roundtables

SWHR routinely convenes interdisciplinary scientific roundtables to bring fresh thinking and thought leadership to critical areas of women’s health.

Our roundtables promote discussion among health care professionals and patients on timely women’s health topics and promote the discovery of new ideas in sex-based biology. For more information on our scientific roundtables, please contact science@swhr.org.

Roundtable Goals

  • Assess the state of the science for a specific disease or condition.
  • Identify knowledge gaps in research, clinical practice, policy, or education.
  • Develop recommendations to address research, clinical, policy, or education gaps.
  • Communicate recommendations widely to promote innovation and eliminate barriers to research and care.
POLICY, ROUNDTABLE, SCIENCE

Fertility Options for Women: Improving Awareness, Access, and Outcomes

Hosted by SWHR

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 treatments for infertility in women.

September 20-21 @ 1:00 – 5:00 pm EDT

past roundtables

Learn more about our scientific roundtable discussions.

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March 2024

Medications and Obesity: Exploring the Landscape and Advancing Comprehensive Care: A Workshop

Hosted by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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…

March 19 - March 20

The Impact of Menopause on Women at Work: A Guide Conversation

Hosted by SWHR

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.

March 19 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

Supporting Women In the Workplace

Hosted by Midwest Business Group on Health

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…

March 20 @ 9:30 am - 1:15 pm EDT

HIV & Women Scientific Workshop

Hosted by NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health

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

March 21 - March 22

Webinar on Women’s Health — Obtain Updates on Funding and more!

Hosted by G2G Consulting

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…

March 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Empowering Endo Sistas

Hosted by EndoBlack

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…

March 23 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Plywood Place, 933 Lee St SW b1
Atlanta, GA 30310 United States

You & Your Brain: The Truth About Sleep

Hosted by HealthyWomen

We all know quality sleep is essential for overall health, affecting both our physical and mental functioning. To put it simply, without enough sleep, the brain cannot function properly, with sleep deficiency linked to many chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease, dementia and Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately, most adults — especially women from mid-life on — experience difficulty sleeping at some point in their lives, and for many, sleep quality can get worse with age. Learn from leading experts…

March 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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

March 26 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

Trainee Research Presentation: Clinical Research

Hosted by Women’s Health Research Cluster

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…

March 27 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Diverse Voices: Endometriosis

Hosted by NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health

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…

March 28 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
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