VCU Institute for Women’s Health to Hold 7th Annual Women’s Health Research Day

By Sathya Achia Abraham

The Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women’s Health tomorrow hosts the Seventh Annual Women’s Health Research Day, a networking opportunity celebrating and promoting excellence in interdisciplinary women’s health research.
 
The event will take place Thursday, April 28, 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.

This year’s symposium event, which is titled “Emerging Areas of Focus in Women’s Health Research,” will include a panel of faculty presenters who will address emerging VCU research in the vaginal microbiome, telemedicine and women’s health, caffeine and women, stress and cardiorespiratory responses in women.

The event features a poster competition with awards presented to researchers in basic, clinical and social behavioral sciences. The Elizabeth Fries Young Investigator Award will be presented for the best poster overall. The Building Interdisciplinary Bridges in Women’s Health Research award will be awarded for the research that best demonstrates interdisciplinary investigator collaboration in women’s health. Attendees will have an opportunity to view women’s health research posters and a reception will follow.

For more information, contact RaShel Charles at 804-827-2241, or visit http://www.womenshealth.vcu.edu/research/whrd.html.