Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Annual Meeting
Date and Time
– March 18, 2026, 5:00 PM EDTBIRCWH 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.
| Time | Session | Location |
| 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
| 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
| Auditorium |
| 1:15 p.m. | Introduction of Keynote Speaker
| Auditorium |
| 1:15 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. | 2025 BIRCWH Scholars — Podium Presentations | |
Sex disparities in adaptive and innate immune cells and kidney function in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
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
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
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
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| 3:40 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. | Break and Networking Opportunity | |
| 4:10 p.m. | Introduction of Keynote Speaker
| Auditorium |
| 4:10 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. | Legacy of Leadership Lectureship
| Auditorium |
| 4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks for the Plenary Session
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| 5:00 p.m. | Meeting Adjourned |
 | Marie (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-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. 2025 BIRCWH Scholar, Podium Presentation Assistant Professor in Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy |
 | Amalia Peterson, M.D., M.S. 2025 BIRCWH Scholar, Podium Presentation Assistant Professor of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
 | 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 |
Abstracts from the 25th Annual BIRCWH Meeting have been published in the Journal of Women’s Health
View Published Abstracts (PDF)
Citation: Abstracts from the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health 2025
Annual BIRCWH Meeting: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's
Health November 4, 2025. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Oct;34(10):e1290e1313. doi: 10.1177/15409996251365000. PMID: 41055550.
For individuals attending this event in-person and seeking local lodging, ORWH recommends that attendees consider the following nearby hotels.
The Bethesdan Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
8120 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 652-2000
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
7400 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-1234
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