science events
SWHR routinely convenes meetings of diverse scientific experts, clinicians, patients, and health care stakeholders to effect change in women’s health.
SWHR’s science events often serve as the foundation for our multiyear programs, known as SWHR’s Interdisciplinary Science Networks, which seek to identify research gaps and address unmet needs in diseases and conditions that disproportionately or differently affect women.
Policy, Roundtable, Science
Upcoming Science Events
Join us for discussions around the latest research in women’s health.
June 2021
Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity Symposium
The 10th annual Diversity, Inclusion, & Health Equity Symposium is a leading annual, collaborative event focusing on health equity and health disparities in the U.S. The symposium brings together leading healthcare professionals, executives, physicians, patient groups, patients, researchers, academics, clinical trial professionals, and diversity and inclusion advocates to discuss health equity in the life sciences and the health sectors. The symposium focuses on the latest trends, challenges, opportunities in both the marketplace and workplace, with a specific focus on how…
Women’s Health Innovation Forum Series: Cognitive and Brain Health
Alzheimer's disease affects two-thirds of women in the United States. In addition, women are more than twice as likely as men to experience PTSD (National Center for PTSD). Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders are the most common pregnancy and childbirth complications, affecting up to 1 in 7 pregnant and postpartum women (Mathematica). Join Springboard Enterprises, in partnership with the Women's Health Innovation Coalition and Accenture, as they recognize these sex disparities and so many others in cognitive & brain health.…
Identifying Knowledge Gaps and Unmet Needs in Autoimmune Skin Conditions
SWHR will convene a working group of basic and clinical researchers, health care providers, patients/patient advocates, and policy leaders for a closed, two-day roundtable meeting to discuss the health, social, and economic impacts of alopecia, atopic dermatitis, and psoriatic arthritis on women.
Analysis and Action: Applications of Intersectionality in COVID-19
The NIH Office of Research on Women's Health will host “Analysis and Action: Applications of Intersectionality in COVID-19,” the second lecture in the “Diverse Voices: COVID-19, Intersectionality, and the Health of Women” speaker series.
The Health of Women Series: Cardiovascular Health Session
VCU's Institute of Women's Health has put together the Health of Women 2021 as a seven-part virtual symposium series, filled with engaging lectures and discussions addressing the challenges and nuances of sex and gender medicine.
Women’s Cognitive & Brain Health Forum
Join Springboard Enterprises, the Women's Health Innovation Coalition, and Accenture at our Women’s Cognitive & Brain Health Forum on June 30 at 11am ET.
July 2021
The Health of Women 2021: Reproductive Health Session
VCU's Institute of Women's Health has put together the Health of Women 2021 as a seven-part virtual symposium series, filled with engaging lectures and discussions addressing the challenges and nuances of sex and gender medicine.
The Health of Women 2021: COVID-19 & Mental Health Session
VCU's Institute of Women's Health has put together the Health of Women 2021 as a seven-part virtual symposium series, filled with engaging lectures and discussions addressing the challenges and nuances of sex and gender medicine.
The Health of Women 2021: Endocrine & Rheumatology Session
VCU's Institute of Women's Health has put together the Health of Women 2021 as a seven-part virtual symposium series, filled with engaging lectures and discussions addressing the challenges and nuances of sex and gender medicine.
Genetic Screening Roundtable: Eliminating Barriers to Access and Reducing Disparities
SWHR is convening an interdisciplinary working group for a closed roundtable meeting to discuss how to eliminate barriers to access and reduce health disparities related to genetic screening, with a focus on noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) and expanded carrier screening (ECS).