9TH ANNUAL WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Featuring excellence in women's health research
Tuesday, April 1
NUTRITION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH FORUM (Redbud Conference Room)
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Forum Introductions
Carol Lorenz, PT, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Women's Health Research
Eat Right for Life! The New Science of Healthy Living
Guest Speaker: Ann Kulze, M.D.
Nutrition and wellness expert; author of Dr. Ann's 10-Step Diet
10:15 a.m.
BREAK
10:30 a.m.
Nutrition & Women's Health Panel Discussion
Audience Q&A
Perinatal Nutrition:
Geriatric Nutrition:
Women's Wellness:
Diet & Wellness:
Integrative Nutrition:
Eating Disorders:
12:00 noon
LUNCH
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD (Moderator)
Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Epidemiology
UNC-CH School of Public Health
Connie Bales, PhD, R.D.
Associate Research Professor, Medicine
Director, Center for the Study of Aging and
Human Development, Duke University
Carolyn Dunn, PhD
Professor, Family & Consumer Sciences
N.C. State University
N.C. Cooperative Extension Service
Ann Kulze, M.D.
Nutrition and wellness expert
Mark Mead, MSc
Nutritionist, Integrative Health Center of
Chapel Hill
Nancy Zucker, PhD
Director, Eating Disorders Program
Duke University
(on your own)
SCHOLARS AFTERNOON (Redbud Conference Room)
Women in Biomedical Careers - Best Practices in Mentoring
1:30 p.m.
Welcome and Program Overview
Eugene P. Orringer, MD
Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Principal Investigator, BIRCWH Program
UNC-CH School of Medicine
1:40 p.m.
Session 1 Women in Biomedical Careers: the NIH Initiative
Joyce Rudick, Director, Programs and Management
Office of Research on Women's Health
National Institutes of Health
2:10 p.m.
Q&A with Joyce Rudick
2:20 p.m.
Session 2 Great Mentors: A Core Resource for Advancing a
Career
Mentors and mentees on the panel will discuss attributes and roles that have been
identified in the literature as fostering success in biomedical careers.
2:50 p.m.
Session 3 Case Study: Mining Mentoring Relationships
Janet Rubin, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Margaret Gourlay, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine,
Maria Escolar, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
All at UNC-CH School of Medicine
3:30 p.m.
Session 4 Best Practices in Mentoring: Unintended Bias and
Letters of Recommendation
Laurie McNeil, PhD
Professor and Chair, Physics & Astronomy, UNC-CH
4:15 p.m.
Session 5 Resources at UNC-CH
"Working on Women in Science at UNC"
Kay Lund, PhD, Professor, Cell & Molecular Physiology and Pediatrics
UNC-CH School of Medicine
4:30-6:00 p.m. RECEPTION AND RESEARCH DAY POSTER PREVIEW (Atrium)
Join us for refreshments and a preview of posters selected for
presentation at tomorrow's Women's Health Research Day
Wednesday, April 2
WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH DAY (Grumman Auditorium)
8:30 a.m.
Registration - Coffee
Nametags and lunch vouchers at Registration Table
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Carol Lorenz, PT, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Women's Health Research
Opening Remarks
Etta Pisano, M.D. (Honorary Chair)
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Director, Biomedical Research Imaging Center
Kenan Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering
UNC-CH School of Medicine
Reading of Governor's Proclamation and Remarks
Daniel Clarke-Pearson, M.D.
Robert A. Ross Distinguished Professor & Chair
UNC-CH Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
9:30 a.m.
PRESENTATIONS
Judy Major, MPH, Program Coordinator and Birth Defects Surveillance Specialist, Fullerton
Genetics Center at Mission Hospitals, Asheville, NC
Evaluation of long-term vitamin use among participants in a Western North Carolina vitamin distribution program
Sushmita Jha, BS, MS, Graduate Student, Cell & Molecular Physiology, UNC-CH School of
Medicine
Cryopyrin: a novel regulator of IL-1 production and its role during neuroinflammation and demyelination
Kim A. Boggess, MD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, UNC-CH School of Medicine
Maternal periodontal infection downregulates serum angiogenic factors
David Overstreet, PhD, Professor, Psychiatry, UNC-CH School of Medicine
Withdrawal from high dose progesterone/estrogen treatment that simulates pregnancy produces depressive-like effects in female
rats
10:30 a.m.
BREAK
10:45 a.m.
PRESENTATIONS
Liz Deans, BS, Medical student, UNC-CH School of Medicine
Does activation of the innate immune receptor, TLR3, result in increased endometrial receptivity?
Amanda L. Horton, MD, Clinical Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynecology, UNC-CH School of Medicine
Periodontal disease early in pregnancy is associated with maternal systemic inflammation in African American women
Millie D. Long, MD, Fellow, Medicine, UNC-CH School of Medicine
Oral contraceptive use, hormone replacement therapy and rectal cancer: a case-control study
Aimee A. D'Aloisio, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
Association of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 polymorphisms with uterine leiomyomata by race
11:45 a.m.
LUNCH
(Trillium Dining Room for paid vouchers only)
1:00 p.m.
PRESENTATIONS
Sarah Lowman, BA, MPH student, UNC-CH School of Public Health
North Carolina's emerging populations: the future is now
Susan Jenkins Sumner, PhD, Senior Scientist, Metabolomics and Biomarkers, Research Triangle
International
Metabolomics: application to the study of in utero exposure and effects on reproduction and development
Allison K. Groves, MHS, Research Associate, Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC-CH
School of Public Health
Pregnancy and HIV testing in Durban, South Africa: the language of choice
Sarah Williams, BS, Doctoral student, Curriculum in Neurobiology, UNC-CH School of Medicine
Prenatal exposure to alcohol and nicotine: gender and age effects on alcohol preference and oxytocin levels
2:00 p.m.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Updates on current research efforts by former Women's Health
Research Day award winners
Susan Parish, PhD, Assistant Professor, UNC-CH School of Social Work
Daniel Westreich, MSPH, Doctoral student, UNC-CH School of Public Health
2:30 p.m.
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Eugene P. Orringer, MD, Professor, Medicine
Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
UNC-CH School of Medicine
3:00 p.m.
Conference Concludes