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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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12:20 - 1:20 pm

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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

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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

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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

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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

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8:30 - 9 am

Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story
Leah Hazard, BA, PgD
Author and Registered Midwife, National Health Service (UK)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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12:50 - 1:20 pm

Alzheimer’s Disease in Women
Erin Sundermann, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Topics:
Education, activism, funding, hiring guidelines, publication guidelines and more