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March 2024
Women’s Health Seminar Series 2023/2024
The Women’s Health Seminar Series features multidisciplinary research on women’s health. The goal of the series is to provide multidisciplinary training and mentorship to faculty, students, and community members across a broad range of women’s health research topics. Speakers will present their research regarding the biological, psychological, behavioral, economic and social impacts on women’s health outcomes through a 45 minute talk and engage with attendees in an interactive 15 minute question and answer period. The series is open to anyone…
Walking on Pins and Needles
More than 20 million people in the U.S. are estimated to have some form of peripheral neuropathy that can be caused by diabetes, chemotherapy and other health conditions, and can result in motor, sensory and autonomic nerve damage. Neuromuscular expert Ahmet Hoke defines peripheral neuropathy and discusses ways to diagnose and treat it. Event timing to be confirmed. REGISTER
SWHR Policy Advisory Council Meeting
SWHR’s Policy Advisory Council will meet for its quarterly closed-door meeting. Council members will have an opportunity to work collaboratively to develop policy positions, promote research, and create materials designed benefit women’s health.
Below the Belt: A Screening and Panel Discussion
In partnership with The Connecticut Working Group for Endometriosis, join hosts for a special screening and panel discussion of the acclaimed documentary, Below the Belt. From Shannon Cohn, the director of Endo What?, and executive produced by Hillary Clinton, Rosario Dawson, and Corinne Foxx, Below the Belt exposes widespread problems in our healthcare systems that disproportionately affect women. From societal taboos and gender bias to misinformed doctors and financial barriers to care, the film reveals how millions are silenced and how, by fighting back,…
Genomics in Practice: High Risk Early-Stage ER+ Breast Cancer
During this first 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 improving outcomes for Black Women with ER+ early-stage breast cancer. REGISTER
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.
Supporting Women In the Workplace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uax5VMizRPI Hear from SWHR at the event! Check out remarks from SWHR CEO and President Katie Schubert at the 1:49:00 minute mark in the video recording! Across all industries, women are over 40% of the workforce. In some sectors such as health care, women make up 75% or more of an organization’s employees. Despite this representation, women’s health care and health care benefits are more expensive and often more restrictive. Attend this ½-day educational forum to hear about the…
HIV & Women Scientific Workshop
This 2-day scientific workshop will foster interdisciplinary, intersectional, community-centered knowledge exchange on topics of relevance to HIV & women – including cisgender, transgender, and gender diverse women; and individuals assigned female at birth – across the life course. REGISTER
Webinar on Women’s Health — Obtain Updates on Funding and more!
WHIS is teaming up with G2G Consulting, WHAM, American Medical Women’s Association, Black Women’s Health Imperative, FemInnovation, Health Collaboration Partners, HealthyWomen, Society for Women’s Health Research, and Women In Bio Capital Region to share updates on the new $100M ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health Program and the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Hear from ARPA-H Director Renee Wegrzyn, PhD and White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research Director Carolyn Mazure, PhD on the new $100M ARPA-H Sprint for…