The 6th Annual CeFH Symposium 2023
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Welcome to the 6th Annual Symposium with the Centre for Fertility and Health in Oslo, Norway!
We will host our 6th Annual Symposium on May 15-16th, in Oslo, Norway. The symposium gathers researchers from Norway and abroad with an interest in using our rich national data to understand causes and consequences of changing fertility and family patterns. We aim at arranging a symposium with good opportunities to connect and establish new collaborations.
Register for the Symposium here: Microsoft Forms
Registration deadline: Friday, April 28th at 12:00 (noon).
Our Centre is a cross disciplinary Norwegian Centre of Excellence, established at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in 2017. We aim to create a research atmosphere that results in fruitful collaborations across disciplines and incentivise research that allows a better understanding of fertility patterns and health outcomes than what each discipline can do alone. Our research team consists of experts in disciplines such as epidemiology, demography, genetics, statistics, economics and medicine.
(Preliminary) Program:
Day 1, May 15th
09:00-09:15 Opening - Siri Håberg
09:15-09:45 Testicular Cancer and Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome - Niels Erik Skakkebæk, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
09:45-10:00 Keynote discussion
10:00-10:30 BREAK
Session 1: Genetics and family relations
Chair: Yunsung Lee
10:30-10:50 Twins, fertility and childhood health - Dorret Boomsma, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
10:50-11:10 Assortative mating and genetic correlations between relatives - Hans Fredrik Sunde, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
11:10-11:30 The role of DNA methylation in gestational age - Kristine Haftorn, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
11:30-11:50 The genetics of placental growth: a sneak peek of the interface between mother and child during pregnancy - Marc Vaudel, University of Bergen, Norway
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
Session 2: Puberty, family and fertility
Chair: Jennifer Harris
13:00-13:20 Father absence in pregnancy or during childhood and pubertal development in girls and boys: a population-based cohort study - Anne Gaml-Sørensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
13:20-13:40 Age at menarche and fecundability in MoBa - Mari Warp, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
13:40-14:00 Menstrual disturbances after Covid-19 vaccination among adolescents and young adults - Ida Caspersen, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
14:00-14:30 BREAK
Session 3: Impacts of school starting age
Chair: Bjørn-Atle Reme
14:30-14:50 Relative age and psychotropic drug use in preterm and term-born children and young adults - Christine Bachmann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
14:50-15:10 School starting age, family formation and fertility - Kate Beck, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
15:10-15:30 Ready for school? Effects on school starters of establishing school psychology offices in Norway - Martin Flatø, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
15:30-15:40 Closing remarks - Øystein Kravdal
18:00 Dinner at Mirabel, Sørengkaia 163, 0194 Oslo, Norway
Day 2, May 16th
09:00-09:10 Opening - Håkon Gjessing
Session 4: Drivers of fertility change
Chair: Rannveig K. Hart
09:10-09:30 The causal effects of education on age at marriage and marital fertility - Neil Cummins, London School of Economics, UK
09:30-09:50 Closing in the gender gap: The fertility consequences of job loss among women and men - a register-based study in Norway - Rishabh Tyagi, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
09:50-10:10 Metformin and malformations - the Paternal factor - Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, University of Southern Denmark
10:10-10:30 Teen fertility trends globally - Vegard Skirbekk, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
10:30-11:00 BREAK
Session 5: Environment, lifestyle and fertility
Chair: Maria Magnus
11:00-11:20 Climate change and fertility - Risto Conte Keivabu, Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research, Germany
11:20-11:40 Early life exposure to environmental pollutants - and examples of associations to fertility related outcomes - Cathrine Thomsen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
11:40-12:00 Food groups, diet quality and infertility - Alvaro Hernaez, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
12:00-12:20 CVD risk following specific pregnancy complications - Allen Wilcox, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
Session 6: Mental health and families
Chair: Fartein Ask Torvik
13:30-13:50 Diminishing association between educational success and common adolescent mental disorders from 2006-2019 - Magnus Nordmo, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
13:50-14:10 Co-evolution of child and parental mental health problems - Jonathan Wörn, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
14:10-14:30 Risk of preterm birth associated with ADHD medication use in pregnancy - Chaitra Srinivas, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
14:30-14:50 Child penalty in mental health - Thang Dang, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
14:50-15:00 Closing remarks - Per Magnus
