Driving directions:
The Biomarker Core Interdisciplinary Workshop Series
With the understanding that health is a complex construct dependent
on psychological, social, cultural, biological and environmental
factors, the goal of the The Biomarker Core Interdisciplinary Workshop
Series is to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of
health in aging populations. The Biomarker Core Interdisciplinary
Workshop engages investigators and trainees in lively discussion about
a new frontier in health research that integrates social,
psychological, and biophysiological measures to better understand
health trajectories and disparities on a population-basis. By bringing
clinical, laboratory and population-based researchers together, the
workshop aims to promote translation, innovation, and ethical
application of integrated health research techniques. These meetings
will be complemented by a series of smaller meetings that will provide
practical training for junior social and biological scientists in the
interdisciplinary research and analysis of aging. Through these
smaller meetings we also hope to develop a working curriculum for
others interested in interdisciplinary training in health and aging.
2005 - 2006 Academic Year Workshop Series Schedule
This year Biomarker Core Workshop Series is organized in conjunction
with the Genetics
and Global Health Ethics Workshop Series and the Center for Health and Social
Science (CHeSS).All sessions meet the first Wednesday of the month at noon in H103 room of the Hospital unless otherwise indicated. Lunch will be served.
Monday, October 17th, noon - 1:30pm.
"Bringing the Bench to the Bedside in a Wheely Bag : Integrated Health Research and the 2005 National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project" - Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Chicago, Director of the Biomarker Core at the Center on Aging, NORC
Suggested reading:
- Anderson, NB. 1999. “Solving the Puzzle of Socioeconomic Status and Health; The Need for Integrated, Multilevel, Interdisciplinary Research.” Annals New York Academy of Sciences. 896: 302-312.
- Berkman, Lisa F., Thomas Glass, Ian Brissette, and Teresa Seeman. 2000. “From Social Integration to Health: Durkheim in the New Millenium." Social Science and Medicine 51: 843-857.
- Seeman TE and Crimmins E. 2001. “Social Environment Effects on Health and Aging: Integrating Epridemiologic and Demographic Approaches and Perspectives.” Annals New York Academy of Sciences. 954: 88-117.
- Cells and Surveys: Should Biological Measures Be Included in Social Science Research? 2000. Committee on Population. National Research Council. Caleb E. Finch, James W. Vaupel, and Kevin Kinsella, editors.
- Harik-Khan, R.I., D. C. Muller, and R. A. Wise. Racial Difference in Lung Function in African-American and White Children: Effect of Anthropometric, Socioeconomic, Nutritional, and Environmental Factors. Am J Epidemiol 2004; 160:893–900.
Wednesday, December 7th, noon - 1:30pm
"Stress, the morning cortisol awakening response, and disease development in the Hutterites" - Lianne Kurina, PhD, Dept. of Health Studies, U of Chicago
Suggested reading:
- Cohen S, Kessler RC, Gordon LU. 1997. Strategies for measuring stress in studies of psychiatric and physical disorders. Chapter 1 in Measuring Stress (Eds. Cohen S, Kessler RC, Gordon LU), Oxford University Press, New York.
- Hostetler, JA. Hutterite Society (chapters 6 "World View and Language" and 7 "Colony Organization"). 1974. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Goldman N et al. Perceived stress and physiological dysregulation in older adults. Stress 2005;8(2): 95-105.
- Glaser R & Kiecolt-Glaser JK. Stress-induced immune dysfunction: implications for health. Nature Reviews Immunology 2005;5: 243-251.
- Kurina LM et al. Sex differences in the genetic basis of morning serum cortisol levels: genome-wide screen identifies two novel loci specific to women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005;90(8): 4747-4752.
- Empana JP et al. Contributions of depressive mood and circulating inflammatory markers to coronary heart disease in healthy European men. Circulation 2005;111: 2299-2305.
Wednesday, January 4th, noon - 1:30pm - Room H103.
"Estrogen Metabolites and Systolic Blood Pressure in a Population-Based Sample of Postmenopausal Women." - Dr. Christopher Masi, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Suggested reading:
- Dubey RK, Gillespie DG, Zacharia LC, Rosselli M ,Korzekwa KR, Fingerle J, and Jackson EK. 2000. Methoxyestradiols Mediate the Antimitogenic Effects of Estradiol on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via Estrogen Receptor-Independent Mechanisms. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 278, 27–33.
- Christopher M. Masi, Louise C. Hawkley, Jarett D. Berry, and John
T. Cacioppo. Estrogen
Metabolites and Systolic Blood Pressure in a Population-Based Sample of
Postmenopausal Women. The Endocrine Society. Copyrighted
manuscript.
Wednesday, February 1st, noon - 1:30pm, room H103
"Social and Ecological Influences on Health and Aging: comparative
perspectives from India and the U.S." - Sharon Williams, PhD, Center on Aging, NORC/University of Chicago
Suggested reading:
- Williams S. "Measuring Stress in Special Populations." In: Ice, GH and James GD, eds. A Practical Guide to Measuring Stress in the Field. In press.
- McDade T. "Measuring Immune Function: Markers of Cell-mediated Immunity and Inflammation in Dried-Blood Spots." In: Ice, GH and James GD, eds. A Practical Guide to Measuring Stress in the Field. In press.
- Mei JV, Alexander JR, Adam BW, and Hannon WH. Use of Filter Paper for the Collection and Analysis of Human Whole Blood Specimens. Journal of Nutrition 131, 1631S - 1636S (2001).
Wednesday, March 1st, noon - 1:30pm, room H103
"Inflammatory Correlates of Personality" - Emil Coccaro, MD, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago
Wednesday, May 3rd, noon - 1:30pm, room H103
"Factors affecting postpartum contraceptive adherence in African American and Latino teen mothers" - TBD
Directions to H103 from the Midway Entrance - directly behind the Goldblatt Lobby Security Desk.
Directions to G115 from the Midway Entrance: Turn right at the security desk. Proceed all the way down the hall, through the glass doors. Room G115 will be the second door on your left.