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AGENDA
Friday, July 16, 2010
Barbara Jordan Conference Center
Kaiser Family Foundation
1330 G Street, NW
Washington, DC
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| 9:00am |
Welcoming Remarks
Phyllis Greenberger, MSW
President and CEO, Society for Women's Health Research |
| 9:05am |
Video Presentation
20 Years Advancing a New Science: Sex Based Biology and Women's Health |
| 9:20am |
PAIN AND THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
Differences or Disparities: The Unequal Burden and Unheard Voices of Women Living with Pain
Carmen R. Green, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology Associate Professor, Health Management & Policy, University of Michigan
The X-tra Burden of Arthritis for Women: Troubling Truths
Mary O'Connor, MD
Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic |
| 10:10am |
Break |
| 10:20am |
THE BRAIN
The Epidemiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Does Sex Matter?
Kathryn M. Magruder, MPH, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Disease
Cerise Elliott, PhD
Research Program Analyst, Dementias of Aging Branch, Division of Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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| 11:10am |
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Why Do Women Respond Differently to Influenza?
Sabra Klein, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sex Differences in Autoimmune Disease
Rhonda Voskuhl, MD
Professor, Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 12:00pm |
Lunch (provided)
HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER
Female Sexuality: From Function to Dysfunction
Sheryl A. Kingsberg, PhD
Chief,
Division of Behavioral Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical
Center, MacDonald Women’s Hospital, Professor, Department of
Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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| 1:00pm |
CARDIO/CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, AND THERAPEUTICS
Reducing Cardiovascular Disease in Women - We've Come a Long Way Baby but We're Not There Yet
Virginia Miller, PhD
Professor, Surgery and Physiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Sex Matters in Stroke
Patricia Hurn, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Statins and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Samia Mora, MD, MHS
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
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| 2:15pm |
Break |
| 2:25pm |
OBESITY & COMORBIDITIES
The Relationship between Obesity and Mental Health
Marsha Marcus, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
How Does Diabetes Eradicate the Female Advantage with Regard to Cardiovascular Disease?
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD
Professor
and Division Chief of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive
Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine |
| 3:15pm |
Refreshments and "Speaker Meet-and-Greet"
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Hotel Recommendations
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What a Difference an X Makes: The State of Women's Health Research is sponsored by the Society for Women's Health Research with funding from AstraZeneca, Edwards Lifesciences and Boehringer Ingelheim
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