Sex and Gender Differences in Response to Vaccines: Why do Women Experience Greater Adverse Reactions?

Seminar Title: Sex and Gender Differences in Response to Vaccines: Why do Women Experience Greater Adverse Reactions?

Presenter: Dr. Rosemary Morgan, Assistant Scientist, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Rosemary Morgan is an Assistant Scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of International Health, with a joint position in the School of Nursing. She has expertise in gender, gender analysis, and intersectionality. She currently leads the Sex and Gender Analysis Core for the NIH funded Sex and Age Differences in Immunity to Influenza (SADII) Center. In addition, she works as a gender advisor on RADAR, an initiative developing tools to assist in the implementation of measurement approaches for maternal, neonatal, and child health and nutrition programs. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins Rosemary was a Lecturer in Global Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh, and a Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds.