ISEMPH Flash talks
Chair: Marlene Zuk
Last Names A-K
*Flash talks are short, rapid oral presentations meant to encourage the listener to view a poster containing comprehensive research and analysis following the flash talk session.
"Adrenal puberty, growth, and mucosal immunity in Bolivian adolescents"
Carolyn Hodges-Simeon
Boston University
The International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health Inaugural Meeting. March 19-21, 2015. Tempe, Arizona.
First day of conference presentations are summarized through a "Rap Up" by performance artist Baba Brinkman, whom also created a "Rap Guide to Medicine" about important concepts in evolutionary medicine.
“Evolution and development: From theory and controversy to public policy”
Sir Peter Gluckman FRS
Centre for Human Evolution, Adaptation and Disease, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Centre for Human Evolution, Adaptation and Disease, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand
"Imagination as a core diametric phenotype of autism spectrum and psychotic-affective spectrum conditions: evidence from schizophrenia genetic risk scores"
Bernard Crespi
Simon Fraser University
"Parent-of-origin gene-dosage effects in the womb may affect physical and mental health later in life"
Jacobus (Koos) Boomsma
University of Copenhagen
Genes with parent-of-origin imprints or copy number variation have been proposed to increase/decrease placental provisioning and maternal investment after lactation, driven by the non-zero likelihood that her next child may be a half- rather than full-sibling of the focal offspring.
"Origin of canine distemper as a reverse zoonosis from human measles: insights from history, evolution and studies of codon usage bias"
Elizabeth Uhl
University of Georgia
"Microchimerism and inclusive fitness"
David Haig
Harvard University
Fetal cells colonize the mother’s body during pregnancy and persist indefinitely. Maternal cells similarly colonize the fetal body. This phenomenon of ubiquitous microchimerism has not been considered from the perspective of inclusive fitness theory. Offspring cells in the mother’s body might provide postnatal benefits to the offspring by increasing lactation and by delaying the birth of a younger sib. Sibling rivalry may be played out within the mother’s body.
"Phylomedicine: Evolutionary Lessons and Solutions for Genomic Medicine"
Sudhir Kumar
"An evolutionary medical perspective on shoes"
Daniel Lieberman
Harvard University