US-Lithuania Planning Visit: University of Central Florida/Vilnius University Auxology and Forensic Anthropology Planning Meeting

OISE 10-68424该项目汇集了中佛罗里达大学(UCF)和立陶宛维尔纽斯大学的教职员工，以进行合作研究规划。研究重点是生物人类学，特别是辅助学和法医人类学。美国首席调查员是莱斯利·利伯曼。立陶宛的对口官员是Jannina Tutkuviene.这次会议将使UCF和VU的教职员工能够就他们目前的研究活动交换信息，确定潜在的潜在合作领域，并制定初步的研究建议。UCF的教职员工还将熟悉VU的收藏(8726个颅骨单位和4962个颅后骨科单位)、实验室、设备、诊所、数据库和其他资源。两个可能的独特研究焦点是1)跟踪立陶宛独立以来的生活方式变化--S独立后的儿童生长发育参数所反映的变化；2)应用技术分析弗吉尼亚大学举办的独特的骨骼收藏，并用这些广泛的收藏以及美国和其他地方的研究来检验假设。立陶宛自19世纪以来进行的纵向研究为分析提供了丰富的数据库和基线，特别是随着全球化饮食和生活方式的迅速增加，生长和身体成分的变化。与欧洲大多数国家不同的是，立陶宛儿童的体重和肥胖症并没有开始增加；事实上，已经出现了相反的趋势。这项活动预计将促进新知识的创造和人类学专业网络的扩大，并为教师和研究生提供生物人类学方面的培训机会？特别是在辅助学和法医人类学方面，创新地应用于公共卫生、临床医学和执法。

OISE 10-68424 This project brings together faculty of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Vilnius University in Lithuania for collaborative research planning purposes. The research focus is on biological anthropology, specifically auxology and forensic anthropology. The US principal investigator is Leslie Lieberman. The Lithuanian counterpart is Jannina Tutkuviene.This meeting will allow UCF and VU faculty to exchange information about current their research activities, identify emerging areas for potential collaboration and develop preliminary research proposals. UCF faculty will also become acquainted with the VU collections (8,726 craniological units and 4,962 postcranial osteological units), laboratories, equipment, clinics, databases and other resources. Two possible unique research foci are 1) tracking the lifestyle changes since Lithuania?s independence as reflected by child growth and development parameters and 2) application of technologies to the analyses of the unique skeletal collection held at VU and testing hypotheses with this extensive collection and those in the US and elsewhere. Longitudinal studies conducted in Lithuania since the 19th century provide a rich data base and baseline for analyses, especially on changes in growth and body composition with rapidly increasing globalized diets and lifestyles. Unlike most of Europe, Lithuanian children have not started to exhibit increases in weight and obesity; and in fact, have shown a trend in the opposite direction.This activity is expected to facilitate the creation of new knowledge and the expansion of anthropology professional networks and training opportunities for faculty and graduate students in biological anthropology ? specifically in auxology and forensic anthropology with innovative applications to public health, clinical medicine and law enforcement.