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:134@womenshealthresearchcluster.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221130T114500 DTSTAMP:20250107T152124Z URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/aug-17-2022-mind-gap-ho rmonal-contraceptives-and-brain-health-symposium-2-hormonal/ SUMMARY:Mind the Gap: Hormonal Contraceptives and Brain Health—Symposium 2: Hormonal Contraceptives Effects on Mental Health DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis symposium is part of our virtual "Mind the Gap: Hor monal Contraceptives and Brain Health" series\, which brings attention to the brain health issues that women+ face and encourage the medical\, scie ntific and commercial communities to address them. In this session\, we w ill hear from three renowned speakers who will discuss pertinent topics re lated to the effects of hormonal contraceptives on brain structure and fun ction. Attendees will also get a chance to join the conversation during a Q&\;A period to close the session. Dr. Frances Chen will moderate the e vent and facilitate conversation.\nAgenda\n10:00-10:05—Welcome Remarks\n \n10:05-10:30—Speaker 1: Dr. Bronwyn Graham\, University of New South W ales\, Sydney\, Australia\n\n10:30-10:55—Speaker 2: Dr. Frances Chen\,  University of British Columbia\, Vancouver\, BC\n\n10:55-11:20—Speaker 3 : Dr. Natalie Tronson\, University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, U SA\n\n11:20-11:45—Q&\;A\nIndividual Event Cost\nGeneral Public: $15\n \nStudents: $10\n\nWe offer you the option of registering for individual events or signing up for the entire series. Video recordings of our conf erence sessions will be sent to all registrants following each event. Regi ster for this individual event below.\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\nBios\n\n\n\n\ nDr. Bronwyn Graham\n\nTalk Title: The Impact of Hormonal Contraceptives on Anxiety Treatments: From Preclinical Models to Clinical Settings\n\nBi o: Associate Professor Bronwyn Graham is a Behavioural Neuroscientist and Clinical Psychologist who conducts bench to bedside translational clinica l research\, where basic processes are investigated in non-human animals\, and then applied to clinical populations. Dr. Graham's research focuses o n how sex hormones influence anxiety disorders\, a highly prevalent mental illness which affects twice as many women as men. Her unique approach has led to significant innovations in the understanding of anxiety with direc t translational impacts. For example\, her research has shown that female- specific variables\, like menstrual cycle status\, use of the hormonal con traceptive pill\, and pregnancy\, significantly influence fear extinction\ , the laboratory basis for anxiety treatments in humans. She has translate d these findings to clinical trials in which she has shown that these same factors moderate the success of treatment in humans with anxiety disorder s. Dr. Graham has received continuous funding from the Australian Research Council\, and was a recipient of the prestigious international MQ Foundat ion Fellowship. Her findings have been disseminated to health professional s (e.g.\, Psychiatric Times magazine\; CPD seminars)\, and the community ( media coverage\, e.g.\, ABC Lateline).\n\n\n\nDr. Frances Chen\n\nTalk Tit le: Adolescent Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Long-Term Risk for Depressi on\n\nBio: Dr. Frances Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department o f Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her research explores the intersection of social psychology and health psychology\, linking our social lives (and\, increasingly\, our online social lives)\, mental healt h and physical health. Dr. Chen's research interests include social behavi our\, relationships\, social support\, stress\, coping\, conflict and nego tiation\, social neuroscience\, neurobiology\, neuroendocrinology.\n\n\n\n Dr. Natalie Tronson\n\nTalk Title: Mouse Models to Understand Hormonal Co ntraceptives Effects on Stress and Depression\n\nBio: Dr. Natalie Tronson 's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of learning and memory\; t he internal and external factors that can lead to changes in memory\; and the role of memory dysregulation in psychiatric and neurological disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder\, and post-operative cognitive d ecline. Dr. Tronson is particularly intruigued by questions such as “Why do many patients develop post-traumatic stress disorder after heart attac k?” and “What causes cognitive and memory decline after surgery?” an d “How do normal memories for trauma become pathological in post-traumat ic stress disorder?” and “Why are women so much more susceptible to th ese than males?”\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/11/mtg_brain_health_conference_-_2022_website_jpg_3.jpg CATEGORIES:Conferences END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR