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The Connors-BRI Center for Research on Women’s Health and Sex/Gender Medicine is hosting a series of exciting talks by local researchers, and will be featuring a keynote address from Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy at Université de Montreal.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Université de Montreal
Dr. Cara Tannenbaum is one of Canada’s leading women’s health specialists and is internationally recognized for her leadership on the integration of sex and gender into research, practice and policy. Dr. Tannenbaum launched Canada’s National Women’s Health Strategy in 2022 in her capacity as the Scientific Director of the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She currently serves as the Departmental Science Advisor for Health Canada, the Government of Canada’s regulatory agency, where she has made it mandatory for industry to report on drug and vaccine safety for women.
Cara Tannenbaum obtained her medical degree at McGill University. She is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal, has published over 160 articles and book chapters including in JAMA, the Lancet, BMJ, Nature and PNAS on topics related to drug safety, women’s health and geriatrics. She has received several prestigious awards, including the May Cohen Gender Equity Award from the Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada, the Canadian Trailblazer Award for Exceptional Contributions to Science Policy, and membership in the Order of Canada.
AGENDA
2:30-3:30 PM Keynote Address
Marshall A. Wolf Conference Center
Next Generation Sex and Gender Science
Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy, Université de Montreal
3:35-4:30 PM Featured Talks
Marshall A. Wolf Conference Center
Talks are in speaking order:
1. Jessica Babb, PhD
Instructor, Psychiatry
VA Boston Healthcare System/Harvard Medical School
Sex Differences in Behavioral Markers of Relapse Risk After Extended Access Oxycodone Self-Administration in Male And Female Rats
2. Leilah Grant, PhD
Instructor, Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Nighttime Light Exposure as A Countermeasure for Neurobehavioral Performance Impairment Associated with The Follicular Phase of The Menstrual Cycle
3. Sergey Karamnov, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
The Impact of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation on Mortality After Cardiac Surgery: 20 Years Follow Up Bi-Institutional Retrospective Cohort Study.
4. Camila Lopes-Ramos, PhD
Research Fellow, Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Network Medicine Approaches Reveal Sex-biased Regulation of Extracellular Matrix Pathway in COPD
5. Jennifer Stuart, ScD
Instructor, Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Phenotype and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
4:30-6:00 PM Poster Session and Reception
Hale Café Atrium
Click here to view the abstracts at our Poster Session Website. You can find the session timing and poster numbers listed there. Posters will be added after the event.
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.
Hale Café 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.
