Collaborative Workshop on Women’s Health

Join us on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 in MSB 3.001 of McGovern Medical School located at 6431 Fannin, Houston, Texas 77030 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. for the first of its kind in our ongoing Collaborative Workshop Series, designed to appeal to clinicians and basic scientists and promote interdisciplinary collaborative research interactions. This workshop will include discussions on cardiovascular health across the lifespan, women’s cancers, the next frontier, and social determinants of health beyond the clinic.

Schedule
8:30-8:45 Coffee and light breakfast
8:45-9:00 Introduction
9:00-9:20 Bindu Akkanti, MD, Associate Professor, Graham Distinguished Professorship in Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Director, Heart Failure ICU, Heart & Vascular Institute
9:20-9:40 Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, Professor, Chair, and Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair, Department of Neurology
Director, BRAINS Research Laboratory
9:40-10:00 Tina Findley, MD, Associate Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
10:00-10:20 Panel Q&A
10:20-10:40 Coffee break
10:40-11:30 Keynote: Kathryn Gray, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Washington
11:30-11:45 Q&A
11:45-12:30 Lunch
12:30-12:50 Hui-Wen Lo, MS, MA, PhD, Distinguished Professor in Neuro-Oncology, Vice Chair for Research, Director, Metastatic Brain Tumor Research Program
12:50-1:10 Featured ECR: Maggie Mullen, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis
1:10-1:30 Kathrin Milbury, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1:30-1:50 Q&A
1:50-2:00 Break
2:00-2:20 Heather Taylor, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Spinal Cord Injury Research, TIRR Memorial Hermann
2:20-2:40 Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH, Professor, Director of Stroke Prevention, UTHealth Institute of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, Director, Stroke Transitions Education and Prevention (STEP) Program
2:40-3:00 Yen Chi Le, PhD, Executive Director, Innovation & Quality – Practice Plan, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management, Policy, and Community Health, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Healthcare Transformation Initiatives Department, UT Physicians Center of Population Health Management & Quality | Director, SDoH, HPV vaccination implementation
3:00-3:10 Q&A
3:10-3:30 Elizabeth Nugent, MD, Associate Professor, Divisions of Gynecologic Oncology and Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Internal Medicine
3:30-3:50 Rana Afifi, MD, Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery, Program Director, Advanced Aortic Surgery and Structural Heart Fellowship
3:50-4:00 Q&A + concluding remarks