THE LONG ROAD TO EQUITY FOR WOMEN IN MEDICINE

September 17-18, 2021

A virtual conference for women and for the health practitioners who care for them.

For decades, drugs and devices were tested for safety and efficacy only in men, with often devastating results for women. Meanwhile sex hormones are suspected of playing roles in many diseases that affect women more often than men, women can exhibit symptoms quite different from men for the same condition, and can struggle to get accurate diagnoses.

Join an international panel with very different perspectives, to track the origins of our women’s healthcare gap, and offer ways to improve the medical care of women.

Organizing Committee
Anat Biegon, PhD; Rebecca Spiegel, MD; Kathleen Monahan, DSW;
Maricedes Acosta-Martínez, PhD
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Equity and Inclusion,
Stony Brook University

Also Supported by the Office of the Dean, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University and the Department of Radiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Program Please find below the link to the conference materials. Enjoy and share: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlDSLa2SrI-ZkioweZq6Rvsp3D6t5SEis
Friday, September 17
8 - 8:10 am	Welcome Maurie D. McInnis, PhD President, Stony Brook University William A. Wertheim, MD, MBA Interim Dean, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University View Welcome Message >
Session 1 — WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE GOT THERE
8 - 9:10 am	Introduction: Gender-Based Medicine, Past and Present Anat Biegon, PhD Professor of Radiology and Neurology and Director, Center on Gender, Hormones and Health, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University View presentation >
9:10 - 10:10 am	Insights from Evolutionary Biology May Illuminate Gender Biases in Medicine and Psychiatry Stephanie Brown, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University View presentation >
10:10 - 10:20 am	BREAK
10:20 - 11:20 am	Radical Link: A New Community of Women 1855 to 2021 — A Performative Installation Michal Heiman Artist and Researcher, Founder and Director of “An Academy of Her Own", Member of the Tel Aviv institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis View presentation >
11:20 am -12:20 pm	Eve's Curse: Religion and Women's Health Patricia M. Lennon, MA Lecturer, Religious Studies Department, California State University at Chico View presentation >
12:20 - 1:20 pm	BREAK
1:20 - 2:20 pm	"Race, Gender, and the Impact of COVID-19 in the Health and Long Term Care Sectors: What’s Law Got To Do With it?" Irehobhude O. Iyioha, LLB, LLM, BL, PhD Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, and Associate Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada View presentation >
2:20 - 3:20 pm	Medical Ethics and the Female Patient Andrew Flescher, PhD Core Faculty, Program in Public Health; Professor of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University; Professor of English, Stony Brook University View presentation >
3:20 - 3:30 pm	BREAK
3:30 - 4:30 pm	Implicit Bias Phyllis Migdal, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University View presentation >
Saturday, September 18
Session 2 — WHAT AILS WOMEN
8 - 8:30 am	The Health Costs of the Menstrual Cycle, Pregnancy and Maternity Maricedes Acosta-Martínez, PhD Assistant Professor, Department Physiology and Biophysics, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University View presentation >
8:30 - 9 am	Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story Leah Hazard, BA, PgD Author and Registered Midwife, National Health Service (UK) View presentation >
9 - 9:30 am	The Impact of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Health Kathleen Monahan, DSW Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare View presentation >
9:30 - 10 am	Physiological and Cognitive Aspects of Menopause Pauline Maki, PhD Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and OB/GYN, and Senior Director of Research, Center for Research on Women & Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine View presentation >
10 - 10:10 am	BREAK
10:10 - 10:40 am	Thyroid Disease in Women Marie Gelato, MD Professor of Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University View presentation >
10:40 - 11:10 am	Sex Differences in Pain Karen Davis, PhD, FCAHS, FRSC Professor, Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, and President, The Canadian Pain Society View presentation >
11:10 - 11:40 am	Anorexia Nervosa Thomas Hildebrandt, PhD Associate Professor and Director, Division of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai View presentation >
11:40 am - 12:20 pm	BREAK
12:20 - 12:50 pm	Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Health Patricia Robertson, MD Professor, Associate Chief of Academic Affairs, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and Inaugural and Sustaining Member, Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, University of California at San Francisco View presentation >
12:50 - 1:20 pm	Alzheimer’s Disease in Women Erin Sundermann, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego View presentation
1:20 - 1:50 pm	The Management of Epilepsy in Women of Reproductive Age Rebecca Spiegel, MD, MA Associate Professor of Neurology, and Section Chief, EEG/Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University View presentation >
1:50 - 2:20 pm	Drug Safety and Efficacy in Women Alyson McGregor, MD Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director, Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island View presentation >
2:20 - 2:50 pm	Developing Medications for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder in Women: Challenges and Progress Helen Fox, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University View presentation >
2:50 - 3 pm	BREAK
Session 3 — WAY TO THE FUTURE
3 - 5 pm	Panel Discussion Discussion Leader: Judith Clarke, PhD Vice President for Equity & Inclusion, and Chief Diversity Officer, Stony Brook University Participants: Judith Clark, PhD Vice President and diversity officer, Stony Brook University Alyson J. McGregor, MD MA FACEP Professor of Emergency Medicine, author and activist, Brown University Diana Flescher, MD specialist in Internal Medicine/women’s health and activist, Jerusalem Kajsa Ekis Ekman journalist, writer, and activist, Stockholm Anat Biegon, PhD professor of Radiology and Neurology & Director, Center on Gender, Hormones and Health, Stony Brook University View presentation > Topics: Education, activism, funding, hiring guidelines, publication guidelines and more

September 17-18, 2021

A virtual conference for women and for the health practitioners who care for them.

Friday, September 17

Saturday, September 18