Chicago Area Working Group on Integrated Health and Aging Research
With the understanding that health is a complex construct dependent
on psychological, social, cultural, biological and environmental
factors, the goal of the Working Group on Integrated Health and Aging
Research is to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of
health in aging populations. Through bimonthly meetings including
senior researchers from a broad range of disciplines, we hope to
promote a discourse that will help to develop and advance our
understanding of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches, methodology,
and analysis in order to optimize the study of health and aging.
Included in this discourse will be an exploration of both the
challenges and opportunities to enhance interdisciplinary research both
in Chicago and in the larger scientific community. 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 Group Meetings Schedule
Tuesday, January 11th, 1:30 - 3:00pm, CHeSS meeting room -- G-115C (University Hospitals Building)
"Ethical Principles of Population-Based Bioresearch" - Kiera Von Besser, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago
Suggested References:
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- Jonsen AR. Ethical
considerations and responsibilities when communicating health risk
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- Schulte PA. Contribution
of biological markers to occupational health. Am J Ind Med. 1991,
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- Schulte PA.
Some implications of genetic biomarkers in occupational epidemiology
and practice. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2004, 30(1):71-9.
- C. E. Finch, Vaupel, J.W., and Kinsella, K. (Eds.). 2000. Cells
and Surveys: Should Biological Measures Be Included in Social Science
Research? National Research Council, Committee on
Population. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and
Education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
- The
National Bioethics Advisory Council Recommendations
Friday, March 11th, 1:30 - 3:00pm, CHeSS meeting room -- G-115C (University Hospitals Building)
"Discovering an Unsuspected House Guest: In-Home Assays for Colonization and Asymptomatic Infection by Pathogenic Microbes" - Michael David, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, The University of Chicago
Suggested References:
- Burris S. Surveillance, social risk, and symbolism: framing the analysis for research and policy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2000 25, Suppl 2:S120-7. Review.
- Gravitt PE et al. Evaluation
of self-collected cervicovaginal cell samples for human papillomavirus
testing by polymerase chain reaction. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers
Prev. 2001 10(2):95-100.
- Simonsen PE et al. Bancroftian
filariasis infection, disease, and specific antibody response patterns
in a high and a low endemicity community in East Africa. Am J Trop
Med Hyg. 2002 66(5):550-9.
- Charlebois ED et al. Population-based
community prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in
the urban poor of San Francisco. Clin Infect Dis. 2002
34(4):425-33.
- Melegaro A et al. Estimating
the transmission parameters of pneumococcal carriage in households.
Epidemiol Infect. 2004 132(3):433-41.
- Deresinski S. Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus: an evolutionary, epidemiologic, and therapeutic
odyssey. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 40(4):562-73.
Monday, May 9th, 3:00 - 4:30pm, CHeSS meeting room -- G-115C (University Hospitals Building)
"Collection of biomarkers in India - challenges of international research"
John Schneider and Sharon Williams, The University of Chicago
Suggested References:
- Menard D, Mavolomade EE, Mandeng MJ, Talarmin A. Advantages of an alternative strategy based on consecutive HIV serological tests for detection of HIV antibodies in Central African Republic. J Virol Methods. 2003, 111(2):129-34.
- Angell M. The ethics of clinical research in the Third World. N Engl J Med. 1997 337(12):847-9.
- Varmus H, Satcher D. Ethical complexities of conducting research in developing countries. N Engl J Med. 1997 337(14):1003-5.
- Marshall P, Koenig B. Accounting
for culture in a globalized bioethics. J Law Med Ethics. 2004,
32(2):252-66.