2024 Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Annual Meeting
Date and Time
– October 1, 2024, 05:00 PM EDTNIH Main Campus, Natcher Conference Center (Building 45) Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium
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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.
 | Abbey Berenson, M.D., MMS, Ph.D.
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 | 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 |
| Time | Session | Location |
| 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
| Auditorium |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. | Welcome from the NIH Director
| Auditorium |
| 1:20 p.m. | Introduction of Keynote Speaker
| Auditorium |
| 1:20 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Keynote Address: | Auditorium |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. | Introduction of the 2024 BIRCWH Scholars
| 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
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
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
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
| Auditorium |
| 4:10 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | Legacy of Leadership Lectureship
| Auditorium |
| 4:50 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. | Closing Remarks for the Plenary Session
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| 4:55 p.m. | Meeting Adjourned | |
| 4:55 p.m. – 5:05 p.m. | BIRCWH PI Photograph |
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.