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:8@womenshealthresearchcluster.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190927T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190927T160000 DTSTAMP:20250107T195858Z URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/jul-8-2019-womens-healt h-research-cluster-trainee-presentation-series/ SUMMARY:Trainee Presentation Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next WHRC Trainee Research Presentation Series event!\nThis session will feature short\, blitz-style presentations by tr ainees about their undergraduate\, graduate\, or postdoctoral research pro jects. The event is a great opportunity to learn about what the amazing W HRC trainees are working on\, join an engaging discussion about women’s health research\, and network with peers. Light refreshments will be serv ed. Everyone is welcome!\nWhen: Friday September 27th\, 3:00pm - 4:00pm\ nWhere: BC Women's and Children's Hospital  – Shaughnessy(SHY) BLDG - D308 (Videoconference available).\nPresenters:\nChristine Anderl\, Postdo ctoral fellow\, Social Health Lab\, UBC.\n\nTitle: Teenage birth control pill use and depression risk\n\nSummary: We analysed data on 1\,236 women enrolled in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and found that women who had first used contraceptive pills as teenagers w ere at a higher risk for having clinical depression years later compared w ith women who had never used contraceptive pills and also compared with wo men who had only started taking contraceptive pills as adults. These group differences in depression risk remained robust when we statistically cont rolled for a large number of other differences between the three groups\, including age at first period\, age at sexual debut\, relationship status\ , socio-economic status\, ethnicity\, and current contraceptive pill use. Our findings suggest that the use of oral contraceptives during the teenag e years may have an enduring effect on a woman’s risk for depression—e ven years after she stops using them.\n\nTristan Philippe\, PhD(c) and an IMH Marshal Scholar\, Viau Lab\, Department of Cellular &\; Physiolo gical Sciences\, UBC\n\nTitle: Sex differences in transcriptome responses associated with stress HPA axis habituation in male and female rats.\n\nSu mmary: Women are at significantly greater risk of developing mood disorde rs than men. In this presentation I will illustrate how male and female ra ts not only utilize different genes\, but even use different brain regions to adapt to our stress paradigm. These sex differences imply that males a nd females have different capacities and mechanisms for stress adaption th at must be explored to improve our treatment of mood disorders in humans.\ n\nMaya Koblanski\, Undergraduate Student\, Behavioural Neuroscience and Viau Lab\, Department of Cellular &\; Physiological Sciences\, UBC\n\n Title: Post-synaptic Serotonin (5-HT) 1A Receptor Responses to Repeated Re straint Stress in Female Rats\n\nSummary: Most research on the neural con sequences of stress has been conducted only in male subjects\, despite sex differences in mood related disorders. In females\, changes in serotonin 1A receptor levels and signaling was only identified in the hippocampus an d zona incerta. These findings corroborate our previous data suggesting th at male and female rats differentially use the serotonin 1A receptor to ha bituate to stress.\n\nKaylee Misener\, Ph.D. student\, Clinical Psychology \, UBCO\n\nTitle: The development and implementation of a novel body diss atisfaction prevention program for adolescent females: A pilot project\n\n Summary: Kaylee will be presenting her dissertation proposal which will ex amine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a novel and multi-facet ed body dissatisfaction prevention program for youth. The proposed program \, called BeMyself\, integrates evidence-based techniques to promote posit ive body image with novel but promising avenues such as mindfulness\, self -compassion\, and yoga.\n\nLexia Bao\, Research Assistant\, Viau Lab\, De partment of Cellular &\; Physiological Sciences\, UBC\n\nTitle: Pre-syn aptic Serotonin (5-HT) 1A Receptor Responses to Repeated Restraint Stress in Male Rats.\n\nSummary: Despite sex differences in mood related disorde rs\, most research on the neural consequences of stress has neglected thes e differences. Based on previous findings\, we hypothesized that males and females would show differential changes in serotonin 1A receptor levels w hen exposed to stress. Our data suggests that male\, but not female rats e xhibit changing levels of serotonin 1A receptors in the raphe nucleus as a mechanism for stress habituation.\n\nKiran Parmar\, MSc student\, School of Population and Public Health\, UBC\n\nTitle: Painful Sex &\; Endomet riosis: a patient-oriented knowledge translation project.\n\nSummary: Endo metriosis affects 1 in 10 reproductive-aged females\, approximately 1 mill ion people in Canada. Painful sex is a common symptom of endometriosis as it is reported in more than 50% of diagnosed individuals. Studies have sho wn that painful sex is associated with negative effects on sexual function \, relationships and quality of life. The aim of the project was to develo p an evidence-based\, patient-oriented online platform to help people unde rstand their condition\, learn about treatment options\, and to find suppo rt.\n\nIf you are a trainee who wants to share your research in a low-pres sure\, friendly environment\, contact Kate Wahl (kate.wahl@cw.bc.ca).\n\nP lease contact Ama Kyeremeh (ama.kyeremeh@ubc.ca) if you have any question s.\n\nWe hope to see you there!\n\nRSVP here\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/11/19901895230_610acc209e_o-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Trainee Research Presentation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR