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

OISE 10-68424该项目汇集了中央佛罗里达大学（UCF）和立陶宛维尔纽斯大学的教师进行合作研究规划。 研究重点是生物人类学，特别是生长学和法医人类学。 美国首席研究员是莱斯利·利伯曼。 立陶宛同行是Jannina Tutkuviene。这次会议将使UCF和VU教师能够交流有关当前研究活动的信息，确定潜在合作的新兴领域，并制定初步的研究建议。UCF教师还将熟悉VU收藏品（8，726个颅骨单位和4，962个颅后骨骼单位），实验室，设备，诊所，数据库和其他资源。 两个可能的独特的研究重点是1）跟踪生活方式的变化，因为立陶宛？的独立性，反映了儿童的生长和发育参数和2）技术的应用，以分析独特的骨骼收集在似曾相识和测试假设与此广泛的收集和那些在美国和其他地方举行。自世纪以来在立陶宛进行的纵向研究为分析提供了丰富的数据基础和基线，特别是关于随着饮食和生活方式迅速全球化而发生的生长和身体组成变化的数据基础和基线。 与大多数欧洲国家不同，立陶宛儿童的体重和肥胖没有开始增加;事实上，已经显示出相反的趋势，这项活动预计将促进创造新的知识和扩大人类学专业网络和培训机会的教师和研究生在生物人类学？特别是在生长学和法医人类学方面，并在公共卫生、临床医学和执法方面有创新的应用。

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.