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2026
Christopher W. Gettler. 2026. “Fathers’ Caregiving Time before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic”. PLOS ONE, 21, Pp. 1-16. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343636
Christopher W. Gettler. 2026. “Fathers’ Caregiving Time before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic”. PLOS ONE, 21, Pp. 1-16. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343636
The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to greater day-to-day time spent together for many families. Some research in Euro-American settings indicated that fathers spent more time caring for their children during the pandemic than previously, with the potential...
Alex R. DeCasien, Jacob E. Aronoff, Elizabeth K. Mallott, Sahana Kuthyar, Sriram Chitta, Brian T. Layden, Maria L. Savo Sardaro, Stanton Gray, Lawrence E. Williams, Emma R. Liechty, Hyo M. Lee, Won Lee, James P. Curley, Christopher W. Kuzawa, and Katherine R. Amato. 2026. “Primate Gut Microbiota Induce Evolutionarily Salient Changes in Mouse Neurodevelopment”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123, Pp. e2426232122. doi:10.1073/pnas.2426232122
Alex R. DeCasien, Jacob E. Aronoff, Elizabeth K. Mallott, Sahana Kuthyar, Sriram Chitta, Brian T. Layden, Maria L. Savo Sardaro, Stanton Gray, Lawrence E. Williams, Emma R. Liechty, Hyo M. Lee, Won Lee, James P. Curley, Christopher W. Kuzawa, and Katherine R. Amato. 2026. “Primate Gut Microbiota Induce Evolutionarily Salient Changes in Mouse Neurodevelopment”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123, Pp. e2426232122. doi:10.1073/pnas.2426232122
Compared to other primates, humans have remarkably large brains relative to their body sizes. The resultant high demands for glucose may have been supported by changes in the gut microbiota (GM), which can influence host metabolism. In this study, we...
Sasha R. Post, Calen P. Ryan, Nanette R. Lee, Delia B. Carba, Sonny A. Bechayda, Julie L. MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, David T. S. Lin, Parmida Atashzay, Michael S. Kobor, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2026. “Patterns of Chronic Stress in Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Already Predict Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Young Adults in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey”. American Journal of Human Biology, 38, Pp. e70290. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70290
Sasha R. Post, Calen P. Ryan, Nanette R. Lee, Delia B. Carba, Sonny A. Bechayda, Julie L. MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, David T. S. Lin, Parmida Atashzay, Michael S. Kobor, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2026. “Patterns of Chronic Stress in Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Already Predict Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Young Adults in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey”. American Journal of Human Biology, 38, Pp. e70290. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70290
ABSTRACT Epigenetic clocks estimate biological aging through age-related DNA methylation patterns and are known to accelerate in response to adversity. While cortisol links stress experiences to cellular aging, the relationship between circadian cortisol...
Sofia C Carrera, Delia B Carba, Nanette R Lee, Lee T. Gettler, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2026. “Recalled Adverse Childhood Experiences Predict Behavioral Traits Associated With an Accelerated Life History in Cebu, Philippines”. American Journal of Human Biology, 38
Sofia C Carrera, Delia B Carba, Nanette R Lee, Lee T. Gettler, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2026. “Recalled Adverse Childhood Experiences Predict Behavioral Traits Associated With an Accelerated Life History in Cebu, Philippines”. American Journal of Human Biology, 38
2025
Marcia Smiti Jude, Chaini Konwar, Robyn J. McQuaid, Farooq Ghani, Nazneen Islam, Sharifa Lalani, Sarah M. Merrill, Fizza Fatima, Julia L. MacIsaac, Ntonghanwah Forcheh, Calen P. Ryan, Nanette R. Lee, Christopher W. Kuzawa, Michael S. Kobor, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Neelofur Babar, Aliyah Dosani, Imtiaz Jehan, Nicole Letourneau, Mohamoud Merali, Ayesha Mian, Joseph Wangira Musana, Christopher T. Naugler, Sidrah Nausheen, Christine Okoko, Geoffrey Omuse, Saima Sachwani, Pauline Samia, Kiran Shaikh, Rozina Shazad, Salima Sulaiman, Sikolia Wanyonyi, Ilona S. Yim, and Maternal-infant Global Health Team – Collaborators in Research. 2025. “Distinct Maternal DNA Methylation Associations With Gestational Age at Early and Late-Mid Term Pregnancy in a Low- and Middle-Income Country: Evaluation of Biological, Genetic, and Psychosocial Contributors”, 25, 1, Pp. 1062+. doi:10.1186/s12884-025-08037-6
Marcia Smiti Jude, Chaini Konwar, Robyn J. McQuaid, Farooq Ghani, Nazneen Islam, Sharifa Lalani, Sarah M. Merrill, Fizza Fatima, Julia L. MacIsaac, Ntonghanwah Forcheh, Calen P. Ryan, Nanette R. Lee, Christopher W. Kuzawa, Michael S. Kobor, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Neelofur Babar, Aliyah Dosani, Imtiaz Jehan, Nicole Letourneau, Mohamoud Merali, Ayesha Mian, Joseph Wangira Musana, Christopher T. Naugler, Sidrah Nausheen, Christine Okoko, Geoffrey Omuse, Saima Sachwani, Pauline Samia, Kiran Shaikh, Rozina Shazad, Salima Sulaiman, Sikolia Wanyonyi, Ilona S. Yim, and Maternal-infant Global Health Team – Collaborators in Research. 2025. “Distinct Maternal DNA Methylation Associations With Gestational Age at Early and Late-Mid Term Pregnancy in a Low- and Middle-Income Country: Evaluation of Biological, Genetic, and Psychosocial Contributors”, 25, 1, Pp. 1062+. doi:10.1186/s12884-025-08037-6
Mothers undergo physiological and molecular changes over the course of gestation. These modifications “get under the skin” and may be reflected in the maternal epigenome through processes such as DNA methylation. Such an epigenetic mark may offer insights...
Thomas W. McDade, Sofia Carrera, Calen P. Ryan, David Burgner, Linda S. Adair, Nanette R. Lee, Delia B. Carba, Julie L. MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, Michael S. Kobor, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2025. “Evaluation of a DNA Methylation-Based Measure of Chronic Inflammation in Two Generations of Adults in Metropolitan Cebu, Philippines”, 15, 1, Pp. 32720+. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-17341-2
Thomas W. McDade, Sofia Carrera, Calen P. Ryan, David Burgner, Linda S. Adair, Nanette R. Lee, Delia B. Carba, Julie L. MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, Michael S. Kobor, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2025. “Evaluation of a DNA Methylation-Based Measure of Chronic Inflammation in Two Generations of Adults in Metropolitan Cebu, Philippines”, 15, 1, Pp. 32720+. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-17341-2
Proxy measures of chronic inflammation derived from DNA methylation (DNAm) data have emerged as promising predictors of cardiometabolic disease in high income countries. The performance of these measures in lower and middle income settings experiencing...
Lee T. Gettler, Stacy Rosenbaum, Sarah Hoegler Dennis, Sonny A Bechayda, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2025. “Longitudinal Evidence Linking Childhood Energetics, Maturation, Skeletal Muscle Mass and Adult Human Male Sociosexuality”. Royal Society Open Science, 12
Lee T. Gettler, Stacy Rosenbaum, Sarah Hoegler Dennis, Sonny A Bechayda, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2025. “Longitudinal Evidence Linking Childhood Energetics, Maturation, Skeletal Muscle Mass and Adult Human Male Sociosexuality”. Royal Society Open Science, 12
Christopher Kuzawa, Stacy Rosenbaum, and Lee Gettler. 2025. “No Need for Tiers to Explain the Ecological Predictors of Human Life History Strategies”. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 48, Pp. e112. doi:10.1017/S0140525X25100848
Christopher Kuzawa, Stacy Rosenbaum, and Lee Gettler. 2025. “No Need for Tiers to Explain the Ecological Predictors of Human Life History Strategies”. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 48, Pp. e112. doi:10.1017/S0140525X25100848
Beryl C Zhuang, Marcia Smiti Jude, Chaini Konwar, Natan Yusupov, Calen P Ryan, Hannah-Ruth Engelbrecht, Joanne Whitehead, Alexandra A Halberstam, Julia L MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, Toan Khanh Tran, Kim Korinek, Zachary Zimmer, Nanette R Lee, Thomas W McDade, Christopher W Kuzawa, Kim M Huffman, Daniel W Belsky, Elisabeth B Binder, Darina Czamara, Keegan Korthauer, and Michael S Kobor. 2025. “Accounting for Differences Between Infinium MethylationEPIC V2 and V1 in DNA Methylation–based Tools”. Life Science Alliance, 8. doi:10.26508/lsa.202403155
Beryl C Zhuang, Marcia Smiti Jude, Chaini Konwar, Natan Yusupov, Calen P Ryan, Hannah-Ruth Engelbrecht, Joanne Whitehead, Alexandra A Halberstam, Julia L MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, Toan Khanh Tran, Kim Korinek, Zachary Zimmer, Nanette R Lee, Thomas W McDade, Christopher W Kuzawa, Kim M Huffman, Daniel W Belsky, Elisabeth B Binder, Darina Czamara, Keegan Korthauer, and Michael S Kobor. 2025. “Accounting for Differences Between Infinium MethylationEPIC V2 and V1 in DNA Methylation–based Tools”. Life Science Alliance, 8. doi:10.26508/lsa.202403155
The recently launched Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC v2.0 (EPICv2), successor of MethylationEPIC v1.0 (EPICv1), retains most of the probes in EPICv1, while expanding coverage of regulatory elements. The concordance between the two EPIC versions in DNA...
Christopher W. Kuzawa and Elizabeth Sweet. 2025. “Developmental Influences on Racial Inequities in Cardiovascular Health: The Push–Pull Forces That Uncouple Cardiovascular Disease From Birth Weight”. American Journal of Human Biology, 37, Pp. e70125. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70125
Christopher W. Kuzawa and Elizabeth Sweet. 2025. “Developmental Influences on Racial Inequities in Cardiovascular Health: The Push–Pull Forces That Uncouple Cardiovascular Disease From Birth Weight”. American Journal of Human Biology, 37, Pp. e70125. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70125
ABSTRACT In 2009 we published an article in the American Journal of Human Biology arguing for a developmental contribution to US racial inequities in cardiovascular disease (CVD), inspired by emerging evidence that stress during pregnancy reduces birth...
2024
Dan T. A. Eisenberg, Calen P. Ryan, Nanette R. Lee, Delia B. Carba, Julie L. MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, Parmida Atashzay, Michael S. Kobor, and Christopher Kuzawa. 2024. “DNA Methylation-Based Estimators of Telomere Length Show Low Correspondence With Paternal Age at Conception and Other Measures of External Validity of Telomere Length”, 46, 4, Pp. 3957-3969,. doi:10.1007/s11357-024-01114-2
Dan T. A. Eisenberg, Calen P. Ryan, Nanette R. Lee, Delia B. Carba, Julie L. MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, Parmida Atashzay, Michael S. Kobor, and Christopher Kuzawa. 2024. “DNA Methylation-Based Estimators of Telomere Length Show Low Correspondence With Paternal Age at Conception and Other Measures of External Validity of Telomere Length”, 46, 4, Pp. 3957-3969,. doi:10.1007/s11357-024-01114-2
In humans, DNA methylation (DNAm) based estimators of telomere length (TL) have been shown to better predict TL-associated variables (e.g., age, sex, and mortality) than TL itself. The biological significance of DNAm-based estimators of TL (DNAmTL) is...
Jacob E. Aronoff, Thomas W. McDade, Linda S. Adair, Nanette R. Lee, Delia B. Carba, Julia L. MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, Parmida Atashzay, Michael S. Kobor, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2024. “Socioeconomic Status Is Negatively Associated With Immunosenescence But Positively Associated With Inflammation Among Middle-Aged Women in Cebu, Philippines”, 115, Pp. 101-108,. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2023.10.003
Jacob E. Aronoff, Thomas W. McDade, Linda S. Adair, Nanette R. Lee, Delia B. Carba, Julia L. MacIsaac, Kristy Dever, Parmida Atashzay, Michael S. Kobor, and Christopher W. Kuzawa. 2024. “Socioeconomic Status Is Negatively Associated With Immunosenescence But Positively Associated With Inflammation Among Middle-Aged Women in Cebu, Philippines”, 115, Pp. 101-108,. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2023.10.003
Background Socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in health are well-documented, and while biological pathways are incompletely understood, chronic inflammation and accelerated immune aging (immunosenescence) among lower SES individuals have been implicated...