51st Meeting of the
Human Biology Association
March 18-20, 2026 | Denver, CO, USA
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: Plaza Exhibit |
| Date: Wednesday, 18/Mar/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 10:00am |
In-Person Poster Session Location: Plaza Exhibit Chair: Andrew Wooyoung Kim Adverse childhood experiences, loneliness, and adult mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: An online, cross-sectional study Pushing up ti plants: intersections between mortuary practice, religion, culture, and ecology in Tanna, Vanuatu Neural signatures of stress-adapted cognition: ERP evidence linking early life stress to socio-emotional processing Estrone, adiposity, and inflammation in minimally-invasive samples: A pilot study The Impact of Iron on Maternal Mental Health: A Causal Analysis Using Directed Acyclic Graphs Perceptions of “good mothering” among university-aged women in upstate New York, US, and Xalapa, Mexico. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) access in a pilot study among people experiencing homelessness in Oregon, USA Assessing Self-Reported Physical Activity as a Predictor of Lipid Biomarkers in a Low-Resource Community from Southwestern Illinois Identifying social determinants of health and barriers to diabetes management in individuals with diabetes or prediabetes in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Mapping endocrine vulnerability: spatial patterns of parathyroid hormone disruption and environmental inequality in the U.S. Does self-perception of social standing impact your health? Evaluating subjective social status and epigenetic age acceleration in Cebu Chronic disease, acute onset: a qualitative study of cardiometabolic disease in rural Yucatán Vulnerable males: maternal birth weight has sex specific associations with infant birth weight in the CLHNS Relationship between geographical slope and child health in Lima, Peru Body mass index, body temperature and sleep among Akwesasne women Household composition and adult nutritional status among BaYaka foragers in the Republic of the Congo Association between years since menopause, metabolic syndrome, and cognitive function in rural South African adults Blood pressure does not increase in response to menopause among forager-horticulturalists in the Bolivian Amazon Linking perceived and measured water quality to coping behaviors and psychosocial stress in San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands Private religious practice, but not public religious practice, and marital status are associated with change in cognitive function in a longitudinal sample of older adults Connections Between Food Cravings and Nutritional Deficiencies Examining heat-related health risk and menopause status in urban environments: A meta-analysis from Philadelphia Adrenal puberty and mucosal immunity among juveniles and adolescents in Utila, Honduras Contextualizing exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in household water in a small island community in Honduras “Three foods make a meal”: Rwandan grandmothers as keepers of nutritional knowledge amid changing foodways. Gut microbiome-mediated phenotypic plasticity in human evolution and health Does social support improve health? A test using social networks and health in Vanuatu Blood pressure, nail cortisol, EBV antibody titers, and CRP among refugees from Serbia and Kenya Using the Veggie Meter to assess fruit and vegetable consumption among children Building foundations for biocultural engagement: Preliminary insights from Igbo women in Minnesota Associations of post-traumatic stress disorder and metabolic syndrome with accelerated brain aging in South African adults: A case-control study Does dietary quality predict inflammation in low-resource settings? Evidence from the Rural Embodiment and Community Health (REACH) study Do those with ADHD hold occupations that work to their strengths? Relationships of ADHD diagnosis and polygenic scores with occupational history and job skills in Add Health Rural Embodiment and Community Health (REACH) study: exploring differences of food insecurity across two low-resource U.S. communities Evaluating new methods for capillary blood sample collection to facilitate field-based research in human biology Global variation in children’s appetite regulation: Exploring the relationship between circulating leptin and adiposity among the Indigenous Shuar of Ecuador Perinatal experiences and biological stress in Appalachia: A mixed-methods pilot study The effect of mind-body therapies (MBTs) on biomarkers of inflammation in cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis Perceptions of prostate cancer prevention among middle-aged men in southeastern Mexico: A human biology perspective (Truly) global birth stories Brown adipose tissue activity and metabolic responses to cold exposure Indicators of metabolic syndrome among Shuar occur at lower BMI than standard obesity thresholds. Body fat percentage, not early life experiences, predicts blood pressure in children in Utila, Honduras The Role of Workplace Hierarchies in Nurses’ Stress and Experiences: A Biocultural Perspective Anthropometric Predictors of Hypertension in Ageing Populations: Evidence from Lucknow, India The impact of environmental enteric dysfunction and immune activity on Indigenous Shuar children’s growth: evidence from osteocalcin, a biomarker of bone formation Evidence of selection on the BDNF Val66Met (rs6265-A) variant across global populations Exploring environmental factors related to childhood physical activity in a low-resource U.S. community: a mixed-methods pilot study Hormonal decay after death: Evaluating DHEA-S as a potential molecular marker for postmortem interval estimation How are socioeconomic status and food insecurity related to hepatic health in US adults? A systematic review of social and environmental determinants of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human milk Inequality, food insecurity, and HIV: A test of syndemicity in Cameroon Perinatal exposure to lead, arsenic, and zinc and adolescent neurodevelopmental outcomes in Nepal: A prospective cohort study Contraceptive preferences and decision-making among women in American Samoa: A mixed-methods study to inform future family planning efforts Socioeconomic Inequity and In-Hospital Mortality from Diabetes in Mexican Children Associations between University of Oregon Health Services sexual wellbeing programs, STI positivity rates, and number of students testing for STIs Brown adipose tissue activation in young adults Market integration and children’s gut health: Predictors of circulating endotoxin-core antibodies, a marker of environmental enteric dysfunction, among the Shuar of Ecuador Differences in sexual minority cognitive health between older adults living in Canada and the United States Unmasking kidney disease in a remote, hot-dry environment: High prevalence of reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate among semi-nomadic pastoralists Assessment of childhood fruit and vegetable intake using the Veggie Meter: Preliminary findings from a low-resource U.S. community Executive Function and Diabetes Identity Integration in Adolescents and Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes (Brief Title: T1DEFT – Type 1 Diabetes Executive Function and Identity Study) Epigenetic landscapes: Shaping susceptibility to health and disease The association of physical activity, acculturation, and cardiometabolic risk among first-generation South Asian American immigrants Fragmentation of care during the postpartum period: An evolutionary perspective Cross-cultural perspectives on men’s age-related testosterone decline: Evidence from the U.S. and farming and forager communities in the Congo Basin Major and minor sickness classifications among Hadzabe foragers Glucose breath tests among Maasai children in rural Kenya: Exploring the role of gut health in the relationship between water insecurity and child growth Correlating the postmortem interval to the human necromicrobiome in a semi-arid desert environment How does polygynous marriage affect cooperative childrearing networks in The Gambia? Socio-ecological determinants of Rickettsia spp. seroprevalence in Yucatan, Mexico: Insights from an ecological analysis Multi-pollutant exposure and sexual maturation in adolescents |
