Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Thursday, 13/Mar/2025
8:00am
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9:30am
Podium A (Flash Talks): Growth, Development, and Maturation
Location: Waterview
Chair: Achsah Foster Dorsey
 
8:00am - 8:07am

Examining pathways underlying the association between maternal depressive symptoms and infant weight outcomes

Morgan K. Hoke, Heather Wasser, Margaret Bentley, Amanda L. Thompson



8:07am - 8:14am

Birth and household exposures are associated with changes to skin bacterial communities during infancy

Melissa B Manus, Maria Luisa Savo Sardaro, Omolola Dada, Maya Davis, Melissa R Romoff, Stephanie G Torello, Esther Ubadigbo, Rebecca C Wu, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Melissa K Melby, Emily S Miller, Katherine R Amato



8:14am - 8:21am

Into the mouths of babes: complementary feeding practices and dietary diversity among a cohort of infants living in the urban Brazilian Amazon

Barbara Ann Piperata, Talita Cestonaro, Fannin Stephanie, Ana Carolina da Silva Brito de Azevedo, Christian Hoffmann



8:21am - 8:28am

Effects of Climate Change on Infant and Young Child Feeding: Heat and Breastfeeding Patterns in Bangladeshi Fisher-Traders

Katie Starkweather, Haley Ragsdale, Margaret Butler, Fatema Tuz Zohora, Nurul Alam



8:28am - 8:35am

Urinary cell-free mitochondrial DNA levels among Indigenous Shuar children of Ecuador: Insights into childhood stress biology and energetics

Samuel S Urlacher, Jeremy Michelson, Anna Samsonov, Amanda Peng, Felicia C Madimenos, Melissa A Liebert, J Josh Snodgrass, Lawrence S Sugiyama, Martin Picard



8:35am - 8:42am

Practices, knowledge, and social organization related to the problematic use of glue in Qom/Toba children

Christina Elizabeth Pantzer



8:42am - 8:49am

Somatotype and physical activity levels (PAL) of Tengger Tribe (aged 12-20 years)

Josephine Remedios Syandra Siagian, Eneng Nunuz Rohmatullayaly, Tetri Widiyani



8:49am - 8:56am

Do adolescents in non-WEIRD environments have fewer sleep complaints?

Andrea Silva-Caballero, Helen Ball, Karen Kramer, Gillian Bentley



8:56am - 9:03am

Adolescent parental relationships and adult family formation perspectives in LGBTQ+ individuals: Results from Add Health

Rebecca Cai Ting Wu, Amanda Logan Thompson



9:03am - 9:10am

Associations between longitudinal measurements of persistent organic pollutants and height, weight, and sexual maturation

Casey N West, Mia V Gallo, Lawrence M Schell



9:10am - 9:17am

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, metabolic energy, and their effects on the timing of reproductive maturation among a group of Mayan adolescent girls

Amanda Rowlands, Katrina Salvante, Pablo Nepomnaschy



9:17am - 9:24am

Do epigenetic clocks reflect the pace of life history during development?

Sofia C Carrera, Chris W Kuzawa

8:00am
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4:00pm
Registration
Location: Waterview Foyer
9:30am
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9:45am
Coffee Break
9:45am
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11:15am
Podium B: Innovations in Reproductive Ecology
Location: Waterview
Chair: Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora
 
9:45am - 10:00am

Estrogen recycling by the gut microbiome: Why it matters, how we differ, and the role of lifestyle factors

Rebecca Shae Anna Brittain, Grazyna Jasienska, Richard Gutierrez Bribiescas



10:00am - 10:15am

How prenatal psychological distress relates to a novel marker of placental activity among pregnant Latina women

Delaney Knorr, Yazhen Zhu, Hsian-Rong Tseng, Molly Fox



10:15am - 10:30am

Does C-reactive protein (CRP) vary with photoperiod in healthy adult women native to circumpolar environments?

Virginia J. Vitzthum, Jonathan Thornburg, Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir, Geir Gunnlaugsson, Emily M. Chester, Adrian A. Franke, Xingnan Li, Thomas W. McDade, Aaron A. Miller, Paul Schulz, Brady T. West



10:30am - 10:45am

Differences in the timing of hot flashes and night sweats during sleep

Sofiya Shreyer, Sarah Witkowski, Daniel Brown, Lynnette Sievert



10:45am - 11:00am

Adverse childhood experiences and the menopausal transition among midlife Latine immigrants living in an agricultural community in Salinas, California

SA Geisel-Zamora, AW Kim, KG Harley, J Deardorff, KR Kogut, M Warner, LE Calderon, B Eskenazi, JM Torres



11:00am - 11:15am

Oxytocin throughout the life course: a sex-specific mediator of life history

Abigail Elise Colby, Charlotte Debras, Dominik Jud, Valerie Baettig, Jordan Scott Martin, Camila Scaff, Michael Gurven, Benjamin Trumble, Adrian Victor Jaeggi

11:15am
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1:00pm
Lunch Break
11:30am
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12:30pm
Student Breakout Session: Challenges and Benefits of Mixed Method Approaches in Anthropology
Location: Dover C
Chair: Sofiya Shreyer
Chair: Emily Hart Barron
Madison Honig, Courtney Pierce
1:00pm
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2:00pm
Tribute Symposium: The Intersection of Human Biology, Exercise Physiology, and Circumpolar Health: A Tribute to Roy J. Shephard, MD, PhD, DPE (1929–2023)
Location: Waterview
Chair: PETER KATZMARZYK
Chair: William Leonard
 
1:00pm - 1:20pm

The legacy of Roy Shephard: A pioneer in human biology and exercise science

PETER KATZMARZYK



1:20pm - 1:40pm

Taking exercise physiology from the lab to the field: Energetics and metabolic health among Indigenous Arctic populations

William Leonard

2:00pm
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2:30pm
Podium C (Flash Talks): Contexts of Human Variation and Adaptation
Location: Waterview
Chair: Ines Varela-Silva
 
2:00pm - 2:07pm

Low to moderate daytime physical activities predicted higher quality sleep among habitually active agropastoralists

Ming Fei Li, Puseletso Lecheko, Tumelo Phuthing, Tsepo Lesholu, David R. Samson



2:07pm - 2:14pm

Cortisol and testosterone dynamics differ between men and women when acclimatizing to novel and challenging environments

Mallika S. Sarma, Cara J. Ocobock, Shannon Rochelle, Sarah Martin, Lee T. Gettler



2:14pm - 2:21pm

High altitude adaptation among Andeans and Tibetans: a mixed-methods analysis

Taylor S Harman, Pontus K Holmstrom, Kelsey C Jorgensen, Anne Kalker, Melisa Kiyamu, Kimberly T Zhu, Abigail W Bigham, Tom D Brutsaert



2:21pm - 2:28pm

The relationship between body size and latitude in early 20th century Alaska and potential biocultural determinants

Taylor van Doren, Amanda Wissler

2:30pm
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2:45pm
Coffee Break
2:45pm
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4:15pm
Podium D (Flash Talks): Stress, Support, and Health Across the Life Course
Location: Waterview
Chair: Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora
 
2:45pm - 2:52pm

Toward new directions in human biology: A roadmap for causal inference and responsible research practices with observational data

Elijah Jiles Watson, Delaney Jolynn Glass



2:52pm - 2:59pm

Accumulated Childhood and Adult Stress is associated with Cardiometabolic Disease in Older Adults from South Africa.

Alexandra Niclou, Mallika Sarma, Kayla Hurd, Andrew Kim



2:59pm - 3:06pm

Conversion Therapy Exposure is Associated with Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among a Diverse Cohort of Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults

James K Gibb, Joshua M Schrock, Madison Shea Smith, Richard T. D'Aquila, Thomas W McDade, Brian Mustanski



3:06pm - 3:13pm

Longitudinal stability of adolescent allostatic load trajectories and the impact on adult cardiometabolic health

Elena Hinz, Herman Pontzer, William E Copeland



3:13pm - 3:20pm

Early life environments are associated with adult body size and cardiometabolic health among the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia

Robert L Tennyson, Marina M Watowich, Kar Lye Tam, Tan Bee Ting, Yvonne AL Lim, Kee Seong Ng, Vivek V Venkataraman, Ian J Wallace, Thomas S Kraft, Amanda J Lea



3:20pm - 3:27pm

Stress, sleep disparities, and hypertension: examining the links among rural farmers in Madagascar

Alma Solis, Mark Janko, Prisca Rahary, Jean Yves Rabezarra, Hilaree Wade, Michelle Pender, Voahangy Soarimalala, Randall Kramer, Charles Nunn



3:27pm - 3:34pm

Market integration, social networks, and cardiometabolic health in northeast Madagascar

Lev Kolinski, Kayla Kauffman, Tyler M. Barrett, Michelle Pender, Jean Yves Rabezara, James Moody, Voahangy Soarimalala, Randall A. Kramer, Charles L. Nunn



3:34pm - 3:41pm

Changes in cultural staple foods as coping strategies amid severe drought and chronic stress among Daasanach pastoralists in northern Kenya (2019-2024)

Kedir Teji Roba, Amanda McGrosky, Hannah Jacobson, Anna Tavormina, Nicole N Bobbie, Faith Wambua, Kiera Papa, N Kitts, Gabriela Berger, Natalie Meriwether, Grace Khosi, Suha Arshad, Elena Hinz, Srishti Sadhir, Leslie Ford, Matthew Douglass, Rosemary Nzunza, Emmanuel Ndiema, David Braun, Herman Pontzer, Asher Rosinger



3:41pm - 3:48pm

Benefits of adoption and fosterage in ni-Vanuatu families

Siobhán M. Cully, Mary Towner, Daniela Kraemer, Denise Mercado, Kyle Clark, Eddy Kiel, Peter M. Mattison, Krishna Kotra, Ian J. Wallace, Katherine Wander



3:48pm - 3:55pm

Familial social support predicts psychological health and immune function during pregnancy

Maria C Rieman-Klingler, Dayoon Kwon, Delaney A Knorr, Kyle S Wiley, Amy L Non, Molly M Fox



3:55pm - 4:02pm

Women’s history of pregnancy and breastfeeding are positively associated with post-menopausal cognitive function

Molly Fox, Jennifer Bramen, Dayoon Kwon, Sonel Raj, Marcus Chang, Carolyn Crandall, Verna Porter, Mark Espeland, Prabha Siddarth



4:02pm - 4:09pm

Experiences of home and quality of life amongst residents of senior continuum-care communities

Seth Dornisch

4:15pm
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5:00pm
Break
5:00pm
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6:30pm
Business Meeting
Location: Waterview
6:30pm
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7:30pm
HBA Past, Present, and Future: Celebrating 50 Years of Discovery
Location: Waterview
8:00pm
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10:00pm
Student Reception
Location: Laurel

 
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