Thursday, April 30 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Marquette A

Session 25:
Biodemographic Influences on Health and Mortality

Chair: Thomas W. McDade, Northwestern University
Discussant: Christopher L. Seplaki, Johns Hopkins University

  1. Social and Physical Predictors of Inflammation in U.S. Children Aged 6-17 • Jennifer Dowd, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY) ; Allison Aiello, University of Michigan

  2. The Link between Social Isolation and Inflammation: Dimensions, Measures and Mechanisms • Linda Waite, University of Chicago ; Martha McClintock, University of Chicago ; Erin York Cornwell, Cornell University ; Lissa Patterson, Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center ; Juyeon Kim, University of Chicago

  3. No Consistent Effects of Prenatal or Neonatal Exposure to Spanish Flu on Late-Life Mortality in 24 Developed Countries • Alan A. Cohen, Centre for Global Health Research ; John Tillinghast, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  4. Racial Disparities in Biomarkers of Health among the Survivors of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: A Natural Experiment Exploring the Role of Early Life Events in Health and Longevity • Margaret M. Weden, RAND Corporation

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