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September 2020

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Women's Health Seminar—Sex Differences in Brain Aging and Memory-Related Brain Function
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Women's Brain Health Virtual Conference Series—Rethinking Estrogen, Yet Again: The Science and Politics of Hormone Therapy in Menopause
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Women's Health Seminar—Perimenopause: Women’s Misunderstood, Confusing and Long Midlife Transition
 
 
 
 
 
 

Women's Brain Health Virtual Conference Series—Rethinking Estrogen, Yet Again: The Science and Politics of Hormone Therapy in Menopause

September 21, 2020
Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

4:00-5:00 pm PDT Dr. Carol Tavris, author of Estrogen Matters This is the first event in a ten-part virtual Women's Brain Health Conference series. Through a fire-side chat, guest speaker Dr. Carol Tavris and Cluster Lead Dr. Liisa Galea will engage in a deep conversation about hormone therapy...

Women's Health Seminar—Perimenopause: Women’s Misunderstood, Confusing and Long Midlife Transition

September 28, 2020
Online
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Seminar Title: Perimenopause—Women’s misunderstood, confusing and long midlife transition Presenter: Dr. Jerilynn Prior, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UBC Jerilynn C. Prior BA, MD, FRCPC is a Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of British Columbia working on...

Women's Health Seminar with Dr. Farida Sohrabji—Title coming soon

October 19, 2020
Online
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Seminar Title: Coming soon Presenter: Dr. Farida Sohrabji, Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics Dr. Sohrabji's research program focuses on brain-immune interactions regulated by estrogen and its implications for neuro-inflammatory diseases such as stroke in women...

Women's Brain Health Conference—Symposium 1: Middle Age, Menopause and Health

October 26, 2020
Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

9:00-10:45 am PST This symposium is part of our Women's Brain Health Virtual Conference Series , which brings attention to the brain health issues women face and encourages the medical, scientific and commercial communities to address them. In this session, we will hear from four renowned speakers...

Women's Health Seminar Series—Love, Life and Family: Safer Conception Care for HIV Aero-different Couples who Desire Children in Uganda

November 2, 2020
Online
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Love, Life, and Family: Safer conception care for HIV sero-different couples who desire children in Uganda Presenter: Dr. Angela Kaida, Associate Professor, Health Sciences, SFU Dr. Angela Kaida is a global health epidemiologist interested in the linkages between HIV and sexual and reproductive...

Tri-Cluster Research Day: The Future of Health

November 4, 2020
Online
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Join us for a Day of Research focused on the Future of Health November 4th, 2020 from 9:00am to 12:30pm, Online Discover various research activities conducted by students and trainees from some of UBC’s Research Excellence Clusters. Students from the Dynamic Brain Circuits in Health and Disease,...

Women's Brain Health Conference—Special Presentations

November 16, 2020
Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

9:00-10:00 am PDT These Special Presentations are part of our Women's Brain Health Virtual Conference Series , which brings attention to the brain health issues women face and encourages the medical, scientific and commercial communities to address them. In this session, we will hear from three...

Women's Health Seminar—Stress, Reproduction and Beyond

November 16, 2020
Online
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Seminar Title: Stress, Reproduction and Beyond Presenters: Dr. Pablo Nepomnaschy, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU Dr. Nepomnaschy joined the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2008 and obtained his first degree in Biology in his native country, Argentina, from the University of...

Women's Health Seminar—Issues for Adolescent Girls and Young Women with Epilepsy

November 30, 2020
Online
Vanvouver, BC
Canada

Seminar Title: Issues for Adolescent Girls and Young Women with Epilepsy Presenter: Dr. Anita Datta, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC Dr. Anita Datta is the Program Director of the Epilepsy Fellowship training program, and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the...

Women's Brain Health Conference—Symposium 2: Women and Mental Health

December 4, 2020
Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

9:00-10:30 am PST This symposium is part of our Women's Brain Health Virtual Conference Series , which brings attention to the brain health issues women face and encourages the medical, scientific and commercial communities to address them. In this session, we will hear from three renowned speakers...