Post-Conference Resources

Welcome and Opening Remarks – presented by Dr. Amelia Karraker, National Institute of Aging
Brief Add Health History and Update on Wave VI – presented by Dr. Robert A. Hummer, Director of Add Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Add Health Wave VI Cognitive Assessment, Physical, and Sensory Function Protocol (Add CAPS) – presented by Dr. Allison Aiello, Deputy Director of Add Health, Columbia University
New Avenues to Explore Sexuality and Racial-Ethnic Differences in Health: The SOGI-SES Ancillary Study – presented by Dr. Carolyn T. Halpern, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dr. Kerith Conron, Williams Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
The Add Health Parent Study: A Biosocial Resource for the Study of Multigenerational Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Aging – presented by Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Session 1: Overview of New Contextual Database for Studying Associations between Structural Heterosexism and Sexual Minority Disparities. Presented by Kara Joyner, University of Texas at San Antonio, Wendy Manning, Bowling Green State University, Krista Westrick-Payne, Bowling Green State University, Lee Brady, Bowling Green State University
Session 2: Multilevel Manifestations of Structural Racism across the Life Course: Approaches and Implications for Health and Aging. Presented by Taylor Hargrove, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – currently unavailable.
Session 3: Analyzing Add Health Data. Presented by Carlyn Graham, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Robert A. Hummer, Director, Add Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fatima Touma, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Reed DeAngelis, Duke University
Session 4: Contextual Factors Relevant for External Causes of Death: Policy, Availability, and Population Health. Presented by Lauren Gaydosh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Iliya Gutin, University of Texas at Austin
Session 5: Add Health Wave V Biological Data and Vital Events. Presented by Eric Whitsel, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Session 6: New Add Health Genetic Datasets: Expanded GWAS and Gene Expression. Presented by Brandt Levitt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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