Conference Agenda

12:00-1:00

Registration

1:00-1:15

WELCOME
Vivian W. Pinn, MD, Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director, Office of Research on Women's Health
Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF

1:15-2:00

OPENING PANEL
Shaping the Future of Women’s Health Research: Two Perspectives
Nancy Milliken, MD, Professor and Vice Dean, UCSF, moderator
Sally A. Shumaker, PhD, Professor & Assoc. Dean, Research, Wake Forest University
Surina Khan, Vice President of Programs, Women’s Foundation of California

2:00-6:00

PUBLIC HEARING
Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc, moderator

Receiving Public Testimony: Members of the ORWH Advisory Committee and Congressional members and staffers

8:30-8:45

Welcome/Opening Remarks
Vivian W. Pinn, MD

8:45-9:30

Keynote Address: “Why So Slow: The Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine”

Virginia Valian, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Psychology and Linguistics
Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center

9:30-10:15

PANEL: Telomeres and Aging:
A Women's Health Issue

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF
Jue Lin, PhD., UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

10:15-10:30

Working Group Charge
Vivian W. Pinn, MD, ORWH

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-3:15

Concurrent Working Groups: Drafting of Recommendations by Area

12:00-1:15

Box Lunch & Drinks in Mission Bay Foyer
Concurrent Working Groups continue until 3:15

Global Health—Fisher West
Co-chairs:
Paula Tavrow, PhD (UCLA)
Amy Levi, PhD, CNM (UCSF)
Warner Greene, MD, PhD (Gladstone/UCSF)
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD (UCSF)
NIH Co-chairs:
F. Gray Handley, MSPH (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Linda L. Wright, MD (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Lynne M. Mofenson, MD (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Stem Cells—Conference Room 2
Co-chairs:
Susan Fisher, PhD (UCSF)
Zena Werb, PhD (UCSF)
NIH Co-chairs:
Pamela Robey, PhD (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)
Nadya Lumelsky, Ph.D (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

Women's Health and the Environment—Fisher East
Co-chairs:
Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH (UCSF)
Larry Kushi, ScD (Kaiser)
Eveline Shen, MPH (Reproductive Justice)
NIH Co-chairs:
Estella Parrott, MD, MPH (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Kris Thayer, PhD (National Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences)

HIV/AIDS and Women—Robertson 2
Co-chairs:
Ruth Greenblatt, MD (UCSF)
Dawn Smith, MD, MS, MPH (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
NIH Co-chairs:
Susan Plaeger, PhD (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Anissa Brown, PhD (Office of AIDS Research, OD)

Women in Science and Health—Robertson 1
Co-chair:
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MS (Harvard Medical School)
Elena Fuentes-Afflick MD, MPH (UCSF)
NIH Co-chairs:
Joan Schwartz, PhD (Office of Intramural Research, OD)
J. Taylor Harden, PhD (National Institute on Aging)

Information Technology—Genentech 201
Co-chairs:
Laura Esserman, MD, MBA (UCSF)
Sue Dubman (Genzyme)
NIH Co-chairs:
Milton Corn, MD (National Library of Medicine)
Barbara Rapp, PhD (National Library of Medicine)

3:15-3:30

BREAK

3:30-5:00

PANEL: Role of Community-Based Participatory Research ("T3")
Moderator: Cynthia A. Gómez, PhD, founding director, San Francisco State University Health Equity Initiatives
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association
Karen G. Pierce, JD, Coordinator, Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Assessment Program
Caitlin Ryan, PhD, MSW, Director, Adolescent Health
Initiatives, Cesar Chavez Institute at SF State University
Marj Plumb, DrPH, MNA Coach, Consultant and Trainer, Plumbline Coaching and Consulting, Inc.
Ngina Lythcott, DrPH, MSW, RN, Associate Dean for Students, Boston University School of Public Health

5:00-6:00

Conference Reception—Mission Bay Patio

DAY 3 - SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOPS

8:30-8:40

Welcome/Opening Remarks
Vivian W. Pinn, MD

8:40-9:15

PANEL: New Pathways for Translational Research: How Science can Advance Women's Health
Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Deborah Grady, MD, MPH, Director, Women’s Health Clinical Research Center, UCSF
Claire Brindis, DrPH, Director, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF

9:15-10:45

Concurrent Work Groups: Finalization of recommendations
See sign for room updates

10:45-11:00

BREAK

11:00-12:30

Working Group Presentations: Presentations by individual Working Group co-chairs and discussion of Working Group results
Moderator: Nancy Milliken, MD

12:30-12:45

Closing Remarks
Vivian W. Pinn, MD