BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:130@womenshealthresearchcluster.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221005T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221005T111500 DTSTAMP:20250107T153327Z URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/aug-16-2022-mind-gap-ho rmonal-contraceptives-and-brain-health-session-1-keynote-talk-dr/ SUMMARY:Mind the Gap: Hormonal Contraceptives and Brain Health—Session 1: Keynote Talk with Dr. Elizabeth Hampson DESCRIPTION:This is the first event in the virtual "Mind the Gap: Hormonal Contraceptives and Brain Health" series. Following Dr. Liisa Galea's openi ng remarks for the series\, keynote speaker Dr. Elizabeth Hampson will eng age in a talk about oral contraceptives and the potential effects they hav e in the central nervous system. Attendees will also get a chance to join the conversation during a Q&\;A period to close the session.\nAgenda\n1 0:00-10:10—Opening conference remarks with Dr. Liisa Galea\n\n10:10-10:2 0—Program overview with Jesse Lacasse\n\n10:20-11:00—Keynote Talk: Dr . Elizabeth Hampson\n\n11:00-11:15—Q&\;A\nIndividual Event Cost\nGene ral Public: $15\n\nStudents: $10\n\nWe offer you the option of registerin g for individual events or signing up for the entire series. Video recor dings of our conference sessions will be sent to all registrants following each event. Click here to learn more about the conference\, or registe r for this individual event below.\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Liisa Galea\, PhD\n\nLead of Women's Health Research Cluster\, Professor in D epartment of Psychology at the University of British Columbia\, Scientific Advisor at the Women's Health Research Institute.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker\ n\n\nBios\n\n\n\n\nDr. Elizabeth Hampson\n\nTalk Title: An Introduction t o Oral Contraceptives and Their Potential Effects in the Central Nervous S ystem \n\nTalk Abstract: Oral contraceptives (OCs) potentially have effe cts in the central nervous system (CNS)\, but historically such effects ha ve been understudied. In the last decade increasing numbers of studies hav e begun to investigate CNS variables. These include possible effects of OC s on mood\, cognitive processes\, motor function\, perception\, and other types of psychological or behavioral processes. Many beginning-level resea rchers\, however\, possess an unsophisticated understanding of OCs and how they work. Misconceptions have limited the ability to advance knowledge o f OC effects in the CNS\, and are a frustrating obstacle to publication fo r new researchers. This talk will introduce the audience to some of the ba sic fundamentals of OC administration and OC pharmacology that are relevan t to brain-related studies\, and will outline a few common misconceptions about OCs that have hindered progress in the field. We will also discuss d ata related to OCs and mood and/or spatial cognition\, using datasets from our own laboratory as illustrations. Providing a few methodological signp osts for new researchers can facilitate and promote a better-informed scie ntific community over the next few years.\n\nBio: Dr. Elizabeth Hampson i s a professor in the Department of Psychology at Western University\, a me mber of Western's Graduate Program in Neuroscience\, and a member of the B rain and Mind Institute. She holds a cross-appointment in the Department o f Psychiatry at the Schulich School of Medicine. Her work on reproductive hormones in the human nervous system and their implications for cognitive function\, memory\, aging\, and mood has been internationally recognized f or more than two decades. Dr. Hampson has received the Curt P. Richter Pri ze for advances in neuroendocrinology\, and has been supported by a Chair in Women's Health from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She ser ves on the editorial boards of a number of peer-reviewed scientific journa ls\, and is a member of the advisory board of the Society for Behavioral N euroendocrinology. As an invited member of a Washington-based expert panel \, the Isis Fund Network on "Sex\, Gender\, Drugs and the Brain"\, and as an independent researcher\, Dr. Hampson's work has helped to highlight the importance of sex as a biological variable in medical research. She is al so a founding member of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences. \n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/11/mtg_brain_health_conference_-_2022_website_jpg.jpg CATEGORIES:Conferences END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR