The Women’s Health Seminar Series will feature multidisciplinary research on women’s health. The goal of the series is to provide multidisciplinary training for attendees, including students across a broad range of women’s health research topics. Speakers will present their research regarding the biological, psychological, behavioural, economic and social factors in women’s health and their effects on women’s health outcomes. Each seminar will feature 45 minutes talks followed by an interactive question and answer period.
The series is open to everyone that is interested in learning more about women's health. We encourage all interested faculty, clinicians, community members and trainees to register for a talk or check out past seminars on our YouTube channel. All the seminars will be held virtually on Mondays from 12:00pm-1:00pm (EST) / 9:00 – 10:00 AM (PST) unless otherwise indicated.
DATE/TIME | SEMINAR TOPICS & SPEAKERS | VIEW SEMINAR ONLINE |
Monday, September 23rd, 2024 9:00-10:00 am PDT/ 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Title: Modeling neurovascular-cognitive complications after preeclampsia-like conditions in rodentsPresenter: Dr. Paula Warrington, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson | |
Monday, October 21st, 2024 9:15-10:15 am PDT/ 12:15-1:15 pm EDT | Title: Cognitive behaviour therapy for menopausal symptomsPresenter: Dr. Sheryl Green, Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University | |
Monday, November 4th, 2024 9:00-10:00 am PST/ 12:00-1:00 pm EST | Title: The influence of sex in genomics, epigenomics, and hormones of allostatic loadPresenter: Dr. Jordan Marrocco, Assistant Professor of Biology, Touro University New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine | |
Wednesday, December 9th, 2024 9:00-10:00 am PST/ 12:00-1:00 pm EST | Title: Molecular signatures of pregnancy health and child development: What can measures of biological age tell us?Presenter: Dr. Kieran O’Donnell, Assistant Professor, Yale Child Study Center & Dept. Obs. Gyn. & Repro Sciences, Yale School of Medicine | |
Winter Break | ||
Monday, January 20th, 2025 9:00-10:00 am PST/ 12:00-1:00 pm EST | Title: Innovations in care for PTSD: Psychoeducation as a scalable, evidence-based interventionPresenter: Dr. Dana Ross, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Psychiatrist, Trauma Therapy Program, Women's College Hospital, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychotherapy, Humanities, & Psychosocial Interventions | |
Monday, February 10th, 2025 9:00-10:00 am PST/ 12:00-1:00 pm EST | Title: Neuroanatomical changes associated with human pregnancyPresenter: Dr. Susana Carmona Cañabate, PhD, Neuroimaging Group, Hospital Gregorio Marañón Madrid, Spain | |
Monday, March 10th, 2025 9:00-10:00 am PDT/ 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Title: Earlier menopause and brain health: What's the link?Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Rabin, PhD, Sunnybrook Hospital | |
Monday, April 7th, 2025 9:00-10:00 am PDT/ 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Title: Sex differences in obesity, eating behaviors, and diet patterns: Insights from the brain-gut microbiome systemPresenter: Dr. Arpana Church, PhD, Associate Professor, Co-Director: Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center at UCLA, Director: Neuroimaging Core, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Ingestive Behavior and Obesity Program, UCLA Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA | |