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WHR Symposium- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The Women’s Health Research center in the Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) is putting on the 2022 Women’s Health Research symposium. The symposium’s theme for this year is Women’s Health & COVID-19 and will take place every Friday in May (06, 13, 20, & 27) from 10 AM – 12 PM, the weekly subtopics are below.  

2022 WHR Symposium- Women's Health & COVID-19

The Women’s Health Research center in the Institute for Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) is hosting the 2022 Women’s Health Research symposium. This year’s theme is Women’s Health and COVID- 19; subtopics are located on the flier.  Please join us in attending the Women’s Health Research Symposium via Zoom every Friday in May (6, 13, 20, 27) at 10 AM CST – 12PM CST.

Women's Health Research Meeting April 14, 2022

This Thursday (April 14) at 10 AM is our next WHR Meeting/Working Group. Sarah Stallings will be presenting her work on “Association of genetically-predicted placental gene expression with adult blood pressure traits". Dr.

Women Leaders in Public Health

This Friday, March 25, DEI will be presenting a panel discussion with Women Leaders in Public Health. The panel discussion will be at 12 PM. If you are interested in registering, please email marine.v.ghulyan@vumc.org

Women's Health Research Meeting March 10, 2022

Happy Friday everyone! I hope everyone was able to attend the Women's Health Research yesterday! At our next meeting: March 10, 2022, Jackie Piekos, MS will be presenting on building and validating polygenic risk scores in various populations, European, African, and combined.

Thursday, February 10- Women's Health Research Meeting- CANCELLED

Hello, colleagues! This Thursday will be the first Women's Health Research Working Group Meeting of the month! Gabrielle Hampton will be presenting her Aims for her qualifying exam, titled: Using Shared Genetic Architecture to Increase the Utility of Risk Prediction Models in Diverse Populations. Gabrielle is a trainee within the WHR lab, who currently holds a Masters in Science and is a graduate student at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Human Genetics. We hope to see everyone there.