51st Meeting of the
Human Biology Association
March 18-20, 2026 | Denver, CO, USA
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 19/Mar/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 9:45am |
Podium A: Stress, Inequality, and Health Across the Life Course Location: Governer's Square 14 Chair: Ines Varela-Silva Allostatic load mediates the long-term health impact of childhood adversity 8:07am - 8:14am Updating the DOHaD model of racial health inequality: The push-pull forces that uncouple CVD from birth weight 8:14am - 8:21am DOHaD, famine, and disease: A meta-analysis across different ages of exposure 8:21am - 8:28am Stress and Anxiety as Mediators Between Adult ADHD and Depression: Evidence from Young Adults in Delhi-NCR, India 8:28am - 8:35am Exploring gender, social support, health, and aging in an urban US population – Integrating mixed methods approaches in studies of human biology in vulnerable communities 8:35am - 8:42am Healthcare access disruptions and maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic among Latinas receiving prenatal care in El Paso, Texas 8:42am - 8:49am Syndemic water and food insecurity in Galapagos: Impact on adult metabolic health in households with diabetes 8:49am - 8:56am Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Oregon 8:56am - 9:03am The additional chronic stress burden of reproductive status on women in a high-water insecurity environment 9:03am - 9:10am Early life environments predict the gut microbiome composition of adult women in Cebu, Philippines 9:10am - 9:17am Impact of prenatal heavy metals exposure and early-life neurodevelopment on gut microbiota composition at age 15: a cohort study in Terai region, Nepal 9:17am - 9:24am Rural Embodiment and Community Health Study: A multi-omics approach reveals the embodiment of environmental contaminant exposure through the gut microbiome in two low-resource U.S. communities 9:24am - 9:31am Pollutant exposures and endocrine disruption of the calcium–parathyroid hormone axis 9:31am - 9:38am Early life enacted stigma and its impacts on health among transgender and nonbinary adults 9:38am - 9:45am The hidden strain of resilience: Differences in cardiovascular function among transgender and nonbinary people reporting post-traumatic growth |
| 8:00am - 4:00pm |
Registration Location: Governer's Square Foyer |
| 9:45am - 10:00am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:00am - 11:00am |
In Memoriam: Daniel C. Benyshek Location: Governer's Square 14 Welcome and Introduction 10:05am - 10:12am Invited Memorial Session: Daniel Benyshek 10:12am - 10:19am The Anthropology of Hope: Continuing the Work of Dan Benyshek 10:19am - 10:26am Toward a more humanist anthropology: reflections on our friend Dan Benyshek 10:26am - 10:33am Planting seeds of knowledge: Reflections on Daniel Benyshek’s work in maternal nutrition 10:33am - 10:40am Smackdowns, Obscene Sample Sizes, and Marie Kondo: Honoring Dan Benyshek 10:40am - 10:47am Enduring pedagogy: Daniel C. Benyshek’s legacy on the practice and teaching of medical anthropology 10:47am - 10:54am Dan Benyshek - some thoughts on humanism and science |
| 11:00am - 1:00pm |
Lunch Break |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Student Breakout Session: Redefining Success: Career Pathways Beyond Academia Chair: Emily Hart Barron Chair: Madison Aileen Cavaleiro Honig
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| 12:00pm - 3:00pm |
Therapy Dogs Location: Plaza Court 6 |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Podium B: Emerging Themes in Biocultural Anthropology Location: Governer's Square 14 Chair: Katherine Daiy Biocultural anthropology for the challenges of the 21st century: Building an engaged and applied future 1:07pm - 1:14pm Tracing the thematic evolution of the American Journal of Human Biology (1989–2025) using a mixed-methods approach that combined BERT, a large language model, with qualitative expert review 1:14pm - 1:21pm Exploring the biocultural approach in Canadian medical anthropology 1:21pm - 1:28pm CHEER (Creative Health Equity & Empowerment Resources): an innovative arts-based toolkit to improve health outcomes focused on ethnic minorities 1:28pm - 1:35pm Crystal ball or cracked lens? Comparing predictive sampling strategies across variable environments 1:35pm - 1:42pm Exploring Genetic Variation in the Bodh Tribe of North India: Evidence from SNP Markers and 1000 Genomes East Asian Data. 1:42pm - 1:49pm Pulmonary function, digit ratio, and facial shape in modern Yakuts of North-Eastern Siberia 1:49pm - 1:56pm Reindeer herders of northern Finland maintain higher surface temperatures over brown adipose tissue positive region relative to their indoor counterparts across seasons 1:56pm - 2:03pm Age-Related Changes in Tsimane Sleep 2:03pm - 2:10pm Hot flashes and night sweats in relation to sleep problems and daytime fatigue 2:10pm - 2:17pm Adult leg and trunk length predict epigenetic aging in a metropolitan Cebu, Philippines, birth cohort. Weight-based discrimination is associated with accelerated biological aging independent of body composition in a state representative sample of US adults |
| 2:30pm - 2:45pm |
Coffee Break |
| 2:45pm - 4:15pm |
Podium C: Ecology, Immunity, and Infectious Disease Location: Governer's Square 14 Inflammaging mediates testosterone declines in later life among men in the UK Biobank 2:52pm - 2:59pm Energetic trade-offs in pregnancy: associations between physical activity, body mass index, and c-reactive protein across trimesters 2:59pm - 3:06pm Poverty, stress, and milk immune competence in Michigan mothers 3:06pm - 3:13pm Sexual minority status predicts elevated inflammation in young adults from Cebu, Philippines 3:13pm - 3:20pm A Pilot Study of Depressive Symptoms and Reduced Glucocorticoid Sensitivity in Young Adult Men Living with and at Risk for HIV 3:20pm - 3:27pm Associations of social belonging, loneliness, and social safety with ex-vivo inflammatory regulation patterns among Dominican and Haitian adults in the Dominican Republic’s tourism sector 3:27pm - 3:34pm Investigating the role of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) access in parasitic infection and intestinal inflammation: pilot study among people experiencing homelessness in Oregon, USA 3:34pm - 3:41pm Hookworm parasitism shapes energy balance and cardiovascular disease risk in northeast Madagascar 3:41pm - 3:48pm Potential human-to-human transmission of a zoonotic poxvirus in northeast Madagascar 3:48pm - 3:55pm Prevalence of β-Thalassemia Trait among young adults in Delhi-NCR, India: screening challenges and genetic diversity 4:02pm - 4:09pm Patterning of the diurnal cortisol rhythm in a subsistence agriculturalist population, West Kiang, The Gambia |
| 4:15pm - 5:00pm |
Break |
| 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
Business Meeting Location: Governer's Square 14 |
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm Live Now |
Student Reception |