Emma Adam, Northwestern University
Emma Aguila, RAND Corporation
Amelia Branigan, Northwestern University
Ann Elizabeth Bryant Borders, Northwestern University
Ashwin Budden, University of California - San Diego
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Northwestern University
Kelley Crews, University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth Croes, University of Wisconsin
Shieva Davarian, University of Southern California
Gniesha Dinwiddie, University of Maryland College Park
Carla Edwards, Essence-Healing, LLC
Lori Anne Francis, Pennsylvania State University
Lee Gettler, Northwestern University
Susan Groth, University of Rochester
Jung-Hwa Ha, University of Chicago
M. Geoffrey Hayes, Northwestern University
Vivian Hoffmann, University of Maryland College Park
Yuan-yen Jeffrey Huang, Northwestern University
Jinhyun Kim, Ohio State University
Rosemarie King, Northwestern University
Christopher Kuzawa, Northwestern University
Kaja Zabrina Lewinn, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
Stacy Tessler Lindau, University of Chicago
Thomas McDade, Northwestern University
Michael McFarland, University of Texas at Austin
Aaron Miller, Northwestern University
Enrique Neblett, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Amy Peterman, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Elizabeth Anne Quinn, Northwestern University
Maria Roditis, Indiana University
Emily Ross, Northwestern University
Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir, Reykjavik University
Marni Sommer, Columbia University
Quincy Thomas Stewart, Indiana University
Sumedha Gupta, Northwestern University
Jiyoung Tabone, Northwestern University
Rebecca Thornton, University of Michigan
Kristin Turney, University of Michigan
David Victorson, Northwestern University
Kellee White, Harvard
Tisha Wiley, Juvenile Protection Association
Adina Zeki al Hazzouri, University of Michigan
Zhenmei Zhang, Michigan State University
Photos
2010 Summer Biomarker Institute Photo Gallery
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