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CPC at the 2019 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference

CPC affiliates attend the IAPHS conference

The 2019 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference was held from Tuesday, October 1, 2019 – Friday, October 4, 2019 in Seattle, WA. All predoctoral trainees and postdoctoral scholars in the Biosocial Training Program attend IAPHS.

This year, Iliya Gutin, a doctoral candidate in sociology and a predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center, received the 2019 Student Award from IAPHS.

Gutin’s current work focuses on the conceptualization, definition, and measurement of health, illness, and disease in medical and social research, and how these decisions influence what it means to be “healthy” in a highly-dynamic and stratified society. Specifically, his dissertation examines clinical, epidemiologic, and subjective ambiguity in our understanding of body weight as a health risk, and how we can better account for this uncertainty in studying population health.

Gutin says he hopes to continue this kind of work throughout his career, collaborating with health researchers across different disciplines and backgrounds to achieve closer and more meaningful linkages between the health concepts, issues, and disparities we are interested in and the measures we have access to our data.

In addition, two of our trainees received poster awards at the conference:

  • Alexis C. Dennis, a predoctoral Trainee at CPC and a doctoral candidate in sociology, received a poster award for her poster, “Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Socioeconomic Correlates of Depression Among U.S. Born Young Adults.” Her research used AddHeath data to assess racial differences in socioeconomic status across the life course.

  • Allison Marie Lacko, a predoctoral Trainee at CPC and a doctoral candidate in Nutrition, received a poster award for her poster, “State-Level Variation and Disparities in the Nutritional Quality of Household Food Purchases in the US, 2007-2014.”

    Listed below are all posters and talks featuring current CPC trainees and faculty fellows at IAPHS 2019. For more information, please visit the conference website.

    Tuesday, October 1, 2019

    Bedtimes and Television Viewership in the Streaming Era

    Jess M. Meyer, PhD
    Poster Session 1 – P106
    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Maternal Depression in Rural Pakistan: The Protective Associations with Cultural Postpartum Practices

    Katherine LeMasters
    Poster Session 1 – P108
    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Pain in my Heart: Understanding Perinatal Depression among Women Living with HIV in Malawi

    Katherine LeMasters
    Poster Session 1 – P110
    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Reliability and Trajectories of Self-Reported Health Measures

    Iliya Gutin
    Poster Session 1 – P113
    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Socioeconomic Correlates of Depression Among U.S. Born Young Adults

    Alexis Christine Dennis
    Poster Session 1 – P134
    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Wednesday, October 2, 2019

    Lunchtime Session: Funding 101

    Featured Panelist:
    Chantel Martin, PhD
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Assortativity by Treatment in Social Networks and Bias in Population Studies

    Paul Zivich
    Abstract Session 1: Relational and Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Health
    1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
    Session Room: Ravenna

    Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Allostatic Load Among Young Adults in the United States

    Liana J. Richardson, PhD, CPC Faculty Fellow
    Abstract Session 1: Intersectional Approaches to Understanding Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
    1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
    Session Room: Kirkland

    Microbiome-Immune System Interactions in Add Health

    Audrey Renson
    Poster Session 2 – P201
    5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Educational Attainment and Young Adult Health in the United States: Differences by Race and Gender

    Grace A Noppert, PhD
    Poster Session 2 – P219
    5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    A Systematic Review of the Use of Race in Population Health Medical Research

    Rae Anne Martinez
    Poster Session 2 – P236
    5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Thursday, October 3, 2019

    Populations Potentially Affected by Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Portion Size Laws

    Natalie Smith
    Abstract Session 3: Policy Solutions for a Healthier Rural America
    3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
    Session Room: Kirkland

    The Role of Subjective Social Status in Shaping Adolescent Mental Health

    Nafeesa Andrabi
    Abstract Session 3: Features of Children’s Social Ecologies that Bear Upon Health and Development
    3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
    Session Room: Leschi

    The Impact of Grandmother Involvement on Child Growth and Development in Rural Pakistan

    Esther Chung
    Abstract Session 3: Features of Children’s Social Ecologies that Bear Upon Health and Development
    3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
    Session Room: Leschi

    State-Level Variation and Disparities in the Nutritional Quality of Household Food Purchases in the US, 2007-2014

    Allison Maria Lacko
    Poster Session 3 – P338
    5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

    Friday, October 4, 2019

    Plenary 3: Award Winner Presentations – Climate Change, Disasters, and Displacement

    Featured Panelist: Dynamics of Destruction, Reconstruction, and Population Change after a Disaster

    Elizabeth Frankenberg, PhD, CPC Director
    8:30 am – 10:30 am
    Session Room: Metropolitan Ballroom