Biomarkers in Social Science Research (a cemmap workshop)
Friday 30th April 2010, Institute for Fiscal Studies (London)
Sponsored by the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)
PROGRAMME:
10:00 Coffee, Registration and Welcome (Dr. Thomas Crossley, Cambridge and IFS)
10:15 Social Science Research Using Biomarkers (Chair: Dr. Liam Delaney, UCD)
Paper 1: Prof. Hendrik Juerges, Mannheim
Paper 2: Prof. Andrew Steptoe, UCL,
“'Psychosocial biomarkers in studies of ageing”
Break
Paper 3: Prof. Moshe Szyf, McGill,
“The signature of early-life socioeconomic positioning in the epigenome.”
Paper 4: Prof. James Nazroo, Manchester
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Biomarker Collection in Social Science Surveys
Data collection (Chair: Professor Joachim Winter, Munich)
SHARE Prof. Hendrik Juerges, Mannheim
TILDA Dr. Hilary Cronin, Trinity College Dublin
UKLHS TBA from ISER, Essex
ELSA/WHITEHALL/etc. Dr. Meena Kumari, UCL
MESS Professor Arie Kapteyn, Rand
15:30 Break
15:45 Panel Discussion (Chair: Prof. James Banks, UCL and IFS)
Prof. Melanie Bartley, UCL
Prof. Nick Buck, ISER, Essex
Prof. John Hobcraft, York
17:00 Close
