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03/28/2022- ROSA Center Seminar: “Neuroendocrine pathways mediating the effects of stress on reproductive function”

Monday, March 28, 2022   |   12:00-1:00pm   |   Virtual   |   Registration Required

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Neuroendocrine pathways mediating the effects of stress on reproductive function

Presenter:

Ursula Kaiser, MD

Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension

George W. Thorn, MD Distinguished Chair in Endocrinology, BWH

Professor of Medicine, HMS

Director of the Brigham Research Institute

Dr. Kaiser has an active research program focused on the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the neuroendocrine regulation of puberty and reproduction. Her research has received continuous NIH support for more than twenty-five years.  She also serves as Program Director of the NIH-funded Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) K12 program to train junior faculty in women’s health research, and the Principal Investigator of an NIH T32 training grant to train physicians and scientists in academic endocrinology. Dr. Kaiser is also an active clinician, focusing on neuroendocrinology and reproductive endocrinology.

Dr. Kaiser is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She is the recipient of the Ernst Oppenheimer Award and the Sidney H. Ingbar Award of the Endocrine Society and is President-Elect of the Endocrine Society.

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01/24/22- ROSA Center Seminar: “Sex Differences for Skeptics”

Monday, January 24, 2022   |   12:00-1:00pm   |   Virtual   |   Registration Required

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Sex Differences for Skeptics:  How can we Increase our Chances of Identifying True Sex and Gender Differences in Health?

 

Presenter:

Janet Rich-Edwards, ScD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Janet Rich-Edwards is the Director of Research for the Division of Women’s Health, Department of Medicine and Director of Lifecourse Epidemiology for the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, both at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research focuses on varied determinants of women’s reproductive health and chronic disease across the life course

Her talk will address best practices to find and replicate true sex and gender differences that are less vulnerable to the play of chance.

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12/1/21 – ROSA Center Seminar: “Strong Enough for a man, but made for a woman – The impact of ERalpha on mitochondrial function and metabolic health” (Andrea Hevener, PhD)

Wednesday, December 1, 2021   |   12:00-1:00pm   |   Virtual   |   Registration Required View Recording Here Presenter: Andrea Hevener, PhD Professor of Medicine Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of California-Los Angeles Sidney Roberts and Clara Szego Roberts Endowed Chair in Molecular…

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11/15/21 – ROSA Center Seminar: “Effects of premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy on cognitive and physical aging” (Michelle Mielke, PhD)

Monday, November 15, 2021   |   12:00-1:00pm   |   Virtual   |   Registration Required View Recording Here Presenter: Michelle Mielke, PhD Professor of Epidemiology, Dept. of Quantitative Health Sciences, Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Michelle M. Mielke, Ph.D. is currently…

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9/22/21 – ROSA Center Seminar: “It’s about time: the importance of sleep and circadian rhythms in physiology and clinical care” (Elizabeth B. Klerman, MD, PhD)

Wednesday, September 22, 2021   |   12:00-1:00pm   |   Virtual   |   Registration Required View Recording Here Presenter: Elizabeth B Klerman, MD, PhD Professor, Harvard Medical School Research Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Director, Analytic and Modeling Unit, Division…

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7/21/21 – ROSA Center Seminar: “Mapping the Path: Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies on the Road to Better Mood in Later Life” (Olivia Okereke, MD MS)

Wednesday, July 21, 2021   |   12:00-1:00pm   |   Virtual   |   Registration Required View Recording Here Presenter: Olivia I. Okereke, MD, MS MGH Research Scholar 2021-2026 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H.…

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3/24/21 – ROSA Center Seminar: “Identifying novel systemic mechanisms of trauma programming: Extracellular vesicles as stress signals” (Tracy L. Bale, PhD)

Wednesday, March 24, 2021   |   12:00-1:00PM   |   Virtual   |   Registration Required View Recording Here   Presenter: Tracy L. Bale, Ph.D Professor of Pharmacology Director of Center for Epigenetic Research in Child Health and Brain Development University of Maryland School of…

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