The American Physiological Society (APS), the Society for Women’s Health Research and InsideScientific are pleased to announce a joint webinar series covering late-breaking research, novel discovery, fundamental principles and research innovation in the field of women’s health.
This interactive series is part of a new Society initiative aimed at elevating and advancing women’s health research. This effort will highlight the research APS community members are conducting to address health and disease in women.
The program of live events includes scientific lectures from leading researchers around the world and technology and methods sessions focused on innovative laboratory techniques central to research in this field.
Session Schedule
Please visit individual webinar pages to learn more about the programs, speaker information and to register.
Genetic and Hormonal Components of Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease
Speaker: Rachel Buckley, PhD, associate professor, neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Watch On-demand.
Metabolic Mechanisms Contributing to Reversible Pregnancy-induced Cardiac Growth
Wednesday,
October 16, 11 a.m. EDT
Speaker: Helen Collins, PhD, assistant professor, medicine, University of Louisville
Watch On-demand.
Effects of Ovarian Failure on Muscle Form and Function
Wednesday,
October 30, 11 a.m. EDT
Speaker: Parastoo Mashouri, MSc, PhD Candidate, University of Guelph
Watch On-demand.
Sympathetic Regulation in Human Pregnancy
Wednesday, November 13, 11 a.m. EST
Speaker: Qi Fu, MD, PhD, professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Watch On-demand.
Preeclampsia Research from Hippocrates to Present Day
Wednesday,
November 20, 11 a.m. EST
Speaker: Stella Goulopoulou, MS, PhD, associate professor, Lawrence Longo Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University
Watch On-demand.
Pathophysiology of Endometriosis: Current Concepts and Clinical Translations
Wednesday, December 4, 11 a.m. EST
Speaker: Richard Burney, MD, director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Alabama at Birmingham
Watch On-demand.
Cardiovascular Disease in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Wednesday,
December 11, 11 a.m. EST
Speaker: Licy Yanes Cardozo, MD, professor, cell and molecular biology and medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Watch On-demand.
Migraine: Past, Present and Future
Wednesday, January 22, 11 a.m. EST
Speaker: Amaal Starling, MD, associate professor, Mayo Clinic.
Watch On-demand.
Hormonal and Chromosomal Influences on Autoimmunity and Lupus
Wednesday, January 29, 11 a.m. EST
Speakers: Betty Diamond, MD, professor and director, molecular medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; and Melissa Cunningham, MD, PhD, associate professor, medicine, The
Medical University of South Carolina
Watch On-demand.
Challenges and Opportunities for Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Wednesday, February 5, 11 a.m. EST
Speaker: Marsha Rosner, PhD, professor, University of Chicago
Watch On-demand.
New Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms Due to Menopause
Wednesday, February
19, 11 a.m. EST
Speaker: JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, professor, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Watch On-demand.
Hypertension and Hypothalamic Changes in Menopause
Wednesday, February 26, 11 a.m. EST
Speaker: Teresa Milner, PhD, Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
Watch On-demand.