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Health and Attainment Over the Lifecourse: Reciprocal Influences from Before Birth to Old Age

Friday, May 16, 2008
8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.
University Club of Chicago
76 East Monroe Street | Chicago, IL 60603

Agenda, Papers, Video

8:00-8:25am Check-in and Breakfast, University Club of Chicago, Cathedral Hall (9th Floor)

8:25-8:30 Introduction
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago

8:30-9:30am Social Inequality and Disparities in Health: Their Connections over the Lifecourse
Lindsay Chase-Lansdale and Alberto Palloni, Northwestern University
Facilitator: Emma Adam, Northwestern University

9:30-10:30am Developmental Stress and the Origins of Adult Disease
Paper:
"Childhood maltreatment predicts adult inflammation in a life-course study"
Andrea Danese, University of London
Facilitator: Kristen Jacobson, University of Chicago

10:30-10:45am Break

10:45-11:45am Sex Differences in Obesity Rates in Poor Countries: Evidence from South Africa
Alicia Menendez, University of Chicago
Facilitator: Ioana Marinescu, University of Chicago

11:45-1:00pm Lunch and Keynote Address
Challenges of Using Behavioral Health Data to Improve Public Education
Bryan Samuels, Chief of Staff, Chicago Public Schools
Facilitator: Matthew Stagner, Chapin Hall Center for Children

1:00-2:00pm Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital
Mark Stabile, University of Toronto
Facilitator: Ofer Malamud, University of Chicago

2:00-3:00pm Early-Life Health Disadvantage and Adult Social Status: Variation and Pathways
Papers:
1) "Understanding Links among Adolescent Health, Social Background and Education"
2) "Childhood Health during the Educational Process and Its Consequences for Adult Socioeconomic Attainment: The Case of Great Britain"
Margot I. Jackson, Princeton University
Facilitator: Thomas McDade, Northwestern University

3:00-3:15pm Break

3:15-4:15pm Early Childhood Poverty and Adult Attainment, Behavior and Health
Greg Duncan, Northwestern University
Facilitator: Rebecca Ryan, University of Chicago

4:15-4:30pm Wrap-Up and Discussion
Matthew Stagner, Chapin Hall Center for Children

4:30-6:00pm Cocktail Reception, University Club of Chicago, Front Grill (7th Floor)

 




 

Contact Information
Associate Director
Laurel Joy Spindel, M.A., M.A.P.P.
Email: ljspinde@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-3402

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