BIRCWH | Seminar Series 2011

All those interested in the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program are invited to attend the seminars in our 2011 Seminar Series. The Seminar Series will be held from 12 Noon-3:00 PM monthly January through June and September through December 2011 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 2011 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 2011 seminars!

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

DATE	LOCATION	SPEAKER	TOPIC/TITLE
Monday January 10, 2011	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G		Discussion of the IOM report on Women's Health Research (2010)
Monday February 7, 2011	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Neil Christensen, PhD Professor of Pathology, and Microbiology and Immunology Penn State College of Medicine	Preclinical Models for Papillomaviruses: Vaccine and Therapy
Monday March 14, 2011	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Carol Weisman, PhD Neil Sharkey, PhD Denise Solomon, PhD	Promotion and Tenure Issues
Monday April 4, 2011	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Melissa Clark, PhD, MS Associate Professor of Community Health Brown University	You Don't Have to Come Out to Help Out: Methodological Considerations for Research with Sexual Minority Women
Monday May 2, 2011	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Barbara Lohse, PhD, RD Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences Penn State Director of Pennsylvania Nutrition Education TRACKS	Nutrition Programs for Low-Income Families
Monday June 6, 2011	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Eugene Lengerich, VMD Professor of Public Health Sciences Penn State College of Medicine	HPV-related Cancers in Appalachia
Monday September 12, 2011	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Carol S. Weisman, PhD Distinguished Professor of Public Health Sciences & Obstetrics and Gynecology Penn State College of Medicine	IOM Report on Clinical Preventive Services for Women: Closing the Gaps
Monday October 3, 2011	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Daniel A. Notterman, MD Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Penn State College of Medicine	Role of Mother's Genes and Environment in Postpartum Depression
Monday November 7, 2011	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Marianne Hillemeier, PhD Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration & Public Health Sciences Penn State College of Health and Human Development	The Child and Community Health Network (CCHN): Studying Allostatic Load in Vulnerable Families
Monday December 5, 2011	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor of Community-Public Health Johns Hopkins School of Nursing	Traumatic Brain Injury and Resulting Neurological Symptoms Among American Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Last revision 06/29/2011

BIRCWH Seminar Series 2011