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Cells to Society (C2S) hosted its fourth annual Summer Biomarker Institute on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University, June 8-10, 2009. Interest in incorporating biomarkers into survey research is currently high, but disciplinary training is such that few investigators possess the necessary dual expertise in the social and biomedical sciences.
The institute is designed to provide a hands-on introduction to state-of-the-art methods for integrating biomarkers into population-based, social science research, covering technical as well as conceptual issues associated with biological measurement in naturalistic settings.
Thomas McDade (Anthropology), Emma Adam (Human Development and Social Policy), and Christopher Kuzawa (Anthropology) directed the workshop. Presentations by additional researchers with extensive biomarker experience was also featured.
By the end of the institute, participants should have the tools necessary to make informed decisions about the appropriateness of specific biomarkers for their research agenda, to communicate effectively with potential collaborators about biomarker issues, and to engage in innovative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Download the 2009 Summer Biomarker Institute brochure (PDF)
2009
Agenda
Download 2009 Agenda (PDF)
June 8 ••• Day 1
Annenberg Hall-Room 345 |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:45 |
Welcome and participant introductions:
Thomas McDade, Emma Adam, and Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 9:15 |
What is biology and why measure it? A theoretical introduction to biology and its role in the social sciences
Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
Case Studies: Biology in context
Thomas McDade , Emma Adam, Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 12:15 |
Lunch at James Allen Center Atrium |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:30 |
Theory to practice: Guiding principles for integrating biological measures into survey research
Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 2:15 |
Salivary biomarkers: Common measures, collection methods and challenges, and analysis techniques
Emma Adam, Northwestern University |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:15 |
Salivary biomarkers, continued |
| 4:30 |
Adjourn |
| 6:30 |
Dinner at Campagnola
815 Chicago Ave., Evanston (847) 475-6100
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June 9••• Day 2
Annenberg Hall - Room 345 |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Dried blood spots as a minimally-invasive alternative to venipuncture: Advantages/disadvantages, analytic options, and procedures for sample collection
Thomas McDade, Northwestern University |
| 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:15 |
Community-based psychophysiology
Ryan Brown and Rebecca Seligman, Northwestern University
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| 12:15 |
Lunch at Norris University Center – East Lawn |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:45 |
Methods breakout sessions:
1. Anthropometry
2. Blood pressure
3. Actigraphy
Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 3:15 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Methods development and application:
Lessons from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project
Stacy Lindau, University of Chicago |
| 4:30 |
Adjourn |
June 10 ••• Day 3
Anthropology Department, 1810 Hinman Ave.
Main conference room and Laboratory for Human Biology Research |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
DNA collection approaches for social science research
Wendy Wolf, Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University |
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Laboratory measurement, I: Introduction to the immunoassay |
| 11:00 |
Laboratory measurement, II: Assay evaluation and quality control
Thomas McDade, Northwestern University |
| 11:45 |
Lunch |
| 12:30 |
Breakout sessions:
1. Lab tour
2. Sample shipping and storage
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| Afternoon Session |
| 1:30 |
Presentation of lab results and wrap up |
| 2:00 |
Adjourn |
2008
Agenda
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June 9 ••• Day 1
Annenberg Hall-Room 345 |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:45 |
Welcome and participant introductions:
Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Director, C2S, Northwestern University |
| 9:15 |
What is biology and why measure it? A theoretical introduction to biology and its role in the social sciences
Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
Case Studies: Biology in context
Thom McDade , Emma Adam, Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:30 |
Theory to practice: Guiding principles for integrating biological measures into survey research
Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 2:15 |
Salivary biomarkers: Common measures, collection methods and challenges, and analysis techniques
Emma Adam, Northwestern University |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:15 |
Salivary biomarkers, continued |
| 4:30 |
Adjourn |
| 6:30 |
Dinner at Campagnola
815 Chicago Ave., Evanston (847) 475-6100
**Transportation arranged* |
June 10••• Day 2
Annenberg Hall - Room 345 |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Dried blood spots as a minimally-invasive alternative to venipuncture: Advantages/disadvantages, analytic options, and procedures for sample collection
Thom McDade, Northwestern University |
| 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:15 |
Discussion: Biology and social inquiry
Jeremy Freese, Northwestern University
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| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:45 |
Methods breakout sessions:
1. Anthropometry
2. Blood pressure
3. Actigraphy
Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:15 |
Methods development and application:
Lessons from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project
Stacy Lindau, University of Chicago |
| 4:00 |
Adjourn |
June 11 ••• Day 3
Anthropology Department, 1810 Hinman Ave.
Main conference room and Laboratory for Human Biology Research |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
DNA: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Geoff Hayes, Northwestern University |
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Laboratory measurement, I: Introduction to the immunoassay |
| 11:00 |
Laboratory measurement, II: Assay evaluation and quality control
Thomas McDade, Northwestern University |
| 11:45 |
Lunch |
| 12:30 |
Breakout sessions and lunch:
1. Lab tour
2. Sample shipping and storage
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| Afternoon Session |
| 1:30 |
Presentation of lab results and wrap up |
| 2:00 |
Adjourn |
Participants
Download 2008 Participant Directory (PDF)

2008 Summer Biomarker Institute Participants
Emma Adam, Northwestern University
Erika Arenas, University of California - Los Angeles
Monica Bermudez-Parsai, Arizona State University
Sarah Baird, University of California - San Diego
Ann Borders, Northwestern University
Stefanie Brodmann, Princeton University
Alison Buttenheim, Princeton University
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Northwestern University
Jacob Cheadle, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lynette Craft, Northwestern University
L. Zachary DuBois, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Jeremy Freese, Northwestern University
Andrew Fuligni, University of California - Los Angeles
Amelia Gavin, University of Washington
Lee Gettler, Northwestern University
Erica Gibson, University of Florida
Bridget Goosby, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, University of Michigan
Katarina Guttmannova, Northwestern University
Steven Haas, Arizona State University
M. Geoffrey Hayes, Northwestern University
Yuan-yen Jeffrey Huang, Northwestern University
Christopher Kuzawa, Northwestern University
Janxin Leu, University of Washington
Stacy Tessler Lindau, University of Chicago
Brenda Lohman, Iowa State University
Thomas McDade, Northwestern University
Aaron Allen Miller, Northwestern University
Kathryn Modecki, Arizona State University
Jennifer Karas Montez, University of Texas at Austin
Kathleen Mullen, RAND Corporation
Berk Özler, The World Bank
Lauren MacKenzie Papp, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Elizabeth Anne Quinn, Northwestern University
Leah Robinson, Auburn University
Julienne Rutherford, Northwestern University
Kammi Schmeer, Ohio State University
Clarissa Simon, Northwestern University
Jeffry W. Thigpen, Indiana University
Lindsay Till, Northwestern University
R. Jay Turner, Florida State University
Hannah Wallerstein, Northwestern University
Sera Young, University of California - Berkeley
Photos
2008 Summer Biomarker Institute Photo Gallery
2007
Agenda
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June 18 ••• Day 1
Annenberg Hall-Room 345 |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:45 |
Welcome: Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Director, C2S |
| 9:00 |
Participant Introductions |
| 9:30 |
What is biology and why measure it? A theoretical introduction to biology and its role in the social sciences
Chris Kuzawa, Emma Adam, Thom McDade, Northwestern University |
| 10:45 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
What is biology and why measure it? (continued)
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| 12:30 |
Lunch at Norris University Center, East Lawn (rain location Big 10 Rm.) |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:45 |
Theory to practice: Guiding principles for integrating biological measures into survey research
Chris Kuzawa , Northwestern University |
| 2:45 |
Break |
| 3:00 |
Salivary biomarkers: Common measures, collection methods and challenges, and analysis techniques
Emma Adam , Northwestern University |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn |
| 6:30 |
Dinner at Campagnola
815 Chicago Ave., Evanston (847) 475-6100
**Transportation arranged* |
June 19 ••• Day 2
Annenberg Hall - Room 345 |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Dried blood spots as a minimally-invasive alternative to venipuncture: Advantages/disadvantages, analytic options, and procedures for sample collection
Thom McDade, Northwestern University |
| 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:15 |
Methods breakout sessions:
- Anthropometry
- Blood pressure
- Actigraphy
Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University |
| 12:15 |
Lunch discussion: Ethical considerations in the application of biological measurement to community-based research
Dorothy Roberts, Northwestern University
James Allen Center, Room 222 |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:45 |
DNA: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Geoff Hayes, University of Chicago/Northwestern University |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:15 |
Methods development and application:
Lessons from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project
Stacy Lindau, University of Chicago |
| 4:45 |
Adjourn |
June 20••• Day 3
Anthropology Department, 1810 Hinman Ave.
Main conference room and Laboratory for Human Biology Research |
| Morning session |
| 8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Laboratory measurement I: Introduction to the immunoassay
Thom McDade, Northwestern University |
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Laboratory measurement II: Assay evaluation and quality control
Thom McDade, Northwestern University |
| 11:00 |
Breakout sessions:
- Lab tour
- Sample shipping and storage
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| 12:00 |
Lunch and roundtable discussions
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| Afternoon Session |
| 2:15 |
Wrap-up session |
| 3:00 |
Adjourn |
Participants
Download 2007 Participant Directory (PDF)

2007 Summer Biomarker Institute Participants
Emma Adam, Northwestern University
Rashad Belin, Northwestern University
Kira Birditt, University of Michigan
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Northwestern University
Greg Duncan, Northwestern University
Melinda Forthofer, University of South Carolina & DeSaussure College
Jeremy Freese, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Craig Garfield, Northwestern University
Clarence Gravlee, University of Florida
Cassandra Hart, Northwestern University
Geoffrey Hayes, University of Chicago
Patrick Heuveline, University of Chicago
Chris Kuzawa, Northwestern University
Rebekah Levine Coley, Boston College
Stacy Lindau, University of Chicago
Thomas McDade, Northwestern University
L. Malena Monteverde, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yoko Nomura, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Kenya Noronha, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ezemenari Obasi, Southern Illinois University
Oka Obono, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Candice Odgers, Kings College London
Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Patricia Pendry, Northwestern University
Genevieve Pham-Kanter, University of Chicago
Chelsea Richmond, Northwestern University
Sal Rivas, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dorothy Roberts, Northwestern University
Emma Robertson Blackmore, University of Rochester Medical Center
Sarah Scarbeck, Northwestern University
Melissa Simon, Northwestern University/UIC
Elizabeth Sweet, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Angelica Torres, Yale University
Sophie Trawalter, Northwestern University
Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, University of Southern California
Elizabeth Votruba Drzal, University of Pittsburgh
Rheeda Walker, Southern Illinois University
Kay Wanke, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Firman Witoelar, Indonesia Family Life Survey
Lijing Yan, Peking University
Photos
2007 Summer Biomarker Institute Photo Gallery
2006
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Participants
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2006 Summer Biomarker Institute Participants
Karen M. Abram, Psycho-Legal Studies Program, Northwestern University
Emma K. Adam, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Dawn Alley, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, C2S Director, Institute for Policy Research/School of Education & Social Policy, Northwestern University
Vicki Sujin Chung, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Jacinda Dariotis, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Amy S.J. DeSantis, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Greg Drevenstedt, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California
Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Yvonne Flores, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
Kathy Georgiades, Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University
Craig Hadley, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan
Daphne Hernandez, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Terrence Hill, Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Sara Jaffee, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Angela Jaszczak, National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
Ariel Kalil, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
So-Yun Kim, Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University
Christopher Kuzawa, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
Jinkook Lee, Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University
Simon Lin, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
Stacy Lindau, Section of Geriatric Medicine, University of Chicago
Elizabeth Lynch, Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Thomas McDade, C2S Associate Director, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
Katherine Mcgonagle, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Barbara Piperata, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder
Jennifer A. Richeson, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University
Chelsea Richmond, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Luis Rubalcava, Economicas, Centro de Investigacion y DocenciaEconomics, UCLA
Jyoti Salva, Gerontology Center, Pennsylvania State University
Madeleine U. Shalowitz, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Michael Spittel, Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, NICHD
Elizabeth Sweet, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
Graciela Teruel, Economicas, Universidad Iberoamericana, Santa Fe
Theresa Thompson-Colón, Survey Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Whitney P. Witt, Buehler Center on Aging, Feinberg School of Medicine
Kathleen Wolin, Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
Wendy Wolf, Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University
Laurie Zoloth, Center for Bioethics Social Science, Northwestern University
Photos
2006 Summer Biomarker Institute Photo Gallery

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