50th Annual Meeting of the
Human Biology Association
March 12-14, 2025 | Baltimore, MD, USA
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: Waterview |
| Date: Wednesday, 12/Mar/2025 | |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Breakout Session: Researcher and community partner reflections from the field: Leveraging community engagement to promote ethical research practices Location: Waterview Chair: Theresa Gildner Chair: Carlye Brennan Chaney |
| 1:30pm - 2:40pm |
Over the Horizon 1 Location: Waterview Wearable laboratories, AI, and other advances: Potential pitfalls and opportunities for progress in human evolutionary biology research 1:50pm - 2:05pm The artificial intelligence revolution in science: Possibilities, considerations, and limitations for applications in human biology 2:05pm - 2:20pm What’s Old is New Again: Community-Engaged Human Biology and Ethical Praxis for the Next 50 Years 2:20pm - 2:35pm Biología Humana Latinoamericana para el siglo XXI: una oportunidad para imaginar sinergias. |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
Over the Horizon 2 Location: Waterview Beyond Total Expenditure: Integrating Brain Energetics into Anthropological Inquiry 3:15pm - 3:30pm Silicone wristbands: a new non-invasive method for measuring human exposure to organic chemicals 3:30pm - 3:45pm Genetics and videogames: from scientific dissemination to knowledge production 3:45pm - 4:00pm Harnessing Innovative Data for Studies of Human Health |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Over the Horizon Discussion Location: Waterview |
| Date: Thursday, 13/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 9:30am |
Podium A (Flash Talks): Growth, Development, and Maturation Location: Waterview Chair: Achsah Foster Dorsey Examining pathways underlying the association between maternal depressive symptoms and infant weight outcomes 8:07am - 8:14am Birth and household exposures are associated with changes to skin bacterial communities during infancy 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 8:21am - 8:28am Effects of Climate Change on Infant and Young Child Feeding: Heat and Breastfeeding Patterns in Bangladeshi Fisher-Traders 8:28am - 8:35am Urinary cell-free mitochondrial DNA levels among Indigenous Shuar children of Ecuador: Insights into childhood stress biology and energetics 8:35am - 8:42am Practices, knowledge, and social organization related to the problematic use of glue in Qom/Toba children 8:42am - 8:49am Somatotype and physical activity levels (PAL) of Tengger Tribe (aged 12-20 years) 8:49am - 8:56am Do adolescents in non-WEIRD environments have fewer sleep complaints? 8:56am - 9:03am Adolescent parental relationships and adult family formation perspectives in LGBTQ+ individuals: Results from Add Health 9:03am - 9:10am Associations between longitudinal measurements of persistent organic pollutants and height, weight, and sexual maturation 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 9:17am - 9:24am Do epigenetic clocks reflect the pace of life history during development? |
| 9:45am - 11:15am |
Podium B: Innovations in Reproductive Ecology Location: Waterview Chair: Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora Estrogen recycling by the gut microbiome: Why it matters, how we differ, and the role of lifestyle factors 10:00am - 10:15am How prenatal psychological distress relates to a novel marker of placental activity among pregnant Latina women 10:15am - 10:30am Does C-reactive protein (CRP) vary with photoperiod in healthy adult women native to circumpolar environments? 10:30am - 10:45am Differences in the timing of hot flashes and night sweats during sleep 10:45am - 11:00am Adverse childhood experiences and the menopausal transition among midlife Latine immigrants living in an agricultural community in Salinas, California 11:00am - 11:15am Oxytocin throughout the life course: a sex-specific mediator of life history |
| 1:00pm - 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 The legacy of Roy Shephard: A pioneer in human biology and exercise science 1:20pm - 1:40pm Taking exercise physiology from the lab to the field: Energetics and metabolic health among Indigenous Arctic populations |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm |
Podium C (Flash Talks): Contexts of Human Variation and Adaptation Location: Waterview Chair: Ines Varela-Silva Low to moderate daytime physical activities predicted higher quality sleep among habitually active agropastoralists 2:07pm - 2:14pm Cortisol and testosterone dynamics differ between men and women when acclimatizing to novel and challenging environments 2:14pm - 2:21pm High altitude adaptation among Andeans and Tibetans: a mixed-methods analysis 2:21pm - 2:28pm The relationship between body size and latitude in early 20th century Alaska and potential biocultural determinants |
| 2:45pm - 4:15pm |
Podium D (Flash Talks): Stress, Support, and Health Across the Life Course Location: Waterview Chair: Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora Toward new directions in human biology: A roadmap for causal inference and responsible research practices with observational data 2:52pm - 2:59pm Accumulated Childhood and Adult Stress is associated with Cardiometabolic Disease in Older Adults from South Africa. 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 3:06pm - 3:13pm Longitudinal stability of adolescent allostatic load trajectories and the impact on adult cardiometabolic health 3:13pm - 3:20pm Early life environments are associated with adult body size and cardiometabolic health among the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia 3:20pm - 3:27pm Stress, sleep disparities, and hypertension: examining the links among rural farmers in Madagascar 3:27pm - 3:34pm Market integration, social networks, and cardiometabolic health in northeast Madagascar 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) 3:41pm - 3:48pm Benefits of adoption and fosterage in ni-Vanuatu families 3:48pm - 3:55pm Familial social support predicts psychological health and immune function during pregnancy 3:55pm - 4:02pm Women’s history of pregnancy and breastfeeding are positively associated with post-menopausal cognitive function 4:02pm - 4:09pm Experiences of home and quality of life amongst residents of senior continuum-care communities |
| 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
Business Meeting Location: Waterview |
| 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
HBA Past, Present, and Future: Celebrating 50 Years of Discovery Location: Waterview |
| Date: Friday, 14/Mar/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:15am |
Place-Based Session: Biomarkers and novel approaches within vulnerable MENA populations grounded in local context Location: Waterview Chair: Rana Dajani Stressors, displacement, and cortisol-testosterone hormonal coupling among Jordanian non-refugee and Syrian refugee adolescents in Jordan 8:45am - 9:00am Metabolomic Insights into the Biochemical Underpinnings of Stress 9:00am - 9:15am Impact of lifestyle on immune function and stress biomarkers in the Moroccan Population 9:15am - 9:30am Agency & Life Satisfaction: Framing Local Perception and Tracing Cause-and-Effect Through Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. 9:30am - 9:45am The effect of a resilience-building intervention on Epigenetic Age Acceleration of Syrian and Jordanian adolescents living in Jordan 9:45am - 10:00am Sexual Dimorphism of the Fasting Adipose: Mitigation of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Dysfunction in a Non- Obese Prediabetic Rat Model |
| 10:15am - 11:00am |
Place-Based Session Discussion Location: Waterview Chair: Rana Dajani |
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