Faculty, staff and students: Register now to learn more about the impact of social experiences on gene function and health at the Health Disparities Conference
Can social experiences—both positive and negative—affect gene function and influence health?
Evidence says “yes.” The 14th Annual Health Disparities Conference, Social Epigenomics & Health Disparities, focuses on this topic.
You’re invited to explore with us the influence of “social epigenomics” on populations with health disparities related to racial/ethnic minority status.
The conference will be June 6-7 in the MET Building.
Register ($49 for students and $99 for faculty and staff) to participate and learn from these speakers:
· Alexandra E. Shields, PhD, Director of the Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities: The contributions of epigenomics to better understanding and addressing health disparities
· Steven M. Kogan, PhD, University of Georgia: Minority stress and substance abuse disparities among young African American men: Does DNA Methylation in the Oxytocin Receptor Gene play a role?
· Dristen Ariel Ketcherside, PhD, University of Pennsylvania: Health disparities in addiction: Lessons from imaging and genetics, with implications for treatment
· Brenda Elias, PhD, University of Manitoba: Translating to the community (T2C): Setting the foundation for a social epigenetic biobank for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
· Juan Celedon, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh: Solving the puzzle of asthma disparities
· Helen Foley, PhD, University of Southern California: miRNA profiles and psychosocial stress during pregnancy in a cohort of Hispanic mothers
· Debomoy K. Lahiri, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine: Intersection of environment and genetics, specifically with respect to the “Latent Early-life associated regulation” (LEARn) model for Alzheimer’s disease
· Roderick H. Dashwood, PhD, Director, Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, John S. Dunn Professor in Disease Prevention: Anti-cancer strategies targeting epigenetic readers, writers and erasers
· Melanie Carless, PhD, Associate Professor, Texas Biomedical Research Institute: Defining DNA methylation signatures associated with metabolic dysfunction in a Mexican American cohort