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Center for Research in Women's Health and Sex Differences (CREWHS)
Symposium Agenda

1:00 – 1:10 pm Introductions
Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD
1:10 – 1:40 pm Sex Differences in Health and Disease: Do Males and Females Read Their Genomes Differently?
Keynote Speaker #1: David C. Page, MD (Whitehead Institute)
1:40 - 2:10 pm Gender Differences in Cardiac Care for Women: Potential Role of Bias and Parallels between the Healthcare and Business Environments
Keynote Speaker #2: Laura Huang, PhD (Harvard Business School)
2:10-2:15 Brief description of the CREWHS Award and introduction of the winner
Intro by: Roberta A. Gottlieb, MD
2:15-2:30 Presentation by the Winner of the CREWHS Research in Women's Health or Sex Differences Award
2:30-2:50 BREAK
2:50 - 3:05 Pregnancy as a Window to a Woman's Future Cardiovascular Health
Speaker: Janet Wei, MD, FACC
3:05 – 3:20 The Impact of Fetal Sex on the Placenta
Speaker: Margareta D. Pisarska, MD
3:20 – 3:35 Sex Differences in Inflammation and Aging
Speaker: Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH
3:35 - 3:50 Sensing Self-RNA and DNA: Role in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Speaker: Caroline Jefferies, PhD
3:50 – 4:05 Antibodies to Citrullinated Cardiac Proteins Link to Heart Failure Risk Among Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Speaker: Justyna Fert‐Bober, PhD
4:05 – 4:20 Next Generation Biomarkers: Reducing Barriers in Monitoring Women with Cardiovascular Disease
Speaker: Kelly Njine Mouapi, PhD
4:20 – 4:30 Closing Remarks
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC
4:30 – 5:00 Afternoon Tea / Mix and Mingle