Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Women’s Health Research Group Symposium
Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 12:30-4:00 PM
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Room W2030
Welcome ......................................................... 12:30 PM
Wendy Bennett, M.D., M.P.H., Fellow in General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, and Coordinator of the Women’s Health Research Group
Harold E. Fox, M.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Gynecology/ Obstetrics, School of Medicine
Frederick L. Brancati, M.D., M.H.S., Professor and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
Speakers .......................................................... 1:00 PM
Pamela Ouyang, M.D., Professor in the Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine
Sex hormones and cardiovascular disease
Tamar Mendelson, PhD., Assistant Professor in the Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health
Women and depression: Enhancing prediction, promoting prevention
Nancy Glass, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, and Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
Joining Forces, Joining Voices: Developing a collaborative intervention research program to prevent violence against women
Wanda Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor in the Department of Gynecology/Obstetrics, School of Medicine
Parity, Reproductive Factors and Type 2 Diabetes: Implications for Interventions
Emily Agree, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health
Parity and Later Life Health in Egypt
Closing ............................................................. 3:25 PM
Donna Strobino, PhD., Professor and Deputy Chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health
Networking session ……………………………………. 3:30 PM
