Conference Program

Date
Event
Speakers

September 21, 2020

4-5 pm PDT

Fireside ChatRethinking Estrogen, Yet Again: The Science and Politics of Hormone Therapy in Menopause 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Carol Tavris, Social Psychologist and co-author of Estrogen Matters 

Moderator: Dr. Liisa Galea, Lead Women's Health Research Cluster

October 26, 2020

9-10:45 am PDT

Symposium 1: Middle Age, Menopause, and Health

  • The Many Menopauses and Oophorectomy in Middle-aged Women: Are the Changes Early Brain Aging? 
  • Menopause, Hormone Therapy, and Stroke: Lessons Learned from Middle-aged Female Rats 
  • Not Your Mother’s Menopause: What You Can Do to Promote Mid-Life Health 
  • Hormonal influences on Alzheimer’s Disease risk in women 

Chair: Karyn M. Frick, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Dr. Gillian Einstein, University of Toronto 

Dr. Farida Sohrabji, Texas A&M University 

Dr. Neill Epperson, University of Colorado 

Dr. Kejal Kantarci, Mayo Clinic

November 16, 2020

9-10 am PST

Women's Health Advocacy

Mom on a Mission: Getting government to enact a National Perinatal Mental Health Strategy through the power of media and advocacy.

Menopause UNSpoken: What is NOT being said when we TALK about menopause (...and how it’s keeping women from living their healthiest midlife!)

Patricia Tomasi, Journalist & Co-Founder of the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative 

Jamie Charlebois, Co-Founder of the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative, RN and Perinatal Mood Disorder Coordinator

Shirley Weir, Founder Menopause Chicks 

December 4, 2020

9-10:30 am PST

Symposium 2: Women and Mental Health 

  • Mood disorders during Reproductive Transitions: Circuit and Cellular Substrates of Risk 
  • Mental Health across the Perinatal Period starting Preconception 
  • Mood Disorders and Reproductive Live Events: Translating Research into Clinical Practice

    Chair: TBD

    Dr. Shau-Ming Wei, NIH/NIMH 

    Dr. Cindy Lee Dennis, University of Toronto 

    Dr. Benicio Frey, McMaster University

    December 11, 2020

    4-5pm PST

    Networking Session: Holiday Virtual Cocktail Hour

      January 21, 2021

      11am-12pm PST

      Women's Brain Health Initiative Trainee-Mentor Session: Dr. Gillian Einstein

      Gender Research Methodology - How To Add Gender To Sex Differences Research and Very Mixed Methods (VMM)

      Individual Event Registration for Non-Conference Registrants

      Mentor: Dr. Gillian Einstein, University of Toronto

      January 25, 2021

      9-10 am PST

      Workshop: Mind Over Matter-Fact or Fiction: Understanding Women's Brain-Mind-Body Connections for Health and Wellness

        Dr. Sherri Hayden, University of British Columbia 

        Anne Lyle, NeuroHealth Clinic 

        February 11, 2021

        11am-12pm PST

        Women's Brain Health Initiative Trainee-Mentor Session: Dr. Karyn Frick

        Sex in Research - What to Know and How to Get Started

        Individual Event Registration for Non-Conference Registrants

        Mentor: Dr. Karyn Frick, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

        February 23, 2021

        10-11:30 am PST

        Symposium 3: Traumatic Brain Injury

        • Women and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Life-course Perspective 
        • Moving Ahead: Supporting Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury
        • Girls and Age vs. Concussion Recovery

        Chair: TBD

        Dr. Angela Colantonio, University of Toronto 

        Paul van Donkalaar, University of British Columbia Okanagan & Karen Mason, Co-founder and Director of Community Practice for SOAR.

        Andrée-Anne Ledoux, PhD, University of Ottawa  & William Panenka, MD, University of British Columbia

        March 2, 2021

        10-11 am PST

        Women's Brain Health Initiative Trainee-Mentor Session: Dr. Robert-Paul Juster

        Stress and Resilience Neuroscience - Navigating Transdisciplinary Research Approaches That Nuance Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

        Individual Event Registration for Non-Conference Registrants

        Mentor: Dr. Robert-Paul Juster, University of Montreal

        March 8, 2021

        9-10:30 am PST

        Symposium 4: Sex Hormones and Metabolic Regulation

        • Impact of Sex Steroid Hormones on the Heart
        • Brains in transition: How Sex Hormones and Body fat shape the Journey
        • Hormone-induced Adaptations in Body Weight during Pregnancy: Short-term and Long-term Implications

        Chair: Elizabeth Rideout, Ph.D., University of British Columbia

        Dr. Susan Howlett, Professor of Pharmacology and Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie University

        Dr. Julia Sacher, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

        Dr. Sharon Ladyman, University of Otago, New Zealand 

        April 22, 2021

        10-11 am PST

        Women's Brain Health Initiative Trainee-Mentor Session: Dr. Sarah Munro

        Knowledge Translation - Keeping Sex and Gender in Mind

        Individual Event Registration for Non-Conference Registrants

        Mentor: Dr. Sarah Munro, University of British Columbia

        April 23, 2021

        9-10:30 PST

        Symposium 5: Reproductive Cycle Effects on Brain and Cardiac Health

        • Impact of Pregnancy Complications on Maternal and Offspring Cardiovascular Health 
        • Long term Implications of Pregnancy on Brain Health
        • Functional Reorganization of Brain Networks across the Human Menstrual Cycle 

        Chair: Dr. Cindy Barha, University of British Columbia 

        Dr. Sandra Davidge, University of Alberta 

        Dr. Liisa Galea, University of British Columbia 

        Dr. Emily Jacobs, University of California, Santa Barbara 

        April 29, 2021

        10-11am PST

        Women's Brain Health Initiative Trainee-Mentor Session: Dr. Marina Adshade

        Raise Your Voice! How to Share Your Ideas with the World

        Individual Event Registration for Non-Conference Registrants

        Mentor: Dr. Marina Adshade, University of British Columbia

        May 17, 2021

        9-10:45 am PST

        Hot Topics Symposium

        • Estrogens and Memory: Translating Basic Research into Therapies for Memory Dysfunction and Menopause
        • The Role of Postpartum Estrogen Withdrawal in Neuroplasticity and Anxiety 
        • Integrating Intersectionality in the Allostatic Load Model
        • The Brain and The Pill

        Chair: Dr. Liisa Galea, University of British Columbia

        Dr. Karyn M. Frick, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

        Dr. Laura Been, Ph.D., Haverford College

        Dr. Robert-Paul Juster, Ph.D., Université de Montréal

        Dr. Nafissa Ismail, Ph.D., Université de Ottawa

        June 10, 2021

        4-5pm PST

        Networking Session: Virtual Cocktail Hour

        First Nations land acknowledegement

        We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.


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