Facts of Life Conference Archive:1999-2004

Below is a list of previous Facts of Life conferences. Videotapes of these conference may be purchased from CSNSF. You can download the order form here.


1998 Conference

The Study of Natural Systems and Human Behavior in Illness & Health

  • Michael Kerr, MD: A Natural Systems Theory of Illness and
  • Health and Differentiation of Self as the Basis for Health David Crews, PhD: Biology and Relationships: Adaptation In Nature
  • David Low, MD: Societal Process and Health
  • Charles Snowdon, PhD: Animal Family Values: Family Dynamics in Cooperatively Breeding Mammals Blair Justice, PhD: A Different Kind of Health

1999 Conference

The Study of Natural Systems and Human Behavior In Health and Reproduction

  • Michael Kerr, MD: The Impact of Relationships on Health and Reproduction
  • Mark Flinn, PhD: Relationships in the Family, Stress and Reproduction
  • Toni Ziegler, PhD: Social Influences over Health and Reproduction
  • John Mathias, MD: Reactivity, Health and Reproduction
  • David Abbott, PhD: The Impact of Prenatal Hormonal Environment on Adult Life and The Impact of Relationships on Adrenal Activity and Reproduction

2002 Conference

The Impact of Family and Society on Health & Reproduction

  • Michael Kerr, MD: Bowen Theory: A Basis for the Study of Human Health and Adaptation
  • Robert Quinlan, PhD: Family Environment and Reproduction in the Caribbean: A View from Evolutionary Ecology
  • Michael Lumpkin, PhD: Relationships and Biochemical Mechanisms of Stress
  • John Mathias, MD: Reactivity to Diet and Stress in Development of Disease
  • Ronald Swatzyna, LMSW: Woman's Reproductive Health and Disaster in Developing Countries

2003 Conference

Relationships: Common Denominators in Illness & Health

  • Michael Kerr, MD: A Natural Systems Theory of Health and Illness
  • John Mathias, MD: Impact of Diet, Environment & Stress on Metabolic Reactions
  • Stephen Suomi, PhD: Impact of Relationships on Biochemistry & Genetic Factors
  • Wallace McKeehan, PhD: Lessons from Cell Relationships
  • Alvin Tarlov, MD: Impact of Relationships in Family and Society on Health
  • Victoria Harrison, MA: Reactivity to Relationships in Chronic Illness: Endometriosis as a Model

2004 Conference

The Impact of Relationships on Sex and Reproduction

  • Michael Kerr, MD: Bowen Theory and BiologyÑThe Study of Natural Systems
  • David Crews, PhD: Environmental and Social Regulation of Sex:Lessons from Evolution
  • Toni Ziegler, PhD: Social Regulation of Reproduction
  • Robert Quinlan, PhD: Impact of Fathers and Extended Family on Reproduction
  • Michael Kerr, MD: Clinical Applications: The Impact of Family Systems on Sex and Sexuality
Last modified: 18-Aug-2004