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

Date and Time

– November 4, 2025, 5:00 PM EST

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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.

The BIRCWH Annual Meeting is a gathering of senior and junior faculty that provides an opportunity to network and share scientific advances. 

 

Agenda
TimeSessionLocation
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration & Networking
Auditorium
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
BIRCWH Abstracts/Posters Discussion and Networking
Atrium
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Closed Executive PI Session
  • BIRCWH PI Photograph immediately after the meeting
Room D
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
BIRCWH Scholar and ICO Mentors Meet-and-Greet
Room F/G
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH
 
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.
Introduction of Keynote Speaker 
  • Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO 
Auditorium
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Keynote Address: 
Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lectureship 
  • Marie (Tonette) Krousel-Wood M.D., M.S.P.H
    Professor of Medicine and the Jack Aron Endowed Chair in Primary Care Medicine at the Tulane School of Medicine;
    Professor of Epidemiology at the Tulane Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine;
    Principal Investigator / Research Director of Tulane BIRCWH Program;
    Associate Director of Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Precision Medicine
 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. 
2025 BIRCWH Scholars — Podium Presentations   
 
 

Sex disparities in adaptive and innate immune cells and kidney function in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

  • Shannon Sullivan, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota) 

PIs: Sharon S. Allen, M.D., Ph.D.; Kristen Mark, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Bharat Thyagarajan, M.D., Ph.D

 
 

Cardiac Output is Longitudinally Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid Beta-Amyloid, a Core Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker, in Women but not Men

  • Amalia Peterson, M.D. (Vanderbilt University)

PIs: Digna R. Velez Edwards, M.D.; Amy S. Major, Ph.D.

 
 

Sex-Specific Prediction of 1-Year Medication Non-Adherence Using Machine Learning: Analysis of Medicare Fee-for-Service Schemic Stroke Survivors 

  • Hend Mansoor, Pharm.D. (University of Kentucky)

PIs: Thomas E. Curry, Ph.D., Ann L. Coker, Ph.D., M.P.H

 
3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.  
BIRCWH Evaluation Presentation

  • Benjamin Johns, Ph.D.

 
3:40 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. – 4:55 p.m. 
Legacy of Leadership Lectureship  
  • Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., M.P.H.
    Chief Scientific Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges
     
Auditorium
4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks for the Plenary Session
  • Marquitta White, Ph.D. 
 
5:00 p.m.
Meeting Adjourned 
 
Speakers
Marie Krousel WoodMarie (Tonette) Krousel-Wood M.D., M.S.P.H
Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lectureship
Keynote Lecture Speaker
Professor of Medicine and the Jack Aron Endowed Chair in Primary Care Medicine at the Tulane School of Medicine; Professor of Epidemiology at the Tulane Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Principal Investigator / Research Director of Tulane BIRCWH Program; Associate Director of Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Precision Medicine
Elena Fuentes-AfflickElena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., M.P.H.
Legacy of Leadership Lecture Speaker
Chief Scientific Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges
 
Hend Mansoor, Pharm.D.Hend Mansoor, Pharm.D. 
2025 BIRCWH Scholar, Podium Presentation
Assistant Professor in Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Amalia Peterson, M.D., M.S.Amalia Peterson, M.D., M.S.
2025 BIRCWH Scholar, Podium Presentation
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Shannon Sullivan, Ph.D.Shannon Sullivan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.
2025 BIRCWH Scholar, Podium Presentation
Assistant Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School
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