Annual Women’s Health Research Day

“Does Mom Matter? Mechanisms of Maternal
Contributions to Offspring Health”

7th Annual Women’s Health Research Day

May 1, 2012, 8:00 am – 5 pm
Babcock Auditorium, Hanes Building
Wake Forest School of Medicine

Overview and Background

One of the missions of the WHCOE is to educate students, health care providers, and the public on issues in women’s health and to disseminate research findings on women’s health to health care professionals, research scientists, and the community at large.  Women’s Health Research Day is one of the ways we achieve this mission, by showcasing the achievements of investigators in this area.  This year, we seek to stimulate integrative discussion and cross-disciplinary collaboration to promote translational research in women’s health as it relates to Disease Susceptibility and Epigenetics.

Agenda & Flier

Agenda

Flier

Keynote Speaker
Moshe Szyf, PhD, McGill University
Early Life Environment and the Epigenome

 Plenary Speaker
Bruce McEwen, PhD,  Rockefeller University
Stress and Anxiety Across the Lifespan: Structural Plasticity and Epigenetic Regulation

 A jump drive with all the conference materials.   

Audience 

Women's Health Research Day is open to anyone interested in women’s health research: faculty, staff, nurses, post-docs, fellows, residents and students.  Nursing contact hours will be available.

 Registration 

This year, a $65 registration fee will be charged to attendees.  For students, post-docs and fellows, the fee will be waived.  This fee will cover the cost of food, beverage, and materials.  Please see the registration form for details.  The fee can be paid by check (made out to WFUHS) or internal transfer.  

Call for Poster Proposals

•  Poster content must be any topic related to women's health.

• Students, fellows, post-docs and staff are invited to present.  (Only one submission per person allowed.)
• Presenters will need to set up their posters by 7:45 am on May 1st.  They will be required to stand by their work and present their research.  Once the agenda is finalized, the exact poster presentation time will be posted.  
• Review the poster guidelines.  The deadline for submitting abstracts is April 20, 2012.  If you have any questions, please contact whcoe@wfubmc.edu.  

 

Location

Women's Health Research Day will take place in the Babcock Auditorium, located on the main campus of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in the Hanes Building.

 Directions for external participants will be posted closer to the event date. 

Area Hotels 

• Brookstown Inn:  http://www.brookstowninn.com/ or 336-725-1120.
• Graylyn Conference Center: http://www.graylyn.com/ or 336-785-2425. [Airport shuttle service available.]
• Holiday Inn Express on Miller Street: http://www.hiexpress.com/hotels/us/en/winston-salem/intms/hoteldetail 336-721-0220. [Shuttle is complimentary 7am-9:30 pm.]

Past Conferences

For slides and abstracts from previous conferences, visit our past conferences page. 

For more information, email us at
whcoe@wakehealth.edu or call (336) 713-4220.