Dan T.A. Eisenberg
Associate Professor
Department of
Anthropology
Center for Studies in
Demography and Ecology
Institute
for Public Health Genetics
Center For Statistics And The Social Sciences
Statistical
Genetics Program
University of Washington
Campus Box 353100
Seattle, WA 98195
U.S.A.
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2018:
43. Eisenberg DTA, Kuzawa CW. 2018. The paternal age at conception effect on offspring telomere length: mechanistic, comparative and adaptive perspectives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373(1741).
2017:
42. Goldman EA, Eick GN, Compton D, Kowal P, Snodgrass JJ, Eisenberg DTA, Sterner KN. 2017. Evaluating minimally invasive sample collection methods for telomere length measurement. Am J Hum Biol:e23062-n/a.
41. Ryan CP, Georgiev AV, McDade TW, Gettler LT, Eisenberg DTA, Rzhetskaya M, Agustin SS, Hayes MG, Kuzawa CW. 2017. Androgen receptor polyglutamine repeat length (AR-CAGn) modulates the effect of testosterone on androgen-associated somatic traits in Filipino young adult men. Am J Phys Anthropol.
40. Eisenberg DTA, Borja JB, Hayes MG, Kuzawa CW. 2017. Early life infection, but not breastfeeding, predicts adult blood telomere lengths in the Philippines. Am J Hum Biol.
39. Gettler LT, Ryan CP, Eisenberg DTA, Rzhetskaya M, Hayes MG, Feranil AB, Bechayda SA, Kuzawa CW. 2017. The role of testosterone in coordinating male life history strategies: The moderating effects of the androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism. Horm Behav 87:164-175.
2016:
38. Eisenberg DTA, Tackney J, Cawthon RM, Cloutier CT, Hawkes K. 2016. Paternal age of reproduction in chimpanzees and humans across two generations and descendants telomere lengths. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
37. Eisenberg D. 2016. Telomere
Length Measurement Validity: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) is invalid and
cannot be used to compare qPCR and Southern Blot telomere length measurement
techniques. Int J Epidemiol
36. Ryan, C.P., McDade, T.W., Gettler, L.T., Eisenberg, D.T.A., Rzhetskaya,
M., Hayes, M.G. & Kuzawa, C.W. 2016. Androgen
receptor CAG repeat polymorphism and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal function
in Filipino young adult males. American Journal of Human Biology.
2015:
35. Bethancourt HJ, Kratz M, Hayes MG, Kuzawa CW, Borja JB, Duazo PL, Beresford
SAA, and Eisenberg DTA. in press. No
Association between Blood Telomere Length and Longitudinally-Assessed Diet or
Adiposity or Diet in a Young Adult Filipino Population. European Journal
of Nutrition.
34. Eisenberg DT, Kuzawa CW, Hayes MG. 2015.
Improving qPCR telomere length assays: Controlling for well position effects
increases statistical power. Am J Hum Biol 27(4):570-575.
33. Mangino M, Christiansen L, Stone R, Hunt SC, Horvath K, Eisenberg DT,
. . . Aviv A. 2015. DCAF4,
a novel gene associated with leucocyte telomere length. J Med Genet 52(3):157-162.
32. De Meyer T, and Eisenberg DTA. 2015. Possible technical and biological explanations for the `parental telomere length inheritance discrepancy' enigma. Eur J Hum Genet 23(1):3-4.
2013:
29. Zeng W, Eisenberg DTA, Jovel KR, Undurraga EA, Nyberg C, Tanner S, Reyes-García V, Leonard WR, Castaño J, Huanca T and others. 2013. Adult obesity: Panel study from native Amazonians. Economics & Human Biology 11(2):227-235.
28. Magvanjav O, Undurraga EA, Eisenberg DTA, Zeng W, Dorjgochoo T, Leonard WR, TAPS Bolivian Study Team, Godoy RA. 2013. Sibling composition and children's anthropometric indicators of nutritional status: Evidence from native Amazonians in Bolivia. Annals of Human Biology 40(1):23-34.
27. Zeng W, Undurraga EA, Nyberg C, Eisenberg DTA, Parida S, Zycherman A, Magvanjav O, Reyes-García V, Tanner S, Bolivian Taps Study Team and others. 2013. Sibling Composition During Childhood and Adult Blood Pressure Among Native Amazonians in Bolivia. Economics and Human Biology 11(3):391-400.
2012:
26. Eisenberg DTA, Hayes MG, Kuzawa CW. 2012. Delayed
paternal age of reproduction in humans is associated with longer telomeres across
two generations of descendants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
109(26):10251-10256. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1202092109).
Selected associated press coverage appeared in: PRI/BBC The World, Associated Press, BBC, The Daily Telegraph, The Seattle Times, Global News, CBS News, Jezebel, La Tercera, The Daily Mail, Bloomberg, COSMOS
25. Kuzawa C, Eisenberg DTA. 2012. Intergenerational
predictors of birth weight in the Philippines: Correlations with mother's and
father's birth weight and test of maternal constraint. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40905.
24. Zeng, W., Undurraga, E. A., Eisenberg, D. T. A., Rubio-Jovel, K.,
Reyes-García, V., Team, T., & Godoy, R. (2012). Sibling
composition and child educational attainment: Evidence from native Amazonians
in Bolivia. Economics of Education Review.
23. Undurraga EA, Zebrowitz L, Eisenberg DTA, Reyes-García V,
Godoy RA, TAPS Bolivia Study Team. 2012. The
Perceived Benefits of Height: Strength, Dominance, Social Concern, and Knowledge
among Bolivian Native Amazonians. PLoS ONE 7(5):e35391.
22. Zebrowitz LA, Wang R, Bronstad PM, Eisenberg D, Undurraga E, Reyes-Garcia
V, Godoy R. 2012.
First Impressions from Faces Among U.S. and Culturally Isolated Tsimane' People
in the Bolivian Rainforest. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 43(1):
119-134.
2011:
21. Eisenberg DTA. 2011. An
evolutionary review of human telomere biology: The thrifty telomere hypothesis
and notes on potential adaptive paternal effects. American Journal of Human
Biology 23(2):149-167. [Supplementary
File 1; Supplementary
File 2]
Evaluating force of selection against human cancers
20. Eisenberg DTA, Kuzawa CW, Hayes MG, Salpea KD, Humphries SE, EARS II group. 2011. Substantial variation in qPCR measured mean blood telomere lengths in young men from eleven European countries. American Journal of Human Biology 23(2):228-231. [Supplementary Materials]
19. Eisenberg DTA, Hayes MG. 2011. Testing the null hypothesis: comments on “Culture-gene coevolution of individualism-collectivism and the serotonin transporter gene”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278(1704):329-332. [Supplementary Materials]
Principal component 1 (representing population structure) has a strong association
with 5-HTTLPR allele frequency in Europe ( r(14) = -0.81).
2010:
18. Eisenberg DTA, Kuzawa CW, Hayes MG. 2010. Worldwide
allele frequencies of the human apoliprotein E (APOE) gene: climate, local adaptations
and evolutionary history. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143(1):100-111.
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Distribution of human APOE allele frequencies around
the world
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Association of APOE allele frequencies with latitude
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17. Eisenberg DTA, Apicella CL, Campbell BC, Dreber A, Garcia JR, Lum JK. 2010. Assortative human pair-bonding for partner ancestry and allelic variation of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (Special Issue on Cultural Neuroscience). 5(2-3):194-202.
16. Campbell BC, Dreber A, Apicella CL, Eisenberg DTA, Gray PB, Little
AC, Garcia JR, Zamore RS, Lum JK. 2010. Testosterone
exposure, dopaminergic reward, and sensation-seeking in young men. Physiology
& Behavior. 99(4) 451-456.
15. Morehart CT, Eisenberg DTA. 2010. Prosperity, power, and change: Modeling maize at Postclassic Xaltocan, Mexico. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 29:94-112.
14. Undurraga EA, Godoy R, Nyberg C, Eisenberg DTA, Magvanjav O, Reyes-García
V, Huanca T, Leonard WR, McDade TW, Tanner S and others. 2010. Individual
wealth rank, community wealth inequality, and self-reported adult poor health.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly 24(4):552-548.
13. Godoy R, Nyberg C, Eisenberg DTA, Magvanjav O, Shinnar E, Leonard WR, Gravlee C, Reyes-García V, Mcdade TW, Huanca T and others. 2010. Short but catching up: Statural growth among native Amazonian Bolivian children. American Journal of Human Biology 22(3):336-347.
12. Godoy R, Magvanjav O, Nyberg C, Eisenberg DTA, McDade TW, Leonard WR, Reyes-García V, Huanca T, Tanner S, Gravlee C. 2010. Why no adult stunting penalty or height premium?: Estimates from native Amazonians in Bolivia. Economics & Human Biology 8(1):88-99.
11. Undurraga EA, Eisenberg DTA, Magvanjav O, Wang R, Leonard WR, McDade TW,
Reyes-García V, Nyberg C, Tanner S, Huanca T and others. 2010. Human's
Cognitive Ability to Assess Facial Cues from Photographs: A Study of Sexual
Selection in the Bolivian Amazon. PLoS ONE 5(6):e11027.
Associated press coverage appeared in: COSMOS, abc DIGITAL, epa, Globovision, Yahoo! España NOTICIAS, Los Tiempos, La Cronica De Hoy, Cambio, terra NOTICIAS,
2009:
10. Dreber A, Apicella CL, Eisenberg DTA, Garcia JR, Zamore RS, Lum JK,
Campbell B. 2009. The
7R polymorphism in the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) is associated with financial
risk-taking in men. Evolution and Human Behavior 30(2):85-92.
9. Campbell BC, Gray PB, Eisenberg DTA, Ellison P, Sorenson MD. 2009.
Androgen
receptor CAG repeats and body composition among Ariaal men. International
Journal of Andrology 32(2):140-148.
2008:
8. Eisenberg DTA, Campbell B, Gray PB, Sorenson MD. 2008. Dopamine
receptor genetic polymorphisms and body composition in undernourished pastoralists:
An exploration of nutrition indices among nomadic and recently settled Ariaal
men of northern Kenya. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8(173).
Associated press coverage appeared in: The Economist, Newsweek, Discover, The Times (London), Scientific American (podcast), Slate, "Eight Forty-Eight" on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, New Scientist, Daily Telegraph, ABC News, Focus Online, jungeWelt, wissenschaft, Agence France-Presse, UPI, ScienceAGoGo, Science Daily, Medical News Today, Weiner Zeitung
7. Godoy R, Eisenberg DTA, Reyes-Garcia V, Huanca T, Leonard WR, McDade
TW, Tanner S, TAPS Bolivian Research Team. 2008. Assortative
mating and offspring well-being: theory and empirical findings from a native
Amazonian society in Bolivia. Evolution and Human Behavior 29(3):201-210.
6. Godoy R, Goodman E, Reyes-Garcia V, Eisenberg DTA, Leonard WR, Huanca
T, McDade TW, Tanner S, TAPS Bolivian Study Team. 2008. Rain,
temperature, and child-adolescent height among Native Amazonians in Bolivia.
Annals of Human Biology 35(3):276-93.
5. MacKillop J, Murphy JG, Ray LA, Eisenberg DTA, Lisman SA, Lum JK,
Wilson DS. 2008. Further
validation of a cigarette purchase task for assessing the relative reinforcing
efficacy of nicotine in college smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
16(1):57-65.
2007:
4. Eisenberg DTA, MacKillop J, Modi M, Beauchemin J, Dang D, Lisman SA,
Lum JK, Wilson DS. 2007. Examining
Impulsivity as an Endophenotype Using a Behavioral Approach: A DRD2 TaqI A and
DRD4 48-bp VNTR Association Study. Behavioral and Brain Functions 3(2).
3. Eisenberg DTA, Campbell B, MacKillop J, Lum JK, Wilson DS. 2007.
Season
of Birth and Dopamine Receptor Gene Associations with Impulsivity, Sensation
Seeking and Reproductive Behaviors. PLoS ONE 11:e1216.
2. Eisenberg DTA, Campbell B, MacKillop J, Modi M,
Dang D, Lum JK, Wilson DS. 2007. Polymorphisms
in the Dopamine D2 and D4 Receptor Genes and Reproductive, Sexual and Life History
Behaviors. Evolutionary Psychology 5(4):696-715.
1. Campbell B, Eisenberg DTA. 2007. Obesity,
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, and the Dopaminergic Reward System.
Collegium Antropologicum 31(1):315-319.
Chapters, commentaries, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, popular media
8. Monaghan P, Eisenberg DTA, Harrington L, Nussey D. 2018. Understanding diversity in telomere dynamics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373(1741).
7. Klegarth A, Eisenberg D. 2018 (In press). Copy Number Variants (CNVs) in The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, Wenda Trevathan (ed). John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (In press).
6. Hill, A. K. and D. T. Eisenberg (2016). INVITED RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT: The long and the short of it: new insights on sperm length help demystify the complexities of sexual selection. Asian Journal of Andrology.
5. Klegarth A, Eisenberg D. 2018 (In press).
Chromosome In: Trevathan W, editor. The International Encyclopedia of Biological
Anthropology: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
4. Eisenberg DT, and Kuzawa CW. 2013. Commentary:
The evolutionary biology of the paternal age effect on telomere length.
International Journal of Epidemiology.
3. Eisenberg D, Campbell B. 2011. The Evolution of ADHD: Social Context Matters. San Francisco Medicine 84(8):21-22.
2. Babu E, Eisenberg DTA. 2010. Book
review of "Where There Is No Doctor" by David Werner. JAMA 303(9):885-886.
[An
extended version of this review is available here; Book is available as
a PDF
for free from the publishers]
Number of Inhabitants per Doctor
1. Eisenberg DTA. 2008. Anthropology in the United States - When Dialogue is the Discipline: A Multi-Level Evolutionary Consideration of Knowledge Production. In: Frédéric Darbellay MC, Jérôme Billotte, Francis Waldvogel, editor. A Vision of Transdisciplinarity, Laying Foundations for a World Knowledge Dialogue: EPFL Press.
MENTORSHIP
Post-doc advisor:
Klegarth, Amy (PhD 2015, Notre Dame). Anthropology, University of Washington.
(Co-sponsored with Lisa Jones-Engel). 2015-
PhD advisor:
Grunspan, Daniel. Anthropology, University of Washington. (Co-advised with Steven
Goodreau). Completed 2016. Post-doctoral fellow at Arizona State University
with Randolph Nesse and Sara Brownell.
Pan, Tiffany. Anthropology, University of Washington. In progress.
Tennyson, Robert. Anthropology, University of Washington. In progress.
Rebecca Ortega, Anthropology, University of Washington. In progress.
MPH committee member:
Bethancourt, Hilary. Public Health (and Anthropology), University of Washington.
Completed in 2014. In UW anthropology PhD program.
Graduate school representative committee member:
Wolf, Aaron, Genome Sciences, University of Washington. In Progress.
Meacham, Frazer L. Biology, University of Washington. In progress.
Popejoy, Alice B. Public Health Genetics, University of Washington. In progress.
Walker, Lorelei E. Public Health Genetics, University of Washington. PhD 2015
Marionni, Samuel T. Chemistry, University of Washington. 2013
Undergraduate Departmental Honors Program in Anthropology Advisor:
Kevin Magnaye. BA 2015. Now a PhD student at the University of Chicago, Department
of Human Genetics.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/ASSOCIATIONS
Ad-hoc Reviewer (see http://publons.com/a/1314148/ for record of verified reviews):
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; American Journal of Human Biology;
American Anthropologist;
Proceedings of the Royal Society B; International Journal of Epidemiology; Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health;
PLoS ONE ;
International Journal of Obesity; Haematologica; Population Studies; European Journal of Epidemiology; Genes & Immunity;
Evolution & Human Behavior; European Journal of Human Genetics; Heredity;
Human Reproduction; Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (Oxford), American
Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics (Wiley); Developmental
Psychobiology (Wiley); Naturwissenschaften; Nature Reviews Urology; Behavioral
and Brain Functions
;
Translational Psychiatry; Progress
in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, European Journal
of Personality (Wiley); Endangered Species Research
;
Archives of Oral Biology; Primates, Pathogens and Evolution (book chapter);
Book proposal for Springer; Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
Member of:
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Human Biology Association
American Association of Anthropological Genetics
American Society of Human Genetics
All references in American Journal of Human Biology Format