The 12th Graylyn Conference on Women's Health
Improving the Trajectory of Cognitive Aging in Women through Innovative Translational Research

Overview and Background
Audience
Agenda
Sponsorship
Call for Poster Proposals
Registration
Cancellation/ Refund Policy
About the Graylyn Conference Center 

Overview and Background
The Women's Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education (WHCoE) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine began annual Graylyn Conferences on Women's Health for cutting-edge women's health research in 1995. Past conferences have focused on the effects of estrogen on the pathogenesis and prevention of atherosclerosis and cognitive decline, and have been successful in serving as catalysts for new research on estrogen, heart disease and cognition. We plan to continue this critical and evolving dialogue among leaders in the field of women’s cognitive health through the 12^th Biennial Graylyn Conference in 2009 entitled, “Improving the Trajectory of Cognitive Aging in Women through Innovative Translational Research.”  The format of the conference is unique in that we limit the attendance to 100 attendees to facilitate a dialogue among presenter and attendees.
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Audience
Basic, clinical, and epidemiological investigators conducting research on dementia, cognitive functioning and learning are invited to attend, along with health policy and research administrators responsible for planning new clinical or research agendas involving women's health.
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Conference Sponsorship

Targacept

The Roena Kulynych Center for Memory and Cognition Research, WFUSM

WFU Translational Science Institute

Call for Poster Proposals
We invite submissions of poster proposals on recent and ongoing basic, clinical, or epidemiological research on dementia, cognitive functioning or learning. Two $500 prizes are awarded to: (1) the best student or post-doctorate poster presentation, and (2) the best junior faculty poster presentation.  Deadline is September 11, 2009.  For more information, review the guidelines.      
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Registration
To register, complete the registration form.  Make checks payable to WFUHS or for internal transfers, please submit a Request for Payment to the  Controller’s Office.  Where you would normally write the justification for the charge, please state that you are paying a conference fee to the Women’s Health Center of Excellence and request that the funds be deposited into account #331002-01-202000-10325-800-00000.  Because the Women’s Center does not have authority on your accounts, we cannot initiate this transfer - it must be submitted by a person in your department with the authority to spend your funds.
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Cancellation/Refund Policy
If you revoke your conference registration more than 30 days prior to the conference (on or before September 14, 2009), we will refund 50% of your paid registration fee.  If your cancellation is made within 30 days of the conference (after September 14), no refund will be made to you.
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Location
The Graylyn International Conference Center is a unique and charming 94-room executive conference center near Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC. The immaculately landscaped 55-acre estate is 25 minutes from Piedmont Triad International Airport in nearby Greensboro. Built in the 1920s, and listed on the National Register of Historic Homes, the Graylyn estate is one of the finest examples of Norman Revival architecture in America.
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For more information, email us at
whcoe@wfubmc.edu or call (336) 713-4220.