Connors-MGBRI Center Symposium: Incorporating Sex Differences into Research

Organized By:

Connors-BRI Center for Research on Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Medicine

Location:

BWH Main Campus, Hale Building for Transformative Medicine

Start Time:

May 13, 2025 2:30 pm EST

End Time:

May 13, 2025 6:00 pm EST

The symposium, hosted by the Connors Center at the Mass General Brigham Research Institute, will host a variety of exciting talks by local researchers and will feature a keynote address by Davide Cirillo, PhD, MSc.

For more information, please email mgbresearch@mgb.org.

AGENDA

2:30 – 2:35 PM: Welcome Remarks

2:35 – 3:30 PM: Keynote Address

3:30 – 4:30 PM: Featured Short Talks

4:30 – 4:40 PM: Award Announcements

4:45 – 6:00 PM: Poster Sessions and Reception

5:50 – 6:00 PM: Closing Remarks

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Keynote Address: “Artificial Intelligence Biases in Health and Biomedicine: Challenges, Consequences, and Solutions”

Davide Cirillo, PhD, MSc

Head of the Machine Learning for Biomedical Research Unit at the Life Sciences Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), and co-editor of the book Sex and Gender Bias in Technology and Artificial Intelligence: Biomedicine and Healthcare Applications.

DIRECTIONS

Marshall A. Wolf Conference Center (Talks)

Hale Building for Transformative Medicine (Hale BTM)

From 60 Fenwood Road:

Enter at 60 Fenwood Rd lobby entrance.

STAIRS:

Take the lobby staircase to the 2nd floor. Walk past the balcony overlooking the atrium and take the stairs on the left (Stair 2) to the 3rd floor. Once on the 3rd floor, exit the stairwell and take a right. The room is to your right through the double glass door, straight ahead.

ELEVATOR:

Take S Elevator to 3rd floor. Take a right out of the elevator. The room is past the stairwell, on your right through the double glass doors.

Satter Atrium (Poster Session)

Hale Building for Transformative Medicine (Hale BTM)

From 60 Fenwood Road:

Enter at 60 Fenwood Rd lobby entrance.

ELEVATOR:

Take the S elevators to the 1st floor, and the atrium will be on your right. OR at the 60 Fenwood Rd lobby take the stairs up one flight to the 1st floor, and the open atrium will be on your left.

STAIRS:

Take the stairs up one flight to the 1st floor, and the open atrium will be on your left.

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