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Women's Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education


4th Annual

Women’s Health Research Day
 

March 20, 2009, 8:30-3

 “Hormones and Hormone Therapy Revisited”


Session 1: Cancer and Hormones

Moderator: J. Mark Cline, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Professor, Section on Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

Hormones and Cancer Risk

Brigitte Miller, MD, Professor, Head, Section on Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

Estrogen/SERM Combination Therapy: A New Paradigm for Postmenopausal Women's Health?

Charles E. Wood, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor, Section on Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

Session 2: Pelvic Floor Disorders and Hormones

Moderator: Nyree K. Thorne, MD, Assistant Professor, Section on Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

Urinary Incontinence in Women:  Epidemiology & Quality of Life

Michelle J. Naughton, PhD, Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

The Role of Estrogen in Stress Urinary Incontinence

            Oona O’Neill, MD, Assistant Professor, Section on General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

Session 3: Women’s Health Keynote Address:  

The WHI – Where are we now? [Introduction by Thomas B. Clarkson, DVM]

JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, FACP, Chief of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and 
Women's Hospital, Professor of Medicine and the Elizabeth Fay Brigham Professor
of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School

 

Session 4: Hormone Therapies and Alternatives

Moderator: Thomas Register, PhD, Associate Professor, Section on Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

A Clinician’s Perspective on Postmenopausal Hormone Use

            Scott Washburn, MD, Lyndhurst Gynecological Associates

 

CAM Approaches to Menopausal Symptoms

Nancy E. Avis, PhD, Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine



 

Sponsors

 

Translational Science Institute
Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Nursing
Department of Pathology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology


 

 

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