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URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/aug-17-2022-mind-gap-ho
 rmonal-contraceptives-and-brain-health-session-12-workshop-animal/
SUMMARY:Mind the Gap: Hormonal Contraceptives and Brain Health— Session 1
 2: Workshop on Animal Models
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis workshop is part of our virtual "Mind the Gap: Horm
 onal Contraceptives and Brain Health" series\, which brings attention to t
 he brain health issues that women+ face and encourage the medical\, scien
 tific and commercial communities to address them. In this session\, we wi
 ll hear from two renowned speakers who will discuss pertinent topics relat
 ed to hormonal contraceptives and brain health issues that women+ face. J
 esse Lacasse will moderate the event and facilitate conversation.\nAgenda\
 n11:00-11:05—Welcome Remarks\n\n11:05-11:35—Speaker 1: Jesse Lacasse\,
  PhD candidate\, Concordia University\n\n11:35-12:10—Speaker 2: Dr. Nat
 alie Tronson\, University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, USA\n\n12:
 10-12:30—Q&amp\;A\nIndividual Event Cost\nGeneral Public: $15\n\nStudent
 s: $10\n\nWe offer you the option of registering for individual events o
 r signing up for the entire series. Video recordings of our conference se
 ssions will be sent to all registrants following each event. Register for 
 this individual event below.\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\nBios\n\n\n\n\nJesse La
 casse\n\nBio: Jesse Lacasse is a Ph.D. (c) at Concordia University's Cent
 er for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology in Montréal\, Quebec. His resea
 rch focuses on the effects of hormonal contraceptives on the brain and cog
 nition both in women and in female rats.\n\n\n\nDr. Natalie Tronson\n\nBio
 : Dr. Natalie Tronson's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of l
 earning and memory\; the internal and external factors that can lead to ch
 anges in memory\; and the role of memory dysregulation in psychiatric and 
 neurological disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder\, and post
 -operative cognitive decline. Dr. Tronson is particularly intruigued by qu
 estions such as “Why do many patients develop post-traumatic stress diso
 rder after heart attack?” and “What causes cognitive and memory declin
 e after surgery?” and “How do normal memories for trauma become pathol
 ogical in post-traumatic stress disorder?” and “Why are women so much 
 more susceptible to these than males?”\n\n\n
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