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Selected Lab Publications
Urlacher SS, Ellison PT, Sugiyama LS, Pontzer H, Eick G, Liebert MA, Cepon-Robins T, Gildner TE, and Snodgrass JJ. 2018. Tradeoffs between immune function and childhood growth among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists. PNAS.
Boose K, White F, Brand A, Meinelt A, and Snodgrass JJ. 2018. Infant handling in bonobos (Pan paniscus): Exploring functional hypotheses and the relationship to oxytocin. Physiology & Behavior.
Stagaman K, Cepon-Robins TJ, Liebert MA, Gildner TE, Urlacher SS, Madimenos FC, Guillemin K, Snodgrass JJ, Sugiyama LS, and Bohannan BJM. 2018. Market Integration Predicts Human Gut Microbiome Attributes across a Gradient of Economic Development. mSystems.
Goldman EA, Eick GN, Compton D, Kowal P, Snodgrass JJ, Eisenberg DTA, and Sterner KN. 2018. Evaluating minimally invasive sample collection methods for telomere length measurement. Am J Hum Biol 30.
Eick GN, Kowal P, Barrett T, Thiele EA, and Snodgrass JJ. 2017. Enzyme-linked immunoassay-based quantitative measurement of apolipoprotein-B (ApoB) in dried blood spots, a biomarker of cardiovascular disease risk. Biodemog Social Bio.
Raichlen DA, Pontzer H, Harris J, Mabulla AZP, Marlowe FW, Snodgrass JJ, Eick G, Berbesque JC, Sancilio A, and Wood BM. 2017. Physical activity patterns and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk in hunter-gatherers. Am J Hum Biol.
Eick G, Urlacher SS, McDade TW, Kowal P, and Snodgrass JJ. 2016. Validation of an optimized ELISA for quantitative assessment of Epstein-Barr virus antibodies from dried blood spots. Biodemog Social Bio 62: 222-233.
Brand CM, Boose KJ, Squires EC, Marchant LF, White FJ, Meinelt A, and Snodgrass JJ. 2016. Hair plucking, stress, and urinary cortisol among captive bonobos (Pan paniscus). Zoo Biology 35: 415-422.
Blackwell AD, Trumble BC, Suarez IM, Stieglitz J, Beheim B, Snodgrass JJ, Kaplan H, and Gurven M. 2016. Immune function in Amazonian horticulturalists. Ann Hum Biol 43: 382-396.
Kim HK, Tiberio SS, Capaldi DM, Shortt JW., Squires EC, and Snodgrass JJ. 2015. Intimate partner violence and diurnal cortisol patterns in couples. Psychoneuroendocrinology 51: 35-46.
McClure HH, Snodgrass JJ, Martinez CR, Squires EC, Jimenez RA, Isiordia LE, Eddy JM, and McDade TW. 2015. Stress, place, and allostatic load among Mexican immigrant farmworkers in Oregon. J Immigr Minor Health.
McClure HH, Shortt JW, Eddy JM, Holmes A, van Uum S, Russell E, Koren G, Sheeber L, Davis B, Snodgrass JJ, and Martinez CR. 2015. Associations among mother-child contact, parenting stress, and mother and child adjustment related to incarceration. In: J. Poehlmann-Tynan (ed.) Children’s Contact with Incarcerated Parents: Implications for Policy and Intervention. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 58-82.
Liebert MA, Snodgrass JJ, Blackwell AD, Madimenos FC, Cepon TJ, and Sugiyama LS. 2013. Implications of market integration for cardiovascular and metabolic health among an indigenous Amazonian Ecuadorian population. Ann Hum Biol 40: 228-242.
McClure HH, Snodgrass JJ, Martinez CR, Eddy JM, McDade TW, Hyers MJ, and Johnstone-Diaz A. 2013. Integrating biomarkers into research with Latino immigrants in the United States. Adv Anthropol 3: 112-120.
McDade TW, Tallman PS, Madimenos FC, Liebert MA, Cepon TJ, Sugiyama L, and Snodgrass JJ. 2012. Analysis of variability of high sensitivity C-reactive protein in lowland Ecuador reveals no evidence of chronic low-grade inflammation. Am J Hum Biol 24: 675-681.
Squires EC, McClure HH, Martinez CR, Eddy JM, Jimenez RA, Isiordia LE, and Snodgrass JJ. 2012. Diurnal cortisol rhythms among Latino immigrants in Oregon, USA. J Physiol Anthropol 31: 19.
Cepon TJ, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Klimova TM, and Krivoshapkin VG. 2011. The effects of circumpolar adaptation and lifestyle on the development of autoimmune thyroid disorders among the Yakut of Siberia. Am J Hum Biol 23: 703-709.
Blackwell AD, Gurven M, Sugiyama LS, Madimenos FC, Liebert MA, Martin MA, Kaplan HS, and Snodgrass JJ. 2011. Evidence for a peak shift in humoral responses to helminths: Age profiles of IgE in the Shuar of Ecuador, the Tsimane of Bolivia, and the U.S. NHANES. PLoS Neglect Trop Dis 5: e1218.
Blackwell AD, Snodgrass JJ, Madimenos FC, Sugiyama LS. 2010. Life history, immune function, and intestinal helminths: Trade-offs among immunoglobulin E, C-reactive protein, and growth in an Amazonian population. Am J Hum Biol 22: 836-848.
Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, et al. 2010. Impaired fasting glucose and the metabolic syndrome among an indigenous Siberian population. Int J Circumpol Health 69: 87-98.
McClure HH, Martinez CR, Snodgrass JJ, Eddy JM, Jimenez R, Isiordia L, McDade TW. 2010. Discrimination-related stress, blood pressure, and immune function among Latin American immigrants in Oregon. J Biosoc Sci 42: 433-461.
McClure HH, Snodgrass JJ, Martinez CR, Eddy JM, Jimenez RA, Isiordia LE. 2010. Discrimination, psychosocial stress, and health among Latin American immigrants in Oregon. Am J Hum Biol 22: 421-423.
McDade TW, Williams SR, Snodgrass JJ. 2007. What a drop can do: Dried blood spots as a minimally-invasive method for integrating biomarkers in population-based research. Demography 44: 899-925.
Selected Lab Conference Presentations
Bedbury et al. 2018. Associations Between Demography and Fecal Calprotectin Levels of Indigenous Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia. Paper presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, TX.
Cepon-Robins et al. 2018. Immune response to soil-transmitted helminths is associated with reduced intestinal inflammation: Preliminary evidence from Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 66: 44.
Gildner et al. 2018. Lifestyle Changes and Immune Function: Associations between Immunoglobulin E Levels and Market Integration among Indigenous Shuar from Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 66: 98.
Boose et al. 2018. Male-immature interactions in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and the relationship to testosterone, male reproductive behavior, and affiliation with mothers. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 66: 32-33.
Dona et al. 2018. Inflammation as a Mediator of Depression and Diabetes in the Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 66: 70.
DeLouize et al. 2018. Population differences in aging-related inflammation are associated with change of central adiposity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 66: 64.
Gildner et al. 2018. Salivary Testosterone and Adiposity among Shuar Men: Body Composition Variation in an Indigenous, Subsistence Population. American Journal of Human Biology DOI 10.1002/ajhb.23110: P9.
Eick et al. 2018. Validation of a biomarker of bone resorption in dried blood spots. American Journal of Human Biology DOI 10.1002/ajhb.23110: P67.
Liebert et al. 2018. Diurnal cortisol rhythms and helminth infection intensity among the indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador: examining links between stress activity and immune function in a subsistence-based population. American Journal of Human Biology DOI 10.1002/ajhb.23110: P92.
Mequanint et al. 2017. Hair cortisol measurement and relationships with growth among Amazonian Shuar children. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, New Orleans, LA.
Schrock et al. 2017. Preliminary evidence that Ascaris lumbricoides infection is associated with mood. Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Boise, ID.
Blackwell et al. 2017. Immune function across the life-span in Amazonian horticulturalists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 64: 122.
Gildner et al. 2017. Associations between testosterone levels and parasite load: Testing life history tradeoffs among indigenous Shuar men from Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 64: 194.
Eick et al. 2017. Expanding the methodological toolkit for dried blood spot samples in human biology research: Best practices and preliminary results for interleukin-10 (IL-10). American Journal of Human Biology DOI 10.1002/ajhb.22974: P98.
Hallett et al. 2017. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: Chronic helminth infection is associated with kidney function in an indigenous Ecuadorian forager-horticulturalist population. American Journal of Human Biology DOI 10.1002/ajhb.22974: P79.
Hové et al. 2017. Immune modulation during pregnancy in a non-industrialized and high pathogen context. American Journal of Human Biology DOI 10.1002/ajhb.22974: P2.
Liebert et al. 2017. Diurnal cortisol rhythms among the indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador: individual differences by age, sex, and body composition across the lifespan. American Journal of Human Biology DOI 10.1002/ajhb.22974: 28-29.
Shattuck-Heidorn et al. 2017. Possible influences of early life on immigrant immune function: CRP in a first-generation Ecuadorian immigrant population. American Journal of Human Biology DOI 10.1002/ajhb.22974: P41.
Eick et al. 2016. What a drop can really do: methodological challenges of integrating dried blood spot samples into human biology research. American Journal of Human Biology 28: 276.
Eick et al. 2016. Validation of a commercially-available ELISA for apolipoprotein B measurement in dried blood spots. Biomarker Network, Washington, DC.
Cepon-Robins et al. 2016. Soil-transmitted helminth infection and immune function: Ascaris lumbricoides, but not Trichuris trichiura, is associated with lower adult-levels of C-reactive protein among the Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia. American Journal of Human Biology 28: 271.
Hove et al. 2016. Immune modulation by pregnancy in women in a high pathogen environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health, Durham, NC.
Blackwell et al. 2016. Immune function in Amazonian horticulturalists. International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health, Durham, NC
Liebert et al. 2016. Developing cultural consonance models for Shuar children of Amazonian Ecuador. Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Liebert et al. 2016. The embodiment of market integration: Modeling cultural consonance among Shuar children of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 62: 208-209.
Gildner et al. 2016. Diurnal testosterone variation among indigenous Shuar men from Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 62: 154-155.
Goldman et al. 2016. Evaluating minimally invasive methods of telomere length measurement: A sub-study of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 62: 157.
Barrett et al. 2016. The interrelationship of cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus antibodies among Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 62: 87.
Boose et al. 2016. Infant handling and the socioendocrine correlates of allocare behavior in sub-adult bonobos (Pan paniscus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 62: 100.
Urlacher et al 2015. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: Childhood somatic resources, linear growth, and immune function among the Shuar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 60: 310.
Boose et al. 2015. Sexual behavior, stress, and constraint in female choice in bonobos. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 60: 89.
Cepon-Robins et al. 2015. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: Testing the Hygiene Hypothesis–Soil-transmitted helminth infection and immune dysregulation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement) 60: 103.
Cepon-Robins et al. 2015. The Indigenous Siberian Health and Adaptation Project: Implications of Epstein-Barr Virus infection for thyroid health and autoimmunity among an indigenous circumpolar population. American Journal of Human Biology 27: 264-265.
Leibert et al. 2015. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: Lifestyle incongruity and immune function among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Human Biology 27: 273.
Liebert et al. 2014. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: The role of market integration and life history trade-offs on diurnal cortisol among Indigenous Shuar children of Amazonian Ecuador (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 26: 270-271.
Urlacher et al. 2014. Childhood immune function and growth: Insights from repeat measures among the Amazonian Shuar (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 26: 283-284. (Note: Paper won E.E. Hunt Prize for best graduate student paper presented at the Human Biology Association meeting)
Cepon-Robins et al. 2014. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: Chronic and infectious disease burden among the Shuar–The complicated nature of epidemiological transitions (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 26: 261-262.
Boose et al. 2014. Urinary oxytocin, sociosexual behavior, and grooming in bonobos (Pan paniscus): Preliminary analyses (meeting abstract). Am J Phys Anthropol (Suppl) 58: 243.
Liebert et al. 2013. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: The psychosocial stress response of children from varying degrees of market integration in an indigenous lowland Ecuadorian population (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 25: 264-265.
Schweber et al. 2013. The Indigenous Siberian Health and Adaptation Project: Chronic stress and its relation to lifestyle change, Epstein-Barr virus, blood pressure, and C-reactive protein among the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 25: 273-274.
Streeter et al. 2013. The Indigenous Siberian Health and Adaptation Project: Tissue hypoxia, adiponectin dysregulation, and hemoglobin levels among the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 25: 276-277.
Balu et al. 2013. The Indigenous Siberian Health and Adaptation Project: Seasonal variation in autoimmune thyroid disorders among the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 25: 252.
Liebert et al. 2012. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: The relationship between market integration and diurnal salivary cortisol rhythms of children in an indigenous lowland Ecuadorian population (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 24: 232.
Snodgrass et al. 2012. Acculturation, chronic psychosocial stress, and health among Latino mother-child pairs in Texas (meeting abstract). Am J Phys Anthropol (Suppl) 54: 274.
Ridgeway-Diaz et al. 2011. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: Epstein-Barr virus and market integration in the indigenous Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 23: 274.
Shattuck-Faegre et al. 2011. The Shuar Health and Life History Project: Immune pathways and Epstein-Barr virus (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 23: 276.
Liebert et al. 2011. Immunoglobulin E, C-reactive protein, and cardiovascular and metabolic health among the indigenous Shuar of Ecuador (meeting abstract). Am J Hum Biol 23: 264. (Note: Poster won E.E. Hunt Prize for best student paper presented at the Human Biology Association meeting)
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