4/23/24: The Connors Center 7th Annual WHISPR Symposium
The Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology hosted the 7th annual Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) Symposium and Awardee Presentation in the Zinner Breakout Room at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024. It was held in conjunction with the Brigham/Harvard Reproductive Outcomes of Stress &…
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…
5/25/22 – 5th Annual WHISPR Symposium and Awardee Presentations
Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) 5th Annual Symposium and Awardee Presentations May 25th, 2022, 3:00 to 4:30 PM Keynote Address: Charting a path forward towards an inclusive research agenda: the Asian American research paradox Karen Kim, MD Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Medicine University of Chicago The 5th annual WHISPR…
WHISPR 4th Annual Symposium
Connors Center for Women’s Health & Gender Biology Presents: Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) 4rd Annual Symposium and Finalists’ Pitch Presentations “Investigating physiologic and psychologic stress in women’s health and disease” Featuring Keynote Speaker: Elissa Epel, PhD Professor and Vice Chair Department of Psychiatry, UCSF Director, Aging, Metabolism and Emotions Center Consortium…
2020 WHISPR Awardees
In 2020, the review panel selected the following two investigators to receive one-year awards of up to $25,000: Margo Nathan, MD (Division of Mental Health): Evaluating Stress Response Dysregulation as a Link Between Depression and Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Women Jennifer Stuart, ScD (Division of Women’s Health): Preeclampsia and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:…
WHISPR 2nd Annual Symposium
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.…
1st Annual WHISPR Symposium
The Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology hosted 1st Annual Symposium and Finalists’ Pitch Presentations for the Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Stress Program of Research (WHISPR) on April 11th, 2018. A keynote presentation entitled “Trauma and Women’s Health: Life Course Burden Within and Across Generations” was given by Karestan Koenen, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology,…
