Human Biology Association 50th Anniversary Virtual Poster Session
Human Biology Association
More info: https://www.humbio.org/event-5820659
Relationship between Salivary Cortisol and Epigenetic “Clock” Measures of Aging
SR Post1, CP Ryan2, NR Lee3, DB Carba3, JL MacIsaac4, DTS Lin4, P Atashzay4, MS Kobor4,5,6,7, CW Kuzawa1
Assessing changes in fatigue after deep brain stimulation using qualitative and quantitative self-report measures
Linda M. Gerber,1 Kaiulani S. Shulman,2 Megan S. Wright,2,3 Joseph J. Fins,2, 4 Nicholas D. Schiff5
Support: NIH BRAIN Initiative 1RF1MH12378-01 and UH3 NS095554
The Weathering Hypothesis meets the “Anglophone Problem”: Pregnancy Outcomes within a Sociolinguistic Minority Group in Cameroon
Connors, Ca'la K; Kuzawa, Christopher
Using 2011 Demographic and Health Survey data, we examine infant birthweight and prenatal care access, comparing outcomes between urban anglophone and francophone regions. The sample (N=871) includes infants born to women aged 20-34, living in urban regions, who gave birth within the five years before the survey. No significant differences were found in c-section rates, or number of prenatal appointments attended, though women in anglophone regions had their first prenatal visit three weeks later (p<0.00) than those in francophone regions. Despite this, infants born in anglophone regions (N=115) were on average 100g heavier than those born in francophone regions (N=756), with the difference trending toward significance (p<0.09). Women in anglophone regions, on average, were less educated, more likely to give birth in a private facility, less wealthy, and more primiparous relative to women in Francophone regions, however, these differences were not significant.
Future work should establish whether these apparent differences are due to systematic biases in representation in the sample, to some protective factors, or both.
Changes in risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer among Bangladeshi migrants in London
GR Bentley,1 C Chaney,2 RT Chatterton,3 LC Houghton,4 S Muttukrishna,5 A Núñez-de la Mora,6 LL Sievert7
Challenges to pregnancy and postpartum care during the Covid-19 pandemic in a capital city in the Amazon, Brazil
Priscila E. L. Silva, Hilton P. Silva, Roseane B.T. Oliveira, Pedro da Glória, Barbara A. Piperata
Gender and sexual diversities (GSD) across four generations – representative study from Poland
ME Mijas(1,2), K Koziara(3), B Grabski(4), M Folkierska-Żukowska(5), WŁ Dragan(6)
This study utilized stratified sampling. Demographic and questionnaire data was collected through an online research platform. Statistical analyses were performed using R studio.
9366 Polish adults (51.6% assigned female at birth, AFAB) aged 44.5 years participated in the study. The final sample included 20% Baby Boomers, 30% Gen X, 35% Millennials and 15% Gen Z respondents. Nearly one in ten participants revealed GSD sexual or gender identity.
We observed a progressive decline in the proportion of self-identified cisgender heterosexual participants across all four generations with the highest percentage among Baby Boomers and lowest among Gen Z participants. Nearly one in six Gen Z respondents identified as LGBTQA+ person as compared to only 3% of Baby Boomers. Similar patterns were observed in the case of sexual and romantic attractions and behaviors. Additionally, exclusive heterosexual attractions and behaviors were less prevalent among AFAB participants within each distinguished generation.
Our results are consistent with data from other large representative studies and indicate significant societal changes related to genders and sexualities particularly evident among younger generations.
Exploring the Immunological Mechanisms of Oral Immunotherapy in Food Allergy Desensitization
Kaily Khaloyan
New adjunctive therapies, including omalizumab, also know as Xolair, have also recently even introduced in the allergy community. These methods may be able to advance both the safety and efficacy of oral immunotherapy by modulating IgE levels and decreasing severe allergic reactions during the desensitization process.
The following research study utilizes an extensive literature review, which includes survey data from individuals undergoing or having completed an oral immunotherapy program. It will also evaluate potential biomarkers of successful desensitization; examples of this include, but are not limited to, changes in the IgE/IgG4 ratio, generation of allergen-specific regulatory T cells, and changes in immune modulation. Understanding these immunological mechanisms will aid in understanding treatment protocols, mitigating risks, and improving outcomes for food allergy patients.
An examination of the variation in adult anthropometric measurements in relation to childhood social factors using computed tomography scans
Adrianna N. Wiley1, Cristina Lama1,2, and Michelle E. Cameron1
The impact of endemic violence on the nutrition of pastoralist adolescents in Northern Kenya.
Valentina Dziecinny Vazquez, Aubree Kaliski, Ivy Pike
Age and sex patterns in the size and kin-makeup of children's playmate networks
Brooke A. Rothamer1, Luke Glowacki1, Aaron D. Blackwell2, Jessica K. Hlay1, Madison A. C. Hönig2, Nicole Merullo1, Izabel Rodríguez-James1, Caroline B. Smith2, Carolyn R. Hodges-Simeon1
Dam-induced displacement and disruption are associated with cortisol concentration and patterns of diurnal variation
Cassie C Lee, Aaron A Miller, Thomas W McDade, Patrick M Owuor
What explains variation in childhood blood pressure? An exploration of life history variables affecting blood pressure in Utila, Honduras
N Merullo1, AD Blackwell2, GN Busi1, JK Hlay1, MAC Hönig2, I Rodríguez-James1, BA Rothamer1, CB Smith2, CR Hodges-Simeon1
Estrategias ante la inseguridad hídrica y sus efectos en la salud psicosocial de mujeres cabezas de familia en colonias populares de Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
María José Palmeros de la Rosa, Alejandra Núñez de la Mora, Adriana Rodríguez Barraza
Food Sharing Networks in a Multi-ethnic, Predominantly Indigenous Peri-Urban Community in the Brazilian Amazon
Harold Wright M.S., Barbara A. Piperata, PhD, Sean S. Downey, PhD
Does body surface area predict core temperature change? Preliminary results from four climatic exposures
Libby W. Cowgill, Michelle Hoskins, Cara Ocobock, Elizabeth Cho, Scott D. Maddux
To this end, this study investigated the relationship between body surface area (BSA) and core temperature change in five males and five females exposed to four climatic conditions in a walk-in climate chamber: control (22°C, 50% RH), cold (5°C, 80% RH), hot/dry (44°C, 15% RH), and hot/humid (39°C, 85% RH). Prior to each 45 minute exposure, participants ingested an eCelsius sensor, which allows continuous core temperature monitoring at 15 seconds intervals, and heat loss/gain was quantified as change in core temperature during exposure. Total BSA was calculated using full body computed tomography scans of each participant. Results suggest that the relationship between core temperature and BSA vary by climatic exposure. Future research will both expand the study sample size and explore more complex relationships between BSA and skin temperature change.
“I never don’t have water because I collect rainwater”: Water insecurity and sociocultural factors in an indigenous community of Northern Argentina
SI Olmedo, CR Valeggia, C Palavecino and R Pérez-Escamilla
Minimally invasive measurement of zonulin, a key biomarker for environmental enteric dysfunction and childhood growth faltering, in dried blood spot samples
LS Orozco1, EY Kim2, E Shoemaker1, L Fahed1 J Gassen3, TJ Nowak2, SP Weaver4, EJ Baker5, MP Muehlenbein6, SS Urlacher6
Neuropsychiatric sequelae of long COVID among adults: a cross-sectional study in Johannesburg, South Africa
Andrew Wooyoung Kim, Someleze Swana , Simiso Sokhela, Samanta T. Lalla-Edward , Ncomeka Manentsa, Alexander C. Tsai, WD Francois Venter
Ecological and social determinants of early life oxidative stress: Preliminary findings from a low-resource US community
A Samsonov (1), JA Beauregard (2), KL Nemeth (2), C Chaney (3,4), J Ainsley (4), D Mukundan (4), S Hotter (4), EK Mallott (4), TJ Cepon-Robins (5), TE Gildner (2), SS Urlacher (1)
Relationships Among Epstein-Barr Virus Antibodies, COVID-19, and Stress in Mothers up to 1-Year Postpartum
E. Anastasi1, D.J. Glass1,2,3, T.D. Pan2, E. Brindle2,4, B. Caffe 5, C.B. Smith 5, A.E. Kunkle1, M.A. Kent 1, A.D. Navarrete6,7, C.D.W. Pace8, D.T.A. Eisenberg1,2, R.M. Pace8,9,10, J.E. Williams11, S.H. Ley12, C. Barbosa-Leiker13, M.A. McGuire11, M.K. McGuire8, C.L. Meehan 5, M. Martin1,2
Allostatic load and chronic pain among older adults in the United States
Dee Jolly, MS & L. Zachary DuBois, PhD
Effectiveness of group antenatal care in increasing healthcare utilization and improving maternal and infant outcomes in Malawi
CL Patil1, ET Abrams1, X Mei1, L Liu1, AA Desloge3, E Kapito4, Genesis Chorwe-Sungani4 E Chirwa4, and KF Norr1
An evolutionary medicine and life history perspective on aging and chronic disease: Trade-offs, hyperfunction, and environmental mismatch
Jacob E. Aronoff, Benjamin C. Trumble
Pride protects where it counts: State moderates the relationship between transgender identity-pride and allostatic load
L. Zachary DuBois, Ph.D., Dee Jolly, M.S., Kelsi Kuehn, M.A., Jae A. Puckett, Ph.D., Sally I. Powers, Ed.D., Debra A. Hope, Ph.D., Richard Mocarski, Ph.D., & Robert-Paul Juster, Ph.D.
The Weathering Hypothesis meets the “Anglophone Problem”: Pregnancy Outcomes within a Sociolinguistic Minority Group in Cameroon
Connors, Ca'la K; Kuzawa, Christopher
Using 2011 Demographic and Health Survey data, we examine infant birthweight and prenatal care access, comparing outcomes between urban anglophone and francophone regions. The sample (N=871) includes infants born to women aged 20-34, living in urban regions, who gave birth within the five years before the survey. No significant differences were found in c-section rates, or number of prenatal appointments attended, though women in anglophone regions had their first prenatal visit three weeks later (p<0.00) than those in francophone regions. Despite this, infants born in anglophone regions (N=115) were on average 100g heavier than those born in francophone regions (N=756), with the difference trending toward significance (p<0.09). Women in anglophone regions, on average, were less educated, more likely to give birth in a private facility, less wealthy, and more primiparous relative to women in Francophone regions, however, these differences were not significant.
Future work should establish whether these apparent differences are due to systematic biases in representation in the sample, to some protective factors, or both.
Integration to market economy and secular changes in anthropometric characteristics in two Maya communities from Yucatan, Mexico
Hugo Azcorra1, María Teresa Castillo-Burguete2, Julio Lara-Riegos3, Valery Sarabia3, Juan Carlos Salazar-Rendón4, Nina Méndez-Dominguez5, C. Marjorie Aelion6, Thomas Leatherman7
Comparing policies for mitigating drug-resistant gonorrhea: an agent-based modeling approach
Ekanayake-Weber MS, Rönn MM, Yin X, Li Y, Salomon JA, Grad YH, and Yaesoubi R
The impact of pathogen exposure and water insecurity on children’s growth: A pilot study among rural Maasai communities in Oloirouwa, Kenya
AS Shani and SS Urlacher
Increased vulnerability to dehydration and heat stress among pregnant and lactating Daasanach women in northern Kenya
Suha Arshad, Kedir Roba, Hannah Jacobson, Natalie Meriwether, Anna Tavormina, Amanda McGrosky, Srishti Sadhir, Grace Khosi, Nicole Bobbie, Rosemary Nzunza, David Braun, Emmanuel Ndiema, Herman Pontzer, Asher Rosinger
Correlations and Predictors of C-Reactive Protein in Quechua Women
Gracie Turner, Rocio Chavez Cabello, Violeta Rojas-Bravo, Amanda Veile
Variability in inflammatory regulation patterns in young adults across repeated measures using a minimally invasive cell culture system
KC Krause, TW McDade, A Keggen, AA Miller, M Harrington, JE Cheadle, AD Benner, BJ Goosby
Sickness Culture and Perception Among the Hadzabe Foragers
Shilpa Shiju, Jadyn Forman, Eric C. Shattuck, Kristen N. Herlosky, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, and Alyssa N. Crittenden
Application of machine learning to evaluate the relationship between household diet patterns and child growth among the Indigenous Shuar of Ecuador
Kate Lynne Pogue, Marcela Pfaff-Nash, Melissa Ann Liebert, Felicia C Madimenos, Josh J Snodgrass, Theresa G Gildner, Tara J Cepon-Robins, Aaron D Blackwell, Richard G Bribiescas, Lawrence S Sugiyama, Samuel S Urlacher
Exploring the structural relationship between acculturation, social support, and breastfeeding among Puerto Rican mothers living in the mainland US
Kassandra Schleper
Maternal nutritional status, breastfeeding & child health in Guatemalan Maya and non-Maya children
Maria Inês Varela-Silva, Miya Edwards, Alice Irving
Qualitative interviews exploring benefits of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults
Amanda E. Kunkle, Dan T.A. Eisenberg
Rural Embodiment and Community Health (REACH) study: Measuring childhood physical activity using accelerometry in low-resource United States communities
KL Nemeth, TJ Cepon-Robins, JA Beauregard, C Chaney, EK Mallott, A Samsonov, TE Gildner
Market integration in an era of disruption: Food access and resilience in Chilean Patagonia
AF Dorsey [1] and EH Thomas [2]
The HeaIth Impacts of Climate Change Adaptation Among Rendille People
Anne Pisor¹, Deepti Singh², Dalmas Omia³, Eric Osoro⁴, Dismas Oketch⁴, M Kariuki Njenga⁴
Challenges to pregnancy and postpartum care during the Covid-19 pandemic in a capital city in the Amazon, Brazil
Priscila E. L. Silva, Hilton P. Silva, Roseane B.T. Oliveira, Pedro da Glória, Barbara A. Piperata
Rest-activity patterns and sleep timing in urban and rural Wixárika communities in Jalisco, Mexico
L McKinnon, EC Shattuck, I Ramos Herrera, R Crocker Sagastume, Q de la Cruz, PT González Hernández, A Villaseñor, Y Martin, P Pérez, S Muñoz, T Sunil, DR Samson
Funding: This research was supported by the Wenner Gren Foundation, the Centre for Urban Environments, the Shelley R. Saunders Thesis Research Grant, the Sigma Xi Fund of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Society for the Study of Human Biology
Cumulative lifetime changes in urbanicity and the pace of biological aging: a test using epigenetic clocks in metropolitan Cebu, Philippines
Silvio Ernesto Mirabal Torres 1; Calen P. Ryan 2; Nanette R. Lee 3; Delia B. Carba 3; Julia L. MacIsaac 4; David T. S. Lin 4; Parmida Atashzay 4; Michael S. Kobor 4, 5, 6; Christopher W. Kuzawa 1
Review: A life history perspective on maternal reproductive investment and skeletal health
Annie Megan Santamaria¹, Paloma Contreras¹, Stacy Rosenbaum¹, Maureen Devlin¹, Brigid Gregg²
Physiological pathways to health and substance use among people experiencing housing insecurity in Oregon
Allissa L. Van Steenis1,2, Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff1, Makenzie Ní Flainn2, L. Zachary DuBois2, L. Jo Weaver3, J. Josh Snodgrass2
Perceptions of water insecurity and emotional responses in Iztapalapa, Mexico City
Paloma S. Contreras and Tina Lasisi
Human development and somatic maturation among 9-11 year old children from 12 countries
Peter T Katzmarzyk
Heritability of age at menarche and recall accuracy on this trait among Rural Mayan Women in Guatemala and Urban and Rural Women in Cebu Philippines.
Layla Akin, Amanda Rowlands, Nanette Lee Katrina Salvante, Pablo Nepomnaschy
Inflammation and Energy Status among Daasanach Pastoralists
Anna Tavormina, Amanda McGrosky, Kedir Teji Roba, Hannah Jacobson, Nicole Bobbie, Grace Khosi, Suha Arshad, Natalie Meriwether, Elena Hinz, Srishti Sadhir, Matthew Douglass, Rosemary Nzunza, David Braun, Emmanuel Ndiema, Zane Swanson, Samuel Urlacher, Asher Rosinger, Herman Pontzer
Maternal-infant interaction associations with childhood BDNF methylation and adrenarche
Tristan T. Cruz, Elizabeth A. Holdsworth
Measurement of leptin, a marker of energy status and appetite regulation, in dried blood spots using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EY Kim (1), LS Orozco (2), EG Shoemaker (2), HN Cantrell (3), JJ Snodgrass (3,4), MA Liebert (6), FC Madimenos (5), J Gassen (7), TJ Nowak (10), SP Weaver (8), EJ Baker (9), LS Sugiyama (3), MP Muehlenbein (10), SS Urlacher (10)
Minoritized and poorly understood: Scoping review of mental and physical health among Southwest Asian and North African Youth in Canada and the U.S.
Alexa Fairclough, Hani al-Samawi, Aya Ahmad, Mahdi Taye, Maryam Shaoob, and Delaney Glass
The Influences of Culture, Religion, and Ecology on Death in Tanna, Vanuatu
Patrick C. Baca, Eddy Kiel, Siobhan M. Cully
Iron deficiency, measured by soluble transferrin receptor and ferritin, is associated with reported infertility in U.S. women who have never been pregnant
Elizabeth M Miller
Immigration concerns for family and maternal health vulnerabilities
Anamaria Solis, Kyle Steven Wiley, Carina Heckert
Mapping the Continuum: Methodological Considerations for Capturing the Spectrum of Autoreactivity
JA Beauregard, EA Quinn, TE Gildner
Perceptions and utilization of antibiotics among Samoan mothers: a qualitative investigation
Katherine Daiy, Kima Savusa, Faafafola Unasa, Billie White, Lupesina Vesi, Take Naseri, Christina Soti-Ulberg, Jyothi Abraham, Lucy Santiago, Claudia Valeggia, Nicola Hawley
Examining the association between childhood adversity and adult psychiatric sequelae of Long COVID: A cross-sectional study in Johannesburg, South Africa
Someleze Swana1, Simiso Sokhela2, Samanta Tresha Lalla-Edward2, Ncomeka Manentsa2, Willem Daniel Francois Venter2, Andrew Wooyoung Kim1,3
Joint perspectives from community residents and research team members: The need for community-engaged work to address flooding-related environmental inequities in Cahokia Heights, IL
Theresa E. Gildner1,2, Elizabeth K. Mallott2,3, Carlye Chaney2,3,4, Katherine L. Nemeth1, Jade A. Beauregard1, Anna Samsonov5, Claire Masteller6, Tara J. Cepon-Robins7, Nicole D. Nelson8, Kalila Jackson8, Maliaka Hill8, Kennedy Moehrs Gardner8, Yvette Lyles9
Body and identity in the digital age: a bioanthropological analysis of aesthetic norms young adult in Brazil
Franckel Moreau
Biocultural perspectives on perceived economic insecurity and chronic stress: resilience strategies of women experiencing food insecurity in Minatitlán (Mexico)
G Stone1,2, A Núñez-de la Mora3, MA Gibson2, A Papadaki1, T Griffin4, M Ordaz5, L Contreras5
Making the case for using an inquiry-based approach that incorporates DNA-focused activities in introductory biological anthropology laboratory curricula
SL Johnston1, MK Knabb2, J Auld2, L Rieser-Danner3
Supported by an NSF TUES Award (DUE-1245013) and West Chester University.
Border-community related stress and psychological distress during pregnancy among Latinas living at the United States-Mexico Border
Wiley, Kyle; Solis, Anamaria; Reddy, Sireesha; Heckert, Carina
Exploring trauma, mental health, and resilience during the Palestinian genocide: A literature review
Sameeha Atout, MS1,2, Andrew W. Kim, PhD1
Predictive risk factors for diagnosed diabetes and elevated blood glucose differ by sex in Vanuatu (South Pacific)
ME Gauck(1), K Wander(1), A Roome(2), E Standard(1), KN Dancause(3), G Taleo(4), L Tarivonda(4), KM Olszowy(1,5)
Building a culturally-determined and place-based model of Indigenous health
Ruby Fried
Intestinal health, parasite infection, & WASH access among people experiencing houselessness in the USA
Abiel K Locke, Mackenzie Ní Flainn, Allissa L Van Steenis, Tara J Cepon-Robins, L Jo Weaver, J Josh Snodgrass
Effects of Vegetable and Fruit Juicing on Gut and Oral Microbiome Composition
Savo Sardaro ML (1,2), Grote V (1), Baik J (1), Atallah M (3), Amato K (1) and Ring M (4)
Leveraging Forensic Anthropological Data to Inform Social Change: The Link Between Antemortem Tooth Loss and Poverty is a Structural Problem to Solve
Allysha P. Winburn
This research investigated one such pattern—the correlation between poverty and antemortem tooth loss (AMTL)—using a sample of 345 identified, anonymized forensic case decedents of kin-documented age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status (SES) with CT imagery curated in the New Mexico Decedent Image Database (Black female/male n=57; Hispanic female/male n=100; Indigenous female/male n=88; white female/male n=100). CT images were analyzed for AMTL; Wilcoxon signed-rank tests assessed distributional differences between low- and high-SES groups within each gender and race category.
Median AMTL was almost always higher in low-SES individuals than age-matched high-SES individuals—statistically significantly so for Black males (p=0.0006), white females (p<0.0001), and white males (p=0.04). This pattern was reproduced for edentulism (complete AMTL), with low-SES groups exhibiting between 8-25% edentulism, versus 0-8% in high-SES groups.
The poor dental health evidenced among people living in poverty can be rectified with changes to social policy and medical infrastructure. Structural vulnerability highlights problems that are socially created, and thus also solvable.
Funding for this research was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and the Society of Forensic Anthropologists (SOFA).