CHPPP - Health Attainment - Agenda

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
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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

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• View the PowerPoint presentation (PDF).

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

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• View the PowerPoint presentation (PDF).

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

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• View the PowerPoint presentation (PDF).

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

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• View the PowerPoint presentation (PDF).

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

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• View the PowerPoint presentation (PDF).

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

• Watch the video.
• View the PowerPoint presentation (PDF).

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

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• View the PowerPoint presentation (PDF).

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

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