BIRCWH | Seminar Series 2009

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BIRCWH Seminar Series 2009

All those interested in the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program are invited to attend the seminars in our 2009 Seminar Series. The Seminar Series will be held from 12 Noon-3:00 PM monthly January through June and September through December 2009 alternating each month between the Hershey and University Park campuses. Attendance at the seminars is required for the BIRCWH Scholars. An informal networking luncheon will be held at noon with each seminar beginning at 12:30 PM. Please find below the list of 2009 BIRCWH Seminar Series dates, alternating campus locations, and seminar titles and speakers (to date). Please note that the Seminar Series will not be accessible via videoconference because we want to encourage cross-campus networking.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions you have about the Penn State BIRCWH Program or the BIRCWH Seminar Series. We look forward to seeing all attendees of the 2009 seminars!

All seminar times are 12:00 Noon to 3:00 PM Lunch is served

DATE	LOCATION	SPEAKER	TOPIC/TITLE
Monday January 5, 2009	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Susan F. Wood, PhD Director, Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health George Washington University	“Challenges in Women’s Health in 2009 and Beyond”
Monday February 2, 2009	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Richard Legro, MD Penn State, Obstetrics & Gynecology (12-1 PM) Judith Bond, PhD Penn State, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1-2 PM)	“Grantsmanship 101: Lessons from the PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) World” “Gaining Status and Lasting in the Profession”
Monday March 2, 2009	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Nancy Williams, PhD Penn State, Kinesiology	“Effects of Alterations in Energy Balance on Reproductive Function in Women”
Monday April 6, 2009	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Karen M. Freund, MD Boston University	"Understanding and Addressing Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer"
Monday May 4, 2009	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Amy Wolaver, PhD Bucknell University, Economics	“The Efficacy of Family Planning Medicaid Waivers: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)”
Monday June 1, 2009	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Ellen Freeman, PhD University of Pennsylvania, Center for Research on Reproduction & Women’s Health	Ovarian Aging Project
Monday September 14, 2009	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Leann Birch, PhD Penn State, Human Development & Family Studies	"Preventing Childhood Obesity"
Monday October 5, 2009	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Chloe Bird, PhD Senior Sociologist at RAND (video)	"Gender and Health"
Monday November 2, 2009	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Dorothy Sit, MD University of Pittsburgh	"Depression and Bipolar Disorder during Pregnancy and Postpartum"
Monday December 7, 2009	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Book Club	Discussion of Bird & Rieker book, "Gender and Health"

Last revision 09/24/2009