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March 2024
Medications and Obesity: Exploring the Landscape and Advancing Comprehensive Care: A Workshop
This workshop will explore the relationship between medications and obesity, including medications that are used to treat obesity, state of the science around the safety and efficacy of medications in people with overweight or obesity, medications that may cause changes in body composition and weight status, and medications used to treat obesity and obesity-related comorbidities. The workshop will focus on lived experiences and attention to weight bias and stigma, and will also address the implications of pharmacotherapy for obesity on…
The Impact of Menopause on Women at Work: A Guide Conversation
SWHR hosts this webinar to discuss the challenges that women experiencing menopause symptoms face in the workplace and explore strategies that employers and supervisors can implement to improve workplace environments for midlife and postmenopausal women.
Empowering Endo Sistas
Get ready to laugh, learn, and lift your spirits at the Empowering Endo Sistas. Mark your calendars for March 23, 2024, because Endo Black, Inc. is coming to Atlanta, GA and it's about to be lit with good vibes! Picture this: a star-studded panel discussion featuring influential figures who rocked the Empowering Endo Sistas PSA. They'll spill the tea on the challenges faced by African American women dealing with endometriosis, sharing their moves to navigate the disorder, and recounting their…
Genomics in Practice: High Risk Early-Stage ER+ Breast Cancer
During this second of three webinars in the 'Genomics in Practice' series, Dr. Jaime Alberty, MD, FACS and Dr. William Audeh, MD, MS will review the latest MammaPrint + BluePrint data, clinical utility, and case studies focused on identifying ER+ early-stage breast cancer patients for neoadjuvant CT. REGISTER
Trainee Research Presentation: Clinical Research
The WHRC is partnering with the Women’s Health Research Institute and the Gynecological Cancer Initiative to hold a collaborative Trainee Research Presentation (TRP) taking place on Wednesday March 27th, from 1-3 pm PST. This hybrid event will focus on research that falls under our Applied theme—therapies and treatments that improve women’s health—to showcase research on clinical applications related to women’s health and/or sex differences research. TRP sessions feature rapid-research presentations by undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral trainees about their research projects. They are an excellent opportunity to join…
Diverse Voices: Endometriosis
The March 2024 session of Diverse Voices: Intersectionality and the Health of Women is titled “Endometriosis.” The session will feature presentations by Drs. Bruce J. Nicholson and Jessica Opoku-Anane. Dr. Nicolson will present a talk titled Cell Mechanisms of Endometriosis Lesion Formation Provide Clues to a Non-Surgical Diagnostic. Dr. Opoku-Anane is a co-investigator on a Fiscal Year 2023 U3 project titled Leveraging Electronic Medical Records and Machine Learning Approaches to Study Endometriosis in Diverse Populations. Her presentation will highlight her work as part of that…
April 2024
Genomics in Practice: High Risk Early-Stage ER+ Breast Cancer
During this final webinar in the 'Genomics in Practice' series, Dr. Jaime Alberty, MD, FACS and Dr. William Audeh, MD, MS will review advancing knowledge through clinical trials, such as FLEX and SWOG S2206, to improve outcomes in early-stage breast cancer. REGISTER
Time to Play — Shoulder
With spring comes outside sports — from pickle ball to golf, from tennis to lacrosse — that rely on use of the shoulders. Join orthopaedic surgeon Edward McFarland as he describes the causes of shoulder injuries and what we can do about them. Event timing to be confirmed. REGISTER
Sex Cells: The Fight to Overcome Bias and Discrimination in Women’s Healthcare
Help us celebrate Phyllis Greenberger's accomplishments and lifetime commitment to women's health! Listen to what inspired Phyllis to publish her new book with Mayo Clinic Press, "Sex Cells," which tells the story of how she and her allies in the U.S. government, NGOs, academia, medical research and public health advocacy got the scientific and medical world to recognize that women are unique. Inside a museum dedicated to renewing and inspiring a love of words and language, hear from Phyllis about…
May 2024
OSSD 2024 Annual Meeting
More information coming soon! Meet SWHR at the event! SWHR Chief Science Officer Dr. Irene O. Aninye will be speaking at this event during the SWHR Emerging Scholars Symposium. This symposium will feature three trainee members whose abstracts demonstrate research excellence in addressing important knowledge gaps in health and disease areas that disproportionately, differently, or exclusively affect women. Stay tuned for details. REGISTER