Saturday, May 2 / 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM   •   Sapphire Ballroom D

Session 221:
Biodemography, Health, and Mortality

Discussant: Sam Harper, McGill University
Chair: David H. Rehkopf, Stanford University

  1. Quantifying the Value of Biomarkers for Predicting Mortality • Noreen Goldman, Princeton University ; Dana A. Glei, Georgetown University ; Maxine Weinstein, Georgetown University

  2. Biological Health Risks and Economic Development: Comparative Evidence across the Globe • Elizabeth Frankenberg, Duke University ; Jessica Y. Ho, Duke University ; Duncan Thomas, Duke University

  3. Polygenic Risk and the Pace of Aging • Daniel W. Belsky, Duke University

  4. Understanding Variation in Health-Related Behaviors: Evidence from American Twins • Nikkil Sudharsanan, University of Pennsylvania ; Hans-Peter Kohler, University of Pennsylvania ; Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania

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