VCU Institute for Women’s Health to Hold 5th Annual Women’s Health Research Day

By Sathya Achia Abraham

The Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women’s Health will hold the 5th Annual Women’s Health Research Day, a networking opportunity celebrating and promoting excellence in interdisciplinary women’s health research.
 
The event will take place Wednesday, April 15, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, Room 104/105 and Auditorium, 1217 E. Marshall St.
All VCU faculty, students, staff or community members with an interest in women’s health research are welcome and encouraged to attend for any portion of the day.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Vivian Pinn, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health. Pinn will present “Moving Into the Future – New Dimensions and Strategies for Women’s Health Research for the NIH.”
 
The event features a poster competition with awards presented to researchers in basic, behavioral and clinical sciences. The Elizabeth Fries Young Investigator Award will be presented for the best poster overall. There also will be an announcement of the Institute of Women’s Health Community-Based Participatory Research Grant awardees. Attendees will have an opportunity to view women’s health research posters and a reception will follow.

The VCU Institute for Women’s Health is one of 21 National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health designated by the Office on Women’s Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Centers of Excellence serve as demonstration models for the nation providing innovative, multidisciplinary and integrated health care systems for women.

For more information, contact Janett Forte at jforte@vcu.edu or 804-827-1200, or visit http://www.womenshealth.vcu.edu/research/research_day_2009.html.