Thom McDade - Northwestern
Three common assumptions about inflammation and aging that are probably wrong
Date: 01/16/2020 (Thu)
Time: 3:30pm- 5:00pm
Location: Seminar will be held on-site: Gross Hall 270
Organizer: Jenny Tung
Meeting Schedule: Login or email the organizer to schedule a meeting.
All meetings will be held in the same location as the seminar unless otherwise noted.
12:30pm - LUNCH: Line Rasmussen
1:00pm - LUNCH: Line Rasmussen
1:30pm - Noah Simons
2:00pm - Herman Pontzer
2:30pm - Duncan Thomas
3:00pm - Seminar Prep
3:30pm - Seminar Presentation (3:30pm to 5:00pm)
5:00pm - Susan Alberts
6:00pm - DINNER: Jenny Tung, Duncan Thomas, Staci Bilbo, Herman Pontzer
8:30am - Breakfast at the Washington Duke Inn with Charlie Nunn and Angie O'Rand
Additional Comments: Chronic inflammation is implicated in many diseases of aging, and it is a potentially important mechanism linking environments and health over the life course. But this understanding is based almost exclusively on research in affluent industrialized populations, which are epidemiologically and ecologically unique in comparison with most populations globally, and historically. A comparative, life course approach challenges key assumptions of the chronic inflammation paradigm, and points toward promising directions for future research.