5/4/23: The Connors Center 6th Annual WHISPR Symposium
The Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology hosted the 6th annual Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) Symposium and Awardee Presentation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Thursday, May 4th. Over 100 individuals registered to attend in person and virtually from the Connors Center, BWH, the MGB system, and…
06/26/23- ROSA Center Seminar: “The Forces That Shape Us: Interactions of Early Experience, Sex, and Puberty on the development of threat response circuits “
Monday, June 26, 2023 | 12:00-1:00pm | Virtual | Registration Required Register Here The Forces That Shape Us: Interactions of Early Experience, Sex, and Puberty on the development of threat response circuits Heather Brenhouse, PhD Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Psychology Department Northeastern University
05/03/23- ROSA Center Seminar: “Impact of SeXX and Immunity on Brain and Heart Disorders: Shared Etiology?”
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 | 12:00-1:00pm | Virtual | Registration Required View the Recording Here Impact of SeXX and Immunity on Brain and Heart Disorders: Shared Etiology? Jill Goldstein, PhD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine, Harvard Medical School Founder & Exec. Director, Innovation Center on Sex Differences in Medicine, Helen T. Moerschner Endowed MGH…
5/4/23: The 6th Annual WHISPR Symposium and Awardee Presentations
The Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, is pleased to announce our 2023 Annual Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) Symposium and Awardee Presentations. The Symposium will be taking place in person on Thursday, May 4th from 3:30-5pm with a reception to follow…
04/24/23- ROSA Center Seminar: “The stress test of pregnancy: Can we predict and prevent cardiometabolic disease in women with a history of pregnancy complications?””
Monday, April 24, 2023 | 12:00-1:00pm | Virtual | Registration Required Register Here The stress test of pregnancy: Can we predict and prevent cardiometabolic disease in women with a history of pregnancy complications? Janet Rich-Edwards, ScD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Women’s Health, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
02/13/23- ROSA Center Seminar: “Oxidative Stress and Emotion Regulation Mechanisms in Bipolar Disorder”
Monday, February 13, 2023 | 12:00-1:00pm | Virtual | Registration Required View Recording Here Oxidative Stress and Emotion Regulation Mechanisms in Bipolar Disorder Pamela Mahon, PhD Associate Vice Chair for Research, Psychiatry, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Co-Director of the Research Track, BWH/HMS Psychiatry Residency Director, Mood Trajectories and Outcomes Laboratory Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard…
11/29/22: The Connors Center Annual Research Symposium
The 2022 Connors Center Annual Research Symposium was held at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Tuesday, November 29th in conjunction with the Brigham/Harvard Reproductive Outcomes of Stress & Aging (ROSA) Center, an NIH Specialized Center of Research Excellence on Sex Differences. Over 100 attendees from the Connors Center, BWH, MGB System, and external community gathered…
12/12/22- ROSA Center Seminar: “Eicosanoids As Immune-Inflammatory Mediators of Sex Differences in Health and in Disease”
Monday, December 12, 2022 | 12:00-1:00pm | Virtual | Registration Required View the Recording Here Eicosanoids As Immune-Inflammatory Mediators of Sex Differences in Health and in Disease Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health and Population Science Director of the Institute for Research on Healthy Aging Director of Public…
11/1/22- NIH SCORE 2022 Annual Meeting Keynote Address
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | 10-11 AM | Virtual View the Recording Here The Specialized Centers of Research Excellence on Sex Differences, or SCORE, program is the only NIH cooperative agreement program supporting disease-agnostic research on sex differences. Each center serves as a national resource for translational research to identify the role of biological sex…
11/9/22- ROSA Center Seminar: “Genetic links between hot flashes and psychiatric disorders suggest new opportunities for treatment and shared mechanistic pathways”
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 | 12:00-1:00pm | Virtual | Registration Required View the Recording Here Genetic links between hot flashes and psychiatric disorders suggest new opportunities for treatment and shared mechanistic pathways Laramie Duncan, PhD Assistant Professor, Stanford University Director, Integrative Mental Health Lab Dr. Duncan’s work is at the intersection of psychology, statistical genetics,…
