The Understanding Society Biomarkers Conference will take place on 15th March 2017 at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London.
Presentations on new research include non-standard work-hours, unemployment and financial insecurity, caregiving, volunteering, and neighbourhood differences in morbidity.
There will be ample time for discussion of analytical issues raised by the presentations and more generally.
The Biomarker Team from Understanding Society will also be on hand to answer any additional questions that users may have about the data.
The programme
09.00 – 09.30 Registration and refreshments
09.30 – 09.40 Welcome and introduction by Professor Michaela Benzeval, Director, Understanding Society
09.40 – 10.35 Biomeasures
09.40 – 09.50 Introduction
09.50 – 10.05 Estimating population prevalence of potential airflow obstruction using different spirometric criteria: a pooled cross-sectional analysis of persons aged 40-95 years in England and Wales Shaun Scholes – University College London
10.05 – 10.20 Exploring the role of household and area in social patterning in lung function Caroline Carney – University of Essex
10.20 – 10.35 Discussion
10.35 – 12.20 Part I – Biomarkers
10.35 – 10.50 Introduction
Inflammation
10.50 – 11.05 Unravelling the relationships between unemployment, stress and inflammation in the UK after the financial crisis: A propensity score matching analysis Rachel Sumner – University of Gloucestershire
11.05 – 11.20 Associations between Atypical Work and Symptoms of Depression: A role for inflammation? Gill Weston – University College London
11.20 – 11.35 Discussion
Metabolic Risks
11.35 – 11.50 Informal caregiving and inflammatory and metabolic markers in the UK Household Longitudinal Study Rebecca Lacey – University College London
11.50 – 12.05 Income trajectories and biomarkers of inflammation and metabolic risk Jennifer Dowd – King’s College London
12.05 – 12.20 Discussion
12.20 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.05 Part II – Biomarkers
Other Biomarkers
13.00 – 13.05 Introduction
13.05 – 13.20 The impact of economic insecurity on stress-related biomarkers among the working-age population during the Great Recession Claire Niedzwiedz – University of Oxford
13.20 – 13.35 The biological correlates of volunteering and giving: A cross-sectional analysis of inflammatory markers and hormones. Matthew Bennett – University of Birmingham
13.35 – 13.50 Diabetes and person-environment misfit Gopalakrishnan Netuveli – University College London
13.50 – 14.05 Discussion
14.05 – 15.00 Allostatic Load
14.05 – 14.15 Introduction
14.15 – 14.30 Neighbourhood socioeconomic inequality and allostatic load Natasha Crawford – University of Essex
14.30 – 14.45 Does allostatic load mediate the relationship of area deprivation and health? An investigation of the stress pathway Lucy Prior – University of Bristol
14.45 – 15.00 Discussion
15.00 – 15.30 Genetics
15.00 – 15.05 Introduction
15.05 – 15.20 Genome-wide association analysis of 20 health-related blood biomarkers in the UK Household Longitudinal Study reveals novel associations Karoline Kuchenbaecker – Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
15.20 – 15.30 Discussion
15.30 – 15.55 Methodological Issues
15.30 – 15.35 Introduction
15.35 – 15.50 Nurse effects on participation in two longitudinal studies Alexandru Cernat – University of Manchester
15.50 – 15.55 Discussion
15.55 – 16.45 Discussion of issues raised for the use of biomarkers and genetics in research
16.45 – 17.15 Refreshments
If you have any questions regarding any Understanding Society events, please contact Jay James: events@understandingsociety.ac.uk
Register for the Biomarker Conference here