6th Annual Workshop on
Biomeasures
Collection
in
Population-Based Health Research
"Biosocial
and
Technology-Based
Approaches
to Urban Health and Aging"
Location: Gleacher Center, Downtown Chicago
Date: Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Time: 7:30 AM-4:30 PM
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Plenary lecture "Biological and Physiological Measure
Innovation in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)"
by Rose Anne Kenny, MD, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Introduction
by Linda Waite, PhD and Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP, The Univerity
of
Chicago.
Presentation "Use of Local Exam Surveys in Public Health Policy-Making:
Experiences from the 2004 NYC HANES Survey"
by Lorna Thorpe, PhD, Columbia University
Introduction by Kate Cagney, PhD, The University of Chicago
Presentation 1 "Comprehensive Asset Mapping of the Built
Environment and its Relationship to Urban Health and Aging"
by Jennifer Makelarski, PhD, MPH, The University of Chicago
Introduction by Joseph West, MSc,ScD, Sinai Urban Health Institute,
Chicago
Presentation 2 "Minimally Invasive Measures of Environmental Toxin
Exposure:
Blood Spots and Breath Analysis"
by Bill Funk, PhD, Northwestern University and Joachim Pleil, PhD, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Presentation 1 "Update on Dried Blood Spot Technology for
Population-Based Biosocial Research: The Oregon Health Study
Experience"
by Heidi Allen, MSW, PhD, Providence Portland Medical Center
Introduction by Thom McDade, PhD, Northwestern University
Presentation 2 "Neighborhood Effects on Health"
by Jens Ludwig, PhD, The University of Chicago
Introduction by Monica Peek, MD, The University of Chicago
Closing remarks by Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP