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Day<\/th>Time<\/th>Session<\/th>Title<\/th>Speaker<\/th>Location<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tuesday<\/td>8:00am<\/td>Breakfast \/ Registration<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>8:45am<\/td><\/td>Welcome and Opening Remarks<\/td>Antonis Rokas and Charles Nunn<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>9:00am - 10:00am<\/td>Plenary talk<\/td>The eternal disquiet within: The evolution of within-organism conflicts<\/td>J. Arvid \u00c5gren<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>10:00am<\/td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>10:30am<\/td>Aging and the Immune System<\/td>Evidence for an energetic trade-off model linking inflammation and immune aging<\/td>Jacob Aronoff<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>10:30am<\/td>Use of Technology in Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>Omnistatic interactions, missing heritability and the limits of polygenic prediction<\/td>Randolph Nesse<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>10:45am<\/td>Aging and the Immune System<\/td>The evolution of investment in innate-like and diversified T cell receptors across variable life histories<\/td>Reese Martin<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>10:45am<\/td>Use of Technology in Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>Wearable Biosensors for High-Resolution Endocrine and Immune Monitoring: Evolutionary and Medical Applications<\/td>Mark Flinn<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>11:00am<\/td>Aging and the Immune System<\/td>Understanding how urban, industrialized lifestyles modulate the immune response in the Orang Asli of Malaysia <\/td>Layla Brassington<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>11:00am<\/td>Use of Technology in Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>Introducing PhyloFastStrat: A Computational Methodology for Generating, Testing and Refining Trade-Off Hypotheses<\/td>Barbara Natterson-Horowitz<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>11:15am<\/td>Use of Technology in Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>Tissue-dependency of meQTLs in a free-range population of rhesus macaques<\/td>Amy Longtin<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>11:30am<\/td>Heterogeneity in aging at the molecular level, within and across mammalian species<\/td>Industrialization impacts mechanisms of immunological aging in three non-industrial populations<\/td>Marina Watowich<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>11:30am<\/td>Teaching Evolution in Medical Education<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine in the core human medicine curriculum at the University of Zurich<\/td>Frank R\u00fchli<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>11:45am<\/td>Heterogeneity in aging at the molecular level, within and across mammalian species<\/td>Extensive structural variation and longevity-associated adaptations in nearctic Myotis bat<\/td>Juan Vazquez<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>11:45am<\/td>Teaching Evolution in Medical Education<\/td>Clinical strategies inspired by evolutionary adaptations<\/td>Gianni Castiglione<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>12:00pm<\/td>Heterogeneity in aging at the molecular level, within and across mammalian species<\/td>Early-life adversity predicts cross-tissue DNA methylation patterns associated with age in rhesus macaques<\/td>Rachel Petersen<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>12:00pm<\/td>Teaching Evolution in Medical Education<\/td>Beyond the Why and How: Missed opportunities for integrating evolutionary biology into medical training<\/td>Blair Coe Schweiger<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>12:15pm<\/td>Heterogeneity in aging at the molecular level, within and across mammalian species<\/td>Size-dependent heterogeneity in epigenetic aging of the companion dog
\n<\/td>		Blaise Mariner<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>12:15pm<\/td>Teaching Evolution in Medical Education<\/td>Out of Africa: Human ancestry as mandatory medical education<\/td>Matthew David<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>12:30pm<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>12:30pm<\/td>Private Meeting<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>1:30pm<\/td>The Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Cancer<\/td>Cancer as a Model System for Testing Key Evolutionary Concepts<\/td>Henry Heng<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>1:45pm<\/td>Evolution and Psychology<\/td>An Improved Framework for Evolutionary Explanations of Disorder, Exemplified with Autism<\/td>Adam Hunt<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>1:50pm<\/td>The Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Cancer<\/td>Targeting stress-induced dormancy in cancer <\/td>Jason Somarelli<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>2:00pm<\/td>Evolution and Psychology<\/td>Is the \u201cloneliness epidemic\u201d another evolutionary mismatch? <\/td>Michael Gurven<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>2:10pm<\/td>The Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Cancer<\/td>PhytClust: Automatic Clustering Algorithm for Phylogenetic Trees<\/td>Katyayni Ganesan<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>2:15pm<\/td>Evolution and Psychology<\/td>Genetic and Metabolic Regulation of Repetitive Behavior in the Asocial Cavefish<\/td>Masato Yoshizawa<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>2:30pm<\/td>The Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Cancer<\/td>Evolutionarily-Informed Treatment Strategies for Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Integrative Approach<\/td>Anuraag Bukkuri<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>2:30pm<\/td>Evolution and Psychology<\/td>Casting Evolutionary Light on Affective Disorders<\/td>Barbara Natterson-Horowitz<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>2:45pm<\/td>How Evolution Shapes Our Neurological Vulnerabilities <\/td>Did evolution shape the association between sleep and Alzheimer's disease? Systematic review<\/td>Samira Spirig<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>2:50pm<\/td>The Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Cancer<\/td>The Future of Comparative Oncology<\/td>Zachary Compton<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>3:00pm<\/td>How Evolution Shapes Our Neurological Vulnerabilities <\/td>Detecting local adaptation signatures at multiple sclerosis genetic variants using landscape genomics<\/td>Chaw Thwe<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>3:10pm<\/td>The Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Cancer<\/td>Discussion<\/td>Anuraag Bukkuri<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>3:15pm<\/td>How Evolution Shapes Our Neurological Vulnerabilities <\/td>Are humans facing a sleep epidemic or enlightenment? Large-scale, industrial societies exhibit long, efficient sleep yet weak circadian function<\/td>David Samson<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>3:30pm<\/td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>4:00pm - 5:00pm<\/td>Workshop<\/td>Developing Evolutionary Medicine: Coordination and Collaboration<\/td>Charles Nunn<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>4:00pm<\/td>Stress, Development, and Disease: Integrative Approaches in Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>Extending the Self-Repair Facilitation Model Across Health Professions: A Pathway for Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Evolutionary Health Science<\/td>Chelsea Landolin<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>4:15pm<\/td>Stress, Development, and Disease: Integrative Approaches in Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>Evaluation of novel fecal stress biomarker measurements in human infants<\/td>Rebecca Wu<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>4:30pm<\/td>Stress, Development, and Disease: Integrative Approaches in Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>An Evolutionary Perspective on Age of Menarche and Pain Sensitivity in Young Women<\/td>Paige Stephanie Prince<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>4:45pm<\/td>Stress, Development, and Disease: Integrative Approaches in Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>On-Campus Dormitories as Viral Transmission Sinks: Phylodynamic Insights into Student Housing Networks During the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/td>Juan Bolanos<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>5:00pm - 5:30pm<\/td>Omenn Prize Talk<\/td>Egg donation and gestational surrogacy: pregnancy is riskier with an unrelated embryo<\/td>Dakota McCoy<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>5:30pm - 6:00pm<\/td>Williams Prize Talk<\/td>Host-microbe interactions during pregnancy: A window into basic biology, tradeoffs, and maternal-fetal conflict<\/td>Katie Amato<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday<\/td>6:30pm - 8:00pm<\/td>Welcome Reception and Journal Honors<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>8:00am<\/td>Breakfast \/ Registration<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>8:00am<\/td>Meetings Meeting<\/td><\/td><\/td>Great Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>8:55am<\/td>Announcements<\/td><\/td>Antonis Rokas and Charles Nunn<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>9:00am - 10:00am<\/td>Plenary Talk<\/td>Integrative Omics Analysis of GWAS Data Reveals African Ancestry-Specific Functional Variants Associated with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer<\/td>Amadou Gaye<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>10:00am<\/td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>10:30am - 11:30am<\/td>Workshop<\/td>Developing Evolution-Proof Approaches to Cancer, Infectious Disease, and Vector Control<\/td>Charles Nunn<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>10:30am<\/td>Pathogen Populations<\/td>Market Integration and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Rural Madagascar<\/td>Tyler Barrett<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>10:45am<\/td>Pathogen Populations<\/td>Assessing the Reproducibility of Whole-Microbial Community Evolution of AMR: Unraveling the Contributions of Vertical and Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Gut Microbiome
\n<\/td>		Lisa Stabryla<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>11:00am<\/td>Pathogen Populations<\/td>Population genetic structure of disease-causing vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium<\/td>Camilo Barbosa<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>11:15am<\/td>Pathogen Populations<\/td>Clinical isolates of Aspergillus flavus often display a distinct genomic population structure<\/td>E. Anne Hatmaker<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>11:30am - 12:30pm<\/td>Workshop<\/td>Animal reservoirs in the past: OneHealth in historical perspective<\/td>Verena Schuenemann<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>11:30am<\/td>Pathogen Vulnerabilities<\/td>Evolutionary Implications of Pathogens\u2019 Vulnerabilities of Proliferation and Localization<\/td>Edmund LeGrand<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>11:45am<\/td>Pathogen Vulnerabilities<\/td>Gallium Resistance: Polymorphisms, Morphology, Pleiotropy and Trade off<\/td>Akamu Ewunkem<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>12:00pm<\/td>Pathogen Vulnerabilities<\/td>Adaptive Mechanisms of Streptococcus mutans to Simulated Microgravity and Antimicrobial Stressors<\/td>Misty Thomas<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>12:15pm<\/td>Pathogen Vulnerabilities<\/td>Serving Two Masters II: Exploring the Adaptive Trade-offs Between Iron Stress and Phage Resistance in E. coli B.<\/td>Franklin Chikezie Ezeanowai<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>12:30pm<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>12:45pm<\/td>Business Meeting<\/td><\/td><\/td>Great Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>1:30pm<\/td>Education and Outreach Committee Meeting<\/td><\/td><\/td>Great Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>2:30pm - 3:00pm<\/td>Flash Talks<\/td><\/td><\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>2:30pm<\/td>Perspectives on Evolutionary Health: Mechanisms, Diet, and Outreach<\/td>Why we age informs how we age, and how to mitigate it<\/td>Paul Turke<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>2:45pm<\/td>Perspectives on Evolutionary Health: Mechanisms, Diet, and Outreach<\/td>Pathogen-Specific Immune Exposure and Telomere Length: Insights from the Bolivian Amazon<\/td>Emily Cobb<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>3:00pm<\/td>Perspectives on Evolutionary Health: Mechanisms, Diet, and Outreach<\/td>Natural History and Medical Museums as Venues for Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>Noel Boaz<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>3:15pm<\/td>Perspectives on Evolutionary Health: Mechanisms, Diet, and Outreach<\/td> An Evolutionary Nutrition Framework for Understanding and Addressing Modern Chronic Disease<\/td>Reya Andrews<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>3:30pm<\/td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>4:00pm - 5:00pm<\/td>Poster Session<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C and Corridor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>5:00pm - 6:00pm<\/td>Plenary talk<\/td>Selective Pressures and Resistance Evolution in Mosquito Populations: Challenges and Opportunities<\/td>Silvie Huijben<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday<\/td>6:00pm - 8:30pm<\/td>Conference Dinner<\/td><\/td><\/td>Acme Feed and Seed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>8:00am<\/td>Breakfast \/ Registration<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>8:55am<\/td>Announcements<\/td><\/td>Antonis Rokas and Charles Nunn<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>9:00am - 10:00am<\/td>Plenary talk<\/td>HPV and Cervical Cancer: How Evolved are We? <\/td>Amelia Jernigan<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>10:00am<\/td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>10:30am<\/td>Panel Discussion<\/td>EvMed Patient Case Discussion<\/td>Michelle Blyth<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>10:30am<\/td>Cancer and Evolution<\/td>Neoplasia prevalence in non-human primates: evidence in support of Peto's Paradox<\/td>Janine Rose Kelin<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>10:45am<\/td>Cancer and Evolution<\/td>Molecular Evolution of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells In Vivo<\/td>Md. Iftehimul<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>11:00am<\/td>Cancer and Evolution<\/td>Glioblastoma across the tree of life: animal insights for human medicine<\/td>Catherine Jung<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>11:30am<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine meets Museomics<\/td>The potential and implementation of museum samples in ancient pathogen genomics<\/td>Kerttu Majander<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>11:30am<\/td>Early Life History and Reproductive Strategies <\/td>Follicular versus Luteal Phase Sexual Behavior: Patterns Supporting Relationship Maintenance<\/td>Katherine Ward<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>11:45am<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine meets Museomics<\/td>A Historian in an Adventure with Scientists: Bridging history and palaeogenomics <\/td>Kathleen Walker-Meikle<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>11:45am<\/td>Early Life History and Reproductive Strategies <\/td>Gestation Length as an Evolutionary Driver of Brain Size and Litter Size Variation in Eutherian Mammals<\/td>Thodoris Danis<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>12:00pm<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine meets Museomics<\/td>Museomics on ancient RNA viruses: elucidating the past of a hidden group of pathogens<\/td>Verena Schuenemann<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>12:00pm<\/td>Early Life History and Reproductive Strategies <\/td>A Bioinspired Approach to Fertility Preservation: Evolved Adaptations in H. glaber Could Protect Pediatric Cancer Patients from Infertility<\/td>Kathryn Stevens<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>12:15pm<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine meets Museomics<\/td>Ethical considerations for genetic research of pathogens from medical and museum collections.<\/td>Anne Stone<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>12:15pm<\/td>Early Life History and Reproductive Strategies <\/td>Impacts of heat stress on early child growth in a Bangladeshi fishing and trading community<\/td>Katie Starkweather<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>12:30pm<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>1:30pm - 3:30pm<\/td>Panel Discussion<\/td>For Many Students, Evolutionary Concepts Are Hard to Grasp: How Evolutionary Medicine Can Help<\/td>Jay Labov, Joseph Graves, Barbara Natterson Horowitz, Randolph M. Nesse<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>1:30pm<\/td>Evolutionary Insights into Reproduction<\/td>Impacts of social support on pregnancy outcomes among nulliparous US women<\/td>Monica Keith<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>1:45pm<\/td>Evolutionary Insights into Reproduction<\/td>Life at the confluence of evolution and labor: a high-altitude case study <\/td>Taylor Harman<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>2:00pm<\/td>Evolutionary Insights into Reproduction<\/td>Reduced breastfeeding in extreme humid heat as an adaptive response to hyperthermia risk in infants <\/td>Haley Ragsdale<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>2:15pm<\/td>Evolutionary Insights into Reproduction<\/td>Born Later: An Evolutionary Strategy for Healthy Pregnancy<\/td>Dana Lin<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>2:30pm<\/td>How Evolution Shaped Our Physiology<\/td>Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and its Association with Hypertension among the Angami Naga of North-east India: An Evolutionary Overview <\/td>Sudipta Ghosh<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>2:45pm<\/td>How Evolution Shaped Our Physiology<\/td>Hypoxemia: distinguishing symptoms from adaptations<\/td>Joe Alcock<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>3:00pm<\/td>How Evolution Shaped Our Physiology<\/td>Human Hypertension Considered as an Evolutionary Mismatch Involving Dietary Potassium<\/td>R. Brooks Robey<\/td>Rothschild College Theater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>3:30pm<\/td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/td><\/td>Carmichael Dining Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>4:00pm - 5:00pm<\/td>Panel Discussion<\/td>Public Communication and Science Writing Panel<\/td><\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday<\/td>5:00pm - 6:00pm<\/td>Plenary Talk<\/td>Antibiotic Resistance Evolution in Enterococcus faecium,a Pathogen Specializing on the Healthcare Environment <\/td>Robert Woods<\/td>Carmichael Conference A\/B\/C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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1 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Parkinson's Disease and Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence, Risk, and Specific Associations with Brain and Skin Cancers <\/td>Hamza Khelifa<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Interactions between the Val66Met BDNF Polymorphism and Vigorous Physical Activity on Brain Volume in Middle-Aged and Older Adults<\/td>Anamika Nanda<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Evolutionary Clues to PTSD: How Cortisol and Inflammation Shape Divergent Stress Responses<\/td>Edward Thum<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>The Difference in Industrial and Post-Industrial Mental Health Outcomes as they Relate to Teens in 2023 Experiencing Hopelessness and Sadness Through Social Engagement<\/td>Sheila Moore<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Evolution of the Excessively Activated Behavioural Immune System: A Game-theoretic Perspective<\/td>Myung Jin Kim<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Life History Theory of the Behavioural Immune System: A Theoretical Perspective<\/td>Myung Jin Kim<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Oxytocin and cortisol: An evolved cocktail for grief resolution?<\/td>Shreyas Srinivasan<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>An Evolutionary Narrative Learning Approach to Mastering the MCAT Exam<\/td>Noel Boaz<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Climate Change, Youth Mental Health, and Evolutionary Mismatch: Rethinking Public Health Responses in a Warming World<\/td>Munachimso Njasi<\/td>Neurobiology, Behavior, and Mental Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>How our evolutionary defenses provide a win-win for the war<\/td>Alonzo \"Lon\" Jones<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Investigating protein translation kinetics during the innate immune response through mathematical modeling<\/td>Allyson Ray<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Beyond Nutritional Immunity: Harming Pathogens by Restricting All Nutrients and Creating Noxious Waste<\/td>Edmund LeGrand<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Evolutionary Mismatch and Metabolic Disease in a Transitioning Pastoralist Population<\/td>Emma Gerlinger<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Evolutionary Trade-Offs Between Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/td>Surajit Pal<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Evolutionary Adaptation of T7 Bacteriophage to High Silver Ion Concentrations: Implications for Antimicrobial Resistance<\/td>Larisa Chila Kiki<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Bacteriophage Phi6: Insights into Growth Kinetics and Life History Traits<\/td>Laurissa Miller<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Fitness Costs of Antibiotic Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Competitive Interactions with Escherichia coli Nissle<\/td>Nathan Steffens<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Evolution of pathogens against variable immune responses<\/td>Rayshaun Pettit<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Evolutionary Dynamics of Pathogens and Resistance Genes in Wastewater: Insights from Metagenomic Profiling for Public Health Surveillance<\/td>Ugonna Morikwe<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Phylogenetic Prediction of Host Range in Cystoviruses<\/td>Enoch Ghosh<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>A sticky situation: how selection for biofilm formation enables coevolution of phage and host<\/td>Fahareen Mosharraf<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Genotypic and Phenotypic variation is inconsistent with clinical presentation in Aspergillus section Fumigati<\/td>Thomas Sauters<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Investigating Gene Regulation and Neurogenesis Differences in Humans and Chimpanzees Through Analysis of 2D Differentiations and Mouse Embryonic Model<\/td>Katie Lam<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24 (A\/B\/C)<\/td>Human-microbial interactions in pre-colonial South America: Insights from paleogenomics research at La Real, Peru<\/td>Katie McCormack<\/td>Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Host-Pathogen Dynamics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25 (Corridor)<\/td>Energy limitation during early life impairs fat oxidation: evidence from children and adolescents in Vanuatu<\/td>Khaled Bhuiyan<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26 (Corridor)<\/td>Assessing the Effects of Obesity and Pregnancy on Disc Degeneration and Lumbar Lordosis<\/td>Eileen Hansa<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27 (Corridor)<\/td>Tolerance for Variation and Asymmetry in the Lumbar Spine<\/td>Katherine Whitcome<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28 (Corridor)<\/td>A Phylogenetic Lens on Disuse Osteoporosis:
\nInsights into Vulnerability and Resistance Across the Tree of Life<\/td>		Elizabeth Roux<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29 (Corridor)<\/td>An Evolutionary Nutrition Framework for Understanding and Addressing Modern Chronic Disease<\/td>Reya Andrews<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30 (Corridor)<\/td>Superseding evolutionary mismatch: adaptive contingency in medicine<\/td>Matthew David<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31 (Corridor)<\/td>Moving beyond mismatch: preliminary results from the Vietnam Health & Aging Study<\/td>Melanie Martin<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32 (Corridor)<\/td>Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha and Adiponectin: Insulin-Treatment Failure in Diabetic patients<\/td>George Ikomey<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33 (Corridor)<\/td>The Origins of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)<\/td>Jack Silvera<\/td>Evolutionary Medicine, Chronic Disease, and Anatomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34 (Corridor)<\/td>Uncovering a Novel Rhodopsin Protective Mechanism Through Biochemical Analysis<\/td>Nadir Dbouk<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35 (Corridor)<\/td>Investigating the anti-proliferative effects of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius leaf extracts on Breast Cancer Cells<\/td>Tolulope Ajayi<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36 (Corridor)<\/td>Biophysical modeling of molecular mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance<\/td>David Rinker<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37 (Corridor)<\/td>Biophysical modeling of molecular mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance<\/td>Marie-Claire Harrison<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38 (Corridor)<\/td>Evolutionary Dynamics and Health Consequences of Pleiotropic Genes Involved in Both Immunity and Neuronal Function<\/td>Sowmya Senthilkumar<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39 (Corridor)<\/td>Exploring The Role Of Pleiotropy In The Adaptive Mechanisms Of Silver-Resistant E. Coli<\/td>Theresa Jones<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40 (Corridor)<\/td>Information Flow Driving Evolution: How Information Self-Creation and Preservation Increase the Complexity of Information and Its Carriers<\/td>Henry Heng<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41 (Corridor)<\/td>Mapping the genetic architecture of infection response in the Orang Asli of Malaysia<\/td>Jonathan Lifferth<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42 (Corridor)<\/td>Agent-Based Analysis of Adolescent Subfecundity: The Role of Male Fidelity and Demographic Constraints<\/td>Minwook Kim<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43 (Corridor)<\/td>Considering Evolutionary Medicine and the HPRT deficiencies: Do the Lesch Nyhan diseases use the same mechanism as Uricase to maximize reproductive success?<\/td>Gary Eddey<\/td>Molecular Mechanisms & Biophysical Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44 (Corridor)<\/td>Testing the Diametrical Model in a Small-Scale Subsistence Society<\/td>Camila Scaff<\/td>Evolutionary Perspectives, Social Factors, & Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45 (Corridor)<\/td>Exploring the effects of hierarchical systems on psychosocial stress and professional satisfaction in healthcare<\/td>Elsa Mueller-Filipas<\/td>Evolutionary Perspectives, Social Factors, & Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46 (Corridor)<\/td>What Role Do Grandmothers Play in Birth Outcomes?<\/td>Madigan Durham<\/td>Evolutionary Perspectives, Social Factors, & Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47 (Corridor)<\/td>Surface Anatomy: An Overlooked Tool in Teaching Clinical Medicine for Undergraduate Students<\/td>Shamail Elmustafa<\/td>Evolutionary Perspectives, Social Factors, & Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48 (Corridor)<\/td>AI-Assisted Chest X-ray Interpretation for Tuberculosis Presumption in Low- and Middle-Income Countries<\/td>Pascal Mugemangango<\/td>Artificial Intelligence in Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49 (Corridor)<\/td>Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology<\/td>Vesna Radovic<\/td>Artificial Intelligence in Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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