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:87@womenshealthresearchcluster.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210623T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210623T130000 DTSTAMP:20250107T171800Z URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/jun-1-2021-trainee-rese arch-presentation/ SUMMARY:Trainee Research Presentation DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nStephanie Koebele\, Postdoctoral Research Scholar\, Center for Evolution and Medicine\, School of Human Evolution and Social Change\, Arizona State University\nPresentation Title: Hysterectomy Uniqu ely Impacts Spatial Memory in a Rat Model: A Role for the Nonpregnant Uter us in Cognitive Processes\n\nTwitter: @svkoebele\n\nBio: Stephanie Koebel e holds a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience (Psychology) from Arizona State U niversity. Her doctoral research broadly investigated reproductive hormone s\, menopause\, memory\, and aging using rodent models. Her dissertation f ocused on understanding the impact of hysterectomy on the trajectory of co gnitive aging. Stephanie is currently a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in t he Center for Evolution and Medicine at Arizona State University\, where s he will investigate environmental-endocrine-immune interactions in the con text of human chronic diseases of aging\, including Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and cardiovascular disease\, from an evolutionary pe rspective.\n\n\n\n\nEunice Bawafaa\, RN\, MSTTI\, MScN\, Western Universit y\nPresentation Title: Women's experiences and perception of reproductive health access in rural Ghana\n\nTwitter: @EBawafaa\n\nBio: As a health care professional (RN) who has worked in a materially under-resourced coun try in the Global south for several years\, Eunice brings a passion for wo men’s health research. Specifically\, she has worked as a counsellor for pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS and their partners which has peaked h er interest in issues of nurse/patient empowerment in relation to achievin g quality nursing care.  Eunice is passionate about nursing care that see ks to sustain social justice activism in health education and healthcare p rovision. She is interested in advancing the need for more emphasis on res tructuring the nursing education system to include respectful care for mar ginalized women and to enhance research related to women’s health.\n\n\n \n\nAlesia V Prakapenka\, Postdoctoral Fellow\nPresentation Title: The cu rves\, turns\, and bumps along the path of cognitive aging for females\n\n Twitter: @APrakapenka\n\nBio: Dr. Alesia Prakapenka is a postdoctoral res earcher in the laboratory of Dr. Donna Korol at Syracuse University. Alesi a completed her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at Arizona State U niversity under the co-mentorship of Drs. Heather Bimonte-Nelson and Racha el Sirianni. During her doctoral work\, Alesia developed translationally r elevant delivery strategies for hormones to maximize their beneficial cogn itive effects while minimizing undesired peripheral burden in a rat model of menopause. Her ongoing work investigates the underlying biological mech anisms that contribute to hormone regulation of cognitive function in fema le rats across age and multiple memory systems.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nJodie Hughes\, BSc\, MSc\, University of Roehampton\nPresentation Title: Study o n the effects of location\, ethnicity\, gender and care approach on people with Endometriosis\n\nTwitter: @JodieEndoPhD\n\nBio: Jodie is studying d isparities in the care of people with Endometriosis\, and identifying wher e there may be gaps. I will be collecting Health Related Quality of life s cores using an online survey\, and comparing the results between sample g roups. There will also be semi-structured interviews with people that have expressed an interest in getting involved to add qualitative weight to qu antitative results.\n\n\n\n\nChristie MacLeod\, Doctoral Student\, McMaste r University\nPresentation Title: Examining sex-related differences in in tracortical myelin (ICM)\n\nTwitter: @c_macleod\n\nBio: Christie is a Ph D student in clinical psychology at McMaster University supervised by Dr. Benicio Frey and Dr. Nicholas Bock. Her research uses structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging to examine sex-related differences in the microstructure of the cerebral cortex. Currently\, her research is investigating sex-rel ated differences in intracortical myelin in individuals experiencing Major Depressive Disorder\, as well as examining potential functional correlate s in cognitive abilities and depressive symptoms. She is also conducting a longitudinal study to examine potential changes in intracortical myelin a mount and distribution based on response to psychopharmacological treatmen t.\n\nResearch keywords: neuroimaging\, intracortical myelin\, depression\ , neuropsychology\, sex-related differences\n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact Trainee Co-lead Alex Lukey at alukey13@gmail.com. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/11/Trainee%20Presentations%20Twitter%20(1).jpg CATEGORIES:Trainee Research Presentation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR