Conference Agenda
ALL EVENTS IN ROBERTSON HALL UNLESS NOTED
| DAY 1 - PUBLIC HEARING |
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| 12:00-1:00 | Registration | |
| 1:00-1:15 | WELCOME Vivian W. Pinn, MD, Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director, Office of Research on Women's Health Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF |
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| 1:15-2:00 | OPENING PANEL Shaping the Future of Women’s Health Research: Two Perspectives Nancy Milliken, MD, Professor and Vice Dean, UCSF, moderator Sally A. Shumaker, PhD, Professor & Assoc. Dean, Research, Wake Forest University Surina Khan, Vice President of Programs, Women’s Foundation of California |
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| 2:00-6:00 | PUBLIC HEARING Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc, moderator Receiving Public Testimony: Members of the ORWH Advisory Committee and Congressional members and staffers |
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| DAY 2 - SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOPS |
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| 8:30-8:45 | Welcome/Opening Remarks Vivian W. Pinn, MD |
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| 8:45-9:30 | Keynote Address: “Why So Slow: The Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine” Virginia Valian, PhD |
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| 9:30-10:15 | PANEL: Telomeres and Aging: A Women's Health Issue Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF |
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| 10:15-10:30 | Working Group Charge Vivian W. Pinn, MD, ORWH |
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| 10:30-10:45 | Break | 10:45-3:15 | Concurrent Working Groups: Drafting of Recommendations by Area |
| 12:00-1:15 | Box Lunch & Drinks in Mission Bay Foyer Concurrent Working Groups continue until 3:15 |
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Global Health—Fisher West Stem Cells—Conference Room 2 Women's Health and the Environment—Fisher East
HIV/AIDS and Women—Robertson 2 Women in Science and Health—Robertson 1 Information Technology—Genentech 201 |
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| 3:15-3:30 | BREAK | |
| 3:30-5:00 | PANEL: Role of Community-Based Participatory Research ("T3") Moderator: Cynthia A. Gómez, PhD, founding director, San Francisco State University Health Equity Initiatives Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association Karen G. Pierce, JD, Coordinator, Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Assessment Program Caitlin Ryan, PhD, MSW, Director, Adolescent Health Initiatives, Cesar Chavez Institute at SF State University Marj Plumb, DrPH, MNA Coach, Consultant and Trainer, Plumbline Coaching and Consulting, Inc. Ngina Lythcott, DrPH, MSW, RN, Associate Dean for Students, Boston University School of Public Health |
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| 5:00-6:00 | Conference Reception—Mission Bay Patio | |
| DAY 3 - SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOPS |
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| 8:30-8:40 | Welcome/Opening Remarks Vivian W. Pinn, MD |
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| 8:40-9:15 | PANEL: New Pathways for Translational Research: How Science can Advance Women's Health Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc Deborah Grady, MD, MPH, Director, Women’s Health Clinical Research Center, UCSF Claire Brindis, DrPH, Director, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF |
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| 9:15-10:45 | Concurrent Work Groups: Finalization of recommendations See sign for room updates |
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| 10:45-11:00 | BREAK | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Working Group Presentations: Presentations by individual Working Group co-chairs and discussion
of Working Group results Moderator: Nancy Milliken, MD |
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| 12:30-12:45 | Closing Remarks Vivian W. Pinn, MD |
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