Past CBPH Events

DBS Approaches to Neurodegenerative Markers

June 6th, 2024

Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs

February 23 & March 1, 2024 – Virtual (Zoom)

A workshop co-sponsored by the UC-Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging-CEDA (William Dow) and the USC/UCLA Center for Biodemography and Population Health-CBPH (Eileen Crimmins, Teresa Seeman, Jennifer Ailshire and Steve Cole)

This is the 7th annual workshop designed to share leading research methods and findings on comparative patterns and determinants of adult mortality, morbidity, and healthy aging in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We welcome both LMIC-specific studies as well as comparisons with high-income countries.

The goal is to build a robust evidence base for understanding the drivers of cross-national adult health patterns, especially in populations with unusually high or low adult mortality. The expanded availability of longitudinal HRS-type surveys in LMICs makes this an opportune time to gather a network of researchers using such data to study adult health patterns and determinants, in order to share innovative methods, new results, and ideas for the most promising research agenda going forward.

Contextual Data Resources for Understanding the Role of the Exposome in Aging Workshop

March 11-12, 2024 at the University of Southern California (and online via Zoom)

The Workshop on Contextual Data Resources for Understanding the Role of the Exposome in Aging will be held on March 11-12, 2024 at University of Southern California in Los Angeles. This hybrid two-day workshop will have both in-person and online attendance options. The workshop is sponsored by the USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health (P30AG017265).

The workshop will build research capacity for using contextual data that can be linked to aging surveys (e.g., the Health and Retirement Study) to understand how the exposome is related to cognition and dementia (ADRD) as well as biological indicators of aging.

Day one will provide an introduction to the exposome-focused Contextual Data Resource (CDR), including a detailed overview of data products and how they can be used, as well as step-by-step instructions on accessing the data. The day will conclude with presentations from invited speakers demonstrating the use of CDR data and discussions with workshop participants.

Day two will be dedicated to hands-on training and personalized consultations to provide practical experience with the data and expert advice for both beginners and advanced users.

How to Apply

The workshop is open to researchers of all levels (pre-doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, junior and senior faculty or their professional equivalent) who are interested in pursuing or expanding their research within the field of the exposome and aging. Applicants should submit their CV and short description of how current or future work is related to their interest in the program and level of familiarity with contextual data.

Applications are due January 8, 2024. To apply, visit this link: https://forms.gle/efWPpkLzW2tJPUUb8. Funds are available to support travel expenses for workshop attendees. Participants will be chosen by a selection committee and notified by January 12, 2024. For inquiries email biodem@usc.edu.

Call for Papers: NIA-Sponsored Biomarker Network Meeting

April 17, 2024—One Day Prior to the 2024 Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency Columbus, OH

Organizers: Jessica Faul, Colter Mitchell, and Eileen Crimmins

The Biomarker Network at the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan is soliciting abstracts for presentations at the Biomarker Network Meeting, which will take place in person on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (one day before PAA 2024). The Biomarker Network is a National Institute on Aging sponsored project to develop an interdisciplinary group of scientists dedicated to improved measurement of biological risk for late life health outcomes in large representative samples of populations.

Event Information

Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs

February 24 and March 1, 2024
8:30am to 2:30pm PST
Virtual: Zoom format

A workshop co-sponsored by the UC-Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging-CEDA (William Dow) and the USC/UCLA Center for Biodemography and Population Health-CBPH (Eileen Crimmins, Teresa Seeman, Jennifer Ailshire and Steve Cole)

Workshop on Determinants on Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs

February 24, 2023
8:30am to 2:30pm PST
Virtual: Zoom format

A virtual workshop co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA) and the USC/UCLA Center for Biodemography and Population Health (CBPH)

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Social Genomics – Gene Expression Workshop

Date: September 12-13, 2022
Location: UCLA Luskin Conference Center

Instructor: Steve Cole, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences,
Director of the Social Genomics Laboratory
The University of California, Los Angeles
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
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Virtual Comparative Workshop on Adult Mortality Determinants in Low and Middle-Income Countries

February 25, 2022 via Zoom

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Past Biomarker Network Events

Remote Biomarker Collection in the COVID-19 Era: Strategies for respondent self-collection

Oct 27, 2020 | 11am-12pm PDT via Zoom

Agenda

  • Introduction & Background
  • Overview of remote blood collection strategies
    • Presenter: Steve Cole
    • Dried blood spots (mailable self-draw kits; HemaSpot HF/SE/HD)
    • Microfluidic samplers (Tasso OnDemand, TAP 2nd Gen)
    • Logistics & infrastructure (mailing/transport, self-collection instructions/videos, participant support, regulatory issues, logistics services)
  • Suggestions for Self-Collection of Dried Blood Spots
    • Presenters: Heather McCreath & Jessica Crocker
  • Optimizing self-collected blood samples
    • Presenter: Steve Cole
    • Sample collection protocols, with tips & tricks for both DBS & microfluidics
    • Customized instruction videos, Zoom “call centers”/”office hours”
  • Analytic performance: what works, and what doesn’t
    • Presenter: Steve Cole
    • Correspondence of DBS / microfluidic samples to venipuncture “gold standard”
    • Issues to manage (sample volume, humidity, temperature)
    • Interpretive caveats (SNR/power adjustment, LLD, fragile/untrustworthy analytes, venous vs capillary blood)
    • Experienced assay labs (volume, system-level QC)
  • Temperature control
    • Presenter: Jessica Faul
    • Cold-chain maintenance (Health & Retirement Study salivary antibody example)
    • Logistics services (e.g., UPS Healthcare)
  • Q&A 
  • Adjourn

Virtual NIA-Sponsored Biomarker Network Sessions

June 16, 19 & 22, 2020

Virtual Biomarker Network Meeting | Day One Recording

June 16, 2020 via Zoom

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Virtual Biomarker Network Meeting | Day Two Recording

June 19, 2020 via Zoom

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Virtual Biomarker Network Meeting | Day Three

June 22, 2020 via Zoom

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