Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) 2024 Annual Meeting

Date and Time

– October 1, 2024, 05:00 PM EDT

NIH Main Campus, Natcher Conference Center (Building 45) Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium

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Event Information

BIRCWH is an institutional mentored career-development program designed to connect junior faculty, known as BIRCWH Scholars, to senior faculty mentors with shared interest in women’s health and sex differences research.

The BIRCWH Annual Meeting is a gathering of senior and junior faculty that provides an opportunity to network and share scientific advances. The meeting will include the 2024 Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lecture by Abbey Berenson M.D., MMS, Ph.D., and the 2024 Legacy of Leadership Lecture by Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D.

Sign language interpreting services are available upon request. Individuals who need interpreting services and/or other reasonable accommodations to participate in this event should contact Dr. Mavreen Tuvilla at BIRCWHprogram@nih.gov or 301-496-8974. Requests should be made at least five business days before the event. 

Speakers
Abbey Berenson M.D.

Abbey Berenson, M.D., MMS, Ph.D. 
Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lectureship
Keynote Lecture Speaker
Director, UTMB Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health (CIRWH)
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Center for Research in Women’s Health
Professor, Otolaryngology
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology 

 

Nina F. Schor M.D.Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D. 
Legacy of Leadership Lecture Speaker
NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research
Former Ann Craumer Professor of Pediatric Research
Former Chief of the Division of Child Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics
Former Associate Dean for Medical Student Research at the medical school at the University of Pittsburgh
Former William H. Eilinger Chair of the Department of Pediatrics
Former Pediatrician-in-Chief of the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester
Former Deputy Director of the NINDS
B.S., Yale University, 1975
Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1980
M.D., Cornell University Medical College, 1981 
Agenda
TimeSessionLocation
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration & Networking
Auditorium
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
BIRCWH Abstracts/Posters Discussion and Networking
Atrium
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Closed Executive PI Session
Room D
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch/Networking for Meeting Attendees
 
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Welcome from ORWH
  • Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
    NIH Associate Director for Women's Health Research
    Director, Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
  • Xenia T. Tigno, Ph.D. 
    Associate Director for Careers, ORWH
Auditorium
1:15 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Welcome from the NIH Director
  • Monica Bertagnolli, M.D. 
    Director, NIH
Auditorium
1:20 p.m.
Introduction of Keynote Speaker 
  • Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO 
Auditorium
1:20 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Keynote Address: 
Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lectureship 
  • Abbey Berenson, M.D., MMS, Ph.D. 
    Director, UTMB Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health (CIRWH)
    Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Professor, Pediatrics
    Director, Center for Research in Women’s Health
    Professor, Otolaryngology
    Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology 
Auditorium
2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
Introduction of the 2024 BIRCWH Scholars
  • Marquitta White, Ph.D. 
    BIRCWH Program Officer, ORWH

Auditorium
2:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. 
2024 BIRCWH Scholars — Podium Presentations   
 
 

Delineating the contributions of sex hormones and chromosomes to genome-wide gene expression through the lens of gender transition 

  • Rebecca M. Harris (presenting author), Laura Blanton, Troy Whitfield, Yee-Ming Chan, and David C. Page

Program PIs: Jill M. Goldstein, Ph.D. and Kathryn Rexrode, M.D.

Harvard BIRCWH 

 
 

Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and Increased Risk of Suicide and Overdose in Mid- to Late-Life 

  • Anita S. Hargrave (presenting author), Beth Cohen, Carolyn J. Gibson, Salomeh Keyhani, Yixia Li, and Amy L. Byers

Program PIs: Cynthia Harper, Ph.D. and Claire D. Brindis, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco-Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research 

 
 

Placental Programming of Infant Behavioral Health: Placental Cytokine Levels are Associated with Infant Negative Affect at 6-months 

  • Elizabeth K. Wood (presenting author), Hanna C. Gustafsson, Jennifer C. Ablow, Joel T. Nigg, Jamie O. Lo, and Elinor L. Sullivan

Program PI: Leslie Myatt, Ph.D., FRCOG

Oregon Health & Science University 

 
3:20 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.  
Break and Networking Opportunity
 
4:10 p.m.  
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
  • Xenia T. Tigno, Ph.D.
Auditorium
4:10 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. 
Legacy of Leadership Lectureship  
  • Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D. 
    Legacy of Leadership Lecture Speaker
    NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research
    Former Ann Craumer Professor of Pediatric Research
    Former Chief of the Division of Child Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics
    Former Associate Dean for Medical Student Research at the medical school at the University of Pittsburgh
    Former William H. Eilinger Chair of the Department of Pediatrics
    Former Pediatrician-in-Chief of the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester
    Former Deputy Director of the NINDS
    B.S., Yale University, 1975
    Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1980
    M.D., Cornell University Medical College, 1981 
Auditorium
4:50 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Closing Remarks for the Plenary Session
  • Xenia T. Tigno, Ph.D. 
 
4:55 p.m.
Meeting Adjourned 
 
4:55 p.m. – 5:05 p.m.
BIRCWH PI Photograph 
 
Event Venue

Natcher Conference Center, Building 45
National Institutes of Health
45 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892

The William H. Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, is part of the NIH and is located on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, approximately 5 miles from Washington D.C.

Getting to NIH   |   NIH Campus Access and Security   |   Parking | Shuttle Schedule from local hotels   |   Campus Maps   |   Metro

All visitors must enter the NIH campus through the NIH Gateway Center (Building 66, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD 20894, located adjacent to the Medical Center Metro Station on the Red Line at the South Drive entrance to campus from Rockville Pike / Wisconsin Avenue (Route 355). Visitors will be required to show one (1) valid form of identification (a government-issued photo ID-driver's license, passport, green card, etc.) and to state the purpose and location of their visit (BIRCWH Annual Meeting, Building 45). The campus shuttle pickup is located directly outside of the Gateway Center exit.

Visit the NIH Visitor's Center for more information about the NIH security process, visitor parking, and parking fares.