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Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Adolescent Development and the Biology of Puberty: Summary of a Workshop on New Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9634.
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APPENDIX

WORKSHOP AGENDA

New Research on the Biology of Puberty and Adolescent Development

March 23–24, 1998

National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

Washington, DC 20418

Monday, March 23

2101 Constitution Avenue, NAS Members Room

Chair: David Hamburg

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Reception and Dinner

 

7:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Orientation to the Meeting

David Hamburg

8:00 – 8:45 p.m.

Overview: The Developing Adolescent

Anne Petersen

Tuesday, March 24

2001 Wisconsin Avenue-Green Building, Room 130

Chair: Melvin Grumbach

8:00 – 8:15 a.m.

Continental breakfast available

 

8:15 – 8:50 a.m.

Pubertal Maturation Among Girls in the US

Frank Biro

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Adolescent Development and the Biology of Puberty: Summary of a Workshop on New Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9634.
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Session I: Adolescence in Animals

8:50 – 9:15 a.m.

Behavioral and Physiological Changes Associated with Puberty in Non-human Primates

Steven Suomi

9:15 – 9:25 a.m.

Discussant

 

9:25 – 9:55 a.m.

Open Discussion

Anne Pusey

Session II: Neuroendocrine Physiology at Puberty

9:55 – 10:20 a.m.

Paradigms and Progress in Hormone-behavior Interactions at Puberty

Elizabeth Susman

10:20 – 10:30 a.m.

Discussant

Iris Litt

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Open Discussion

 

Session III: The Interplay Between Pubertal Development and Behavior

11:00 – 11:25 a.m.

Sexual Behavior

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

11:25 – 11:50 a.m.

Aggressive/Problem Behavior

David Rowe

11:50 – 12:00 p.m.

Discussant

Ruth Gross

12:00 – 12:35 p.m.

Open Discussion

 

Session IV: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice

12:35 – 1:30 p.m.

Working Lunch

 

12:50 – 1:00 p.m.

Discussant

Huda Akil

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Open Discussion

 

02:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Adolescent Development and the Biology of Puberty: Summary of a Workshop on New Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9634.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 1999. Adolescent Development and the Biology of Puberty: Summary of a Workshop on New Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9634.
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Adolescence is one of the most fascinating and complex transitions in the human life span. Its breathtaking pace of growth and change is second only to that of infancy. Over the last two decades, the research base in the field of adolescence has had its own growth spurt. New studies have provided fresh insights while theoretical assumptions have changed and matured. This summary of an important 1998 workshop reviews key findings and addresses the most pressing research challenges.

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