Program

Program: New Trends in Sex Differences and Women's Health Research

Thursday, Oct. 23

5–8 p.m.
Registration open

7–8 p.m.
Plenary Lecture: Sex Differences in Cardiac Remodeling in Health and Diseases
Chair: Stella Goulopoulou, MS, PhD, Loma Linda University
Speaker: Leslie Leinwand, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder

8–10 p.m.
Welcome Reception and Networking Event at New Orleans Bioinnovation Center

Friday, Oct. 24

7:15–7:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

7:50–8 a.m.
Welcome Remarks

8–11:15 a.m.
Session 1: Cardiovascular Risk and Women’s Health Across the Lifespan
Chair(s): Carolyn Damilola Ekpruke, PhD, Indiana University Bloomington; Frank Kiyimba, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

8–8:30 a.m.
Sex Differences in Stroke
Speaker: Miranda Good, PhD, Tufts Medical Center

8:30–9 a.m.
Cardiovascular Risk in Endometriosis
Speaker: TBD

9–9:30 a.m.
Imaging the Invisible: Advancing Women's Health Through Functional and Molecular Imaging of Reproductive Physiology
Speaker: Carolyn L. Bayer, PhD, Tulane University

9:30–9:45 a.m.
Coffee Break

9:45–10:15 a.m.
Menopause, Exercise and Cardiometabolic Risks
Speaker: Megan Wenner, PhD, University of Delaware

10:15–10:45 a.m.
Sex Differences in Obesity
Speaker: Eric Belin De Chantèmele, DSc, Augusta University

10:45–11:15 a.m.
PTSD in Women and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Speaker: Ida-Arlaine Fonkoue, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota

11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Networking Lunch

12:30–2 p.m.
Session 2: Sex Differences and Women’s Health: Kidney in Cardiovascular Diseases
Chair(s): Brant E. Isakson, PhD, FAPS, University of Virginia; Naoki Harada, PhD, Osaka Metropolitan University

12:30–1 p.m.
Sex Differences in Kidney Diseases in Women: Testosterone vs Estrogen
Speaker: Sophia Ahmed, MD, University of Alberta, Canada

1–1:30 p.m.
Sex Differences in Kidney Disease and Hypertension
Speaker: Heddwen L. Brooks, PhD, Tulane University

1:30–2 p.m.
Sex Differences in Renal Endothelial Dysfunction and Inflammation
Speaker: Justin Van Beusecum, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina

2–2:15 p.m.
Coffee Break

2:15–3:15 p.m.
Fast Forward Science: Trainee and Early Investigator Oral Presentations
Chair(s): Eman Gohar, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Whitley Atkins, PhD, University of New Mexico

3:15–4:15 p.m.
Rising Stars in Sex Differences and Women’s Health
Chair(s): Jane F. Reckelhoff, PhD, FAPS, University of Mississippi Medical Center; Kelsey Schwartz, PhD, University of Iowa

4:15–4:30 p.m.
Break

4:30–5:30 p.m.
Workshop: Career Development for Industry and Biotech "Entrepreneurism for the Scientist”
Chair: Elaine Hamm, PhD, Cadenza Bio

5:30–7:30 p.m.
Poster Presentations and Meet the APS Editors Networking Reception at New Orleans Bioinnovation Center
Chair: Heddwen Brooks, PhD, Tulane University, Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
Speaker: TBD

Saturday, Oct. 25

7:15–7:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

7:50–8 a.m.
Housekeeping Announcements

8–8:50 a.m.
Plenary Lecture: Sex-specific Mechanisms in Relaying Stress to the Developing Fetal Brain
Chair: Heddwen L. Brooks, PhD, Tulane University
Speaker: Tracy L. Bale, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

9–11:45 a.m.
Session 3: Sex Differences and Women’s Health: Interorgan Communication
Chair(s): Helen E. Collins, PhD, University of Louisville; Manar A. Eissa, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center

9–9:30 a.m.
Sex Differences in Microbiome
Speaker: Jennifer L. Pluznick, PhD, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

9:30–10 a.m.
Asthma and Sex Differences
Speaker: Julie Ledford, PhD, University of Arizona

10–10:30 a.m.
Hemodynamic Sex Differences with Pannexin1: from the Vasculature to the Kidney
Speaker: Brant E. Isakson, PhD, FAPS, University of Virginia

10:30–10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break

10:45–11:15 a.m.
Sex Differences in Infectious Diseases and Immune Response
Speaker: James B. McLachlan, PhD, Tulane University

11:15–11:45 a.m.
Endothelial Dysfunction and Alzheimer’s Diseases in Females
Speaker: Camilla Wenceslau, PhD, University of South Carolina

11:45 a.m.–1 p.m.
Networking Lunch

1–3:15 p.m.
Session 4: Cardiovascular Risk in Women and Maternal Health Complications
Chair(s): John Henry Dasinger, PhD, Tulane University School of Medicine; Tasha Reiter, University of British Columbia, Canada

1–1:30 p.m.
Preeclampsia and Cardiovascular Diseases
Speaker: Lorena M. Amaral, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center

1:30–2 p.m.
Vascular Mechanisms Underlying Preeclampsia
Speaker: Jessica Faulkner, PhD, Augusta University

2–2:30 p.m.
Preeclampsia and Long-term Cerebrovascular Health
Speaker: Liliya Yamaleyeva, MD, MS, FAHA, Wake Forest University

2:30–2:45 p.m.
Coffee Break

2:45–3:15 p.m.
Troubles Multiplied: Chronic Pain in Intimate Partner Violence Shapes Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Speaker: Glen Pyle, PhD, University of Guelph, Canada

3:15–4:15 p.m.
Fast Forward Science: Trainee and Early Investigator Oral Presentations
Chair(s): Liliya M. Yamaleyeva, MD, MS, FAHA, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Hannah Cabre, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

4:15–4:45 p.m.
Session 5: Biological Basis for Sex Differences in Motor Performance
Speaker: Sandra Hunter, PhD, University of Michigan

4:45–5 p.m.
Break

5–6 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Opportunities for Women’s Health Research
Speaker(s): Tonette Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine; Xenia T. Tigno, PhD, Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health; Jane F. Reckelhoff, PhD, FAPS, University of Mississippi Medical Center

6–8 p.m
Posters Presentation and NIH Career Advice Reception and Closing Remarks from Conference Organizers at New Orleans Bioinnovation Center