WHISPR 2nd Annual Symposium

April 3, 2019

The Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology hosted the 2nd Annual Symposium and Finalists’ Pitch Presentations for the Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) on April 3rd, 2019

A keynote presentation entitled “Stress and Postpartum Depression: Lessons from Preclinical Models” was given by Jamie Maguire, PhD, the Kenneth and JoAnn G. Wellner Professor, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine. This was followed by brief pitch presentations from finalist applicants for the second WHISPR research awards. A panel of reviewers then selected the top two applicants, Le Min, MD, PhD and Sarah Boukezzi, PhD, from among the four presenting to receive one-year grants of up to $25,000.

For questions about the Connors Center Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR), please contact Natasha Minor, Project Manager, Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology.

The goal of the Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) is to advance our understanding of how physiologic and psychological stress affect women’s health and disease, and vice versa, by supporting pilot projects, facilitating interactions among WHISPR investigators and other stress researchers, and hosting an annual scientific symposium for the BWH academic community. Learn more about the Award and Awardees here.