Center for Women’s Health Research
Seminar Series
CWHR |
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
January |
(1/9/2008) |
Rescheduled for February, 2008 |
|
February |
2/6/2008 |
"Endometriosis and autoimmunity" |
Dr. Grant R. Yeaman
Vanderbilt University SOM |
March |
3/26/2008 |
“Bacterial Vaginosis and Implications for Increased Risk for HIV-1 Acquisition” |
Donald Alcendor. PhD
MMC |
April |
4/23/2008 |
“Ethical Considerations in Research involving Pregnant Women and Fetuses.” |
Quincy Byrdsong, EdS, CIM, CIP, CCRP
MMC |
May |
5/28/2008 |
Tentative Topic: Lifestyle and Environmental Exposures Related to Cancer Risk |
Alecia Malin Fair, PhD
MMC |
September |
9/24/2008 |
“Midlife in the Balance” |
Ruth Garrett, PhD
MMC |
October |
10/22/2008 |
Role of ferritin heavy chain in Alzheimer’s disease |
Guo-Huang Fan, Ph.D.
MMC |
November |
11/26/2008 |
"Stress, depression, and quality of life among African-American women with breast cancer" |
Dr. Yong Cui
MMC |
December |
12/17/2008
(Due to Holiday) |
“Diabetes Self-Management in African American Women” |
Stephanie Miller-Hughes, PhD
MMC |
OB/GYN Grand Rounds
OB/GYN |
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| January |
1/17/2008 |
MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) : The Non-Invasive Treatment Option |
Arthur Chan, Ph.D.
Clinical Training and Applications Manager
InSightec, Inc. |
| February |
2/21/2008 |
“Why are Uterine Fibroids more common in African-Americans?” |
Ruth Garrett, Ph.D. |
| March |
3/20/2008 |
TBD |
|
| April |
4/17/2008 |
TBD |
Ada Knight, Ph.D. |
| May |
5/15/2008 |
Racial Disparity in Maternal-Fetal Genetic Epistasis in Spontaneous Preterm Birth |
Ramkumar Menon, Ph.D. |
| September |
9/18/2008 |
‘Role of Parathyroid Hormone Related Peptide (PTHrP) During Implantation, Mid Gestation and on Angiogenic Factors In First Trimester Trophoblast Cells’. |
Chandra Thota, PhD |
| October |
10/16/2008 |
“Bone Marrow Transplantation Restores Ovarian Folliculogenesis and Steroid Hormones Production in an Ovarian Failure Mouse Model” |
Mohsen Ghadami, MD, PhD |
| November |
11/13/2008 |
Endometriosis |
Erkut Atta, MD |
| December |
12/18/2008 |
Decreasing Age of Puberty in African American Girls |
Sakina E. Eltom, PhD |
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