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:119@womenshealthresearchcluster.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221205T130000 DTSTAMP:20250107T151932Z URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/jul-26-2022-asthma-wome n-lessons-learned-clinical-and-animal-studies/ SUMMARY:Asthma in Women: Lessons Learned from Clinical and Animal Studies DESCRIPTION:\n \;\nSeminar Title: Asthma in Women: Lessons Learned from Clinical and Animal Studies\nPresenter: Dr. Patricia Silveyra\, Associ ate Professor\, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health\, Sc hool of Public Health\, Indiana University Bloomington\n\nDr. Patricia Sil veyra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occ upational Health at Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health . Her research focuses on sex differences and the role of sex hormones and steroid hormone receptors in mechanisms of lung inflammation. Dr. Silveyr a earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology\, and her PhD in Biochemistry\, from the University of Bueno s Aires\, Argentina and did her postdoctoral training at Penn State Colleg e of Medicine. In 2013\, she established her independent research program as an Assistant Professor at Penn State with an NIH K12 BIRCWH (Building I nterdisciplinary Research Careers on Women’s Health) award. She later re ceived NIH K01 and R03 awards from NHLBI to study mechanisms underlying se x differences in lung inflammatory processes. Dr. Silveyra was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018\, prior to joining the School of Nursing at U NC Chapel Hill\, where she led the UNC Biobehavioral Laboratory for 2 year s. In 2021\, she joined Indiana University and received an R01 from NHLBI to study sex and gender differences in asthma. Dr. Silveyra has received n umerous awards for her research\, mentoring\, and efforts to promote diver sity in STEM. She is an advocate for underrepresented and international tr ainees\, and she serves in various national organizations and committees\, including the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Nativ e Americans in Science (SACNAS)\, and the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM)\, where she is a member of the Board on Higher Education and Workforce and co-chair for New Voices in Science\, En gineering and Medicine.\n\nTalk Summary: Asthma is a lung disease caused by exaggerated lung inflammation leading to airway obstruction and comprom ised airflow. Despite significant advances in its diagnosis and treatment\ , asthma continues to be a significant health problem affecting more than 300 million patients around the world. Epidemiological studies have indica ted that starting around puberty and peaking during mid-life\, women have an increased prevalence of asthma compared to men\, and adult women have a higher rate of asthma exacerbations than men. The causes of these dispari ties remain unclear\; however\, studies have shown that sex-specific infla mmatory mechanisms regulated by hormones contribute to differences in airw ay reactivity in response to allergens and environmental stimuli. My labor atory uses experimental models of allergic asthma to explore the contribut ions of sex hormones to inflammatory mechanisms. In this talk I will give an overview of the epidemiology of asthma across the life span and show re sults from our studies using mouse models showing sex differences in aller gic asthma phenotypes.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/11/website_event_photo-4.jpg CATEGORIES:Women’s Health Seminar Series 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