Symbioses: A Biosocial Network, Fourth Interdisciplinary Retreat, Agenda

Hosted by the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society, and the UPenn Center for Neuroscience and Society. At Goddard Laboratories 2nd floor, 3710 Hamilton Walk (at 36th and Spruce) Philadelphia

9:30-10AMCoffee and Bagels

10-10:15AMWelcome and Goals of the Day

Dorothy Roberts (Penn Program on Race, Science and Society)

Helena Hansen (NYU Anthropology and Psychiatry)

10:15AM-12PMEcosocial Causes and Health Interventions:
Martha Farah (UPenn Neuroscience)
Emma Kowal (National University of Australia Anthropology and Medicine)

Mindy Fullilove (New School for Social Research Urban Policy and Health)
Alonzo Plough (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) 

12-1PMLunch

1-2:20PMChemical Cultures
Carl Hart(Columbia Psychiatry and Psychology)
Anita Hardon (University of Amsterdam Anthropology)
Helena Hansen (NYU Anthropology and Psychiatry)

2:20-3:40PMSocial Lives of Microbes

Richard Cone (Johns Hopkins Biophysics)
Amber Benezra (NYU Anthropology)

Paul Planet (UPenn Pediatric Infectious Disease)

3:40-4PMCoffee Break

4-5PMGoing Global with Biosocial Research
Projit Mukherji (UPenn History and Sociology of Science)
Sarah Tishkoff (Genetics and Biology, UPenn)
(Discussants Emma Kowal and Anita Hardon)

5-5:30PMReflections and Next Steps