Past Events
Sex and Gender Matter: Now What? Incorporating Sex and Gender in Biomedical Research
WHSDM Webinar Series: Sex Diversity: from Medicalization to Affirmation
The WHSDM Center and cohost Stanford LGBTQ Meds welcomed guest speaker and intersex educator Hans Lindahl, former Communications Director for interACT:Advocates for Intersex Youth on February 16, 2022.
Click here for the flyer.
12th Annual WHSDM Women's Health Forum: Sexual & Gender Minority Health Webinar
WHSDM and the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology co-presented a ground-breaking webinar on sexual and gender minority health on May 24, 2021. The webinar featured speakers from Stanford Medicine, UCSF, and Johns Hopkins presenting on wide ranging topics including "Introduction to Intersex Health", "Gender Identity from Birth through Adolescence", "Reproductive Options for Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transmen", and "Providing Evidence Based Medical Care for Cisgendered Minority Women".
Click here for the full program. Videos of the webinar are available on the WHSDM Youtube channel.
WHSDM Webinar Series: Pain, Sex, and Death
The WHSDM Center welcomed guest speaker Jeffrey S. Mogil, PhD, the E.P. Taylor Chair in Pain Studies in the Department of Pyschology at McGill University on February 24, 2021.
Click here for the flyer.
Sex-Specific and Sex Differences in Cancer, featuring a panel on Cancer in Sexual and Gender Minority Persons 2020 Webinar
The WHSDM Center and cohost Stanford Cancer Institute presented WHSDM's first webinar on September 29, 2020. A panel featuring guest speakers Lorraine Dean, ScD (Johns Hopkins), PhD candidate Naomi Green (Johns Hopkins), Deborah J. Bowen, PhD (University of Washington), Andy S.L. Tan, PhD, MPH, MBBS (University of Pennsylvania), and Phoenix A.K. Matthews, PhD presented research on cancer in sexual and gender minority persons (SGM), with a Q&A moderated by Stanford Medicine's Juno Obedin-Maliver, MD, MPH, MAS and Mitchell R. Lunn MD, MAS, Co-Directors of the PRIDE Study. Other presentations by Stanford Medicine faculty included updates regarding sex differences in lung cancer and colorectal cancer and sex specific cancers such as breast, prostate, endometrial, and cervical cancers.
Click here for the full program. Videos of the webinar are available on the WHSDM Youtube channel.
Basic & Translational Research Symposium on Sex Differences in Neuroscience 2020: The Sensorium
The WHSDM Center and co-sponsor Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute presented The Sensorium, a look at developments in the study of sex differences in the senses. Featuring a keynote "Illusions and delusions of body image – their relevance to sex" by V.S. Ramachandran, MBBS (MD*), FRCP, PhD, DSc, Professor, Neurosciences Program and Psychology, UCSD. Stanford scientists presented sex differences in vision, hearing, olfactory experience, and vestibular motion. Guest speaker Jennifer Gunsaullus, PhD noted sociologist and relationship expert spoke on "Differences in Pleasure & Touch: Cultivating Sensual Mindfulness".
Click here for the full program. Videos of all of the presentations are available here on our WHSDM Youtube channel.
WHSDM Women's Health Forum- Global Women's Health 2019
With co-partners Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH), the theme for the 10th Annual Forum was Women's Global Health. Dr. Mary Ellsberg, Founding Director of the Global Women's Institute at George Washington University, delivered the keynote address "Preventing Violence against Women and Girls - A Global Public Health Challenge?". Featured speakers included Ndala Prata, MD, Co-Director, Center of Expertise on Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment, University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI): "Women and Girls at the Center of Planetary Solutions" and Michele Barry, MD, FACP, Senior Associate Dean, Global Health, Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Professor of Medicine (Primary Care & Population Health) at Stanford: "Women in Global Health Leadership: the Hard Facts, Debunking Myths". Other presentations included maternal mortality in Sudan, family planning perspectives on maternal mortality, GO MOMS: next generation obstetrical care in low resource territorities, and AI and big data in gender-based violence.
For the full program, click here. Videos of all of the presentations are available here on our WHSDM Youtube channel.
6th Annual WHSDM Seed Grant Workshop
Held in August 2018, representatives from all departments in the School of Medicine presented updates on their research in women's health and sex differences in medicine.
WHSDM Women's Health Forum 2018
In partnership with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the theme of the 9th WHSDM Women's Health Forum was Prevention and Women's Health. Starting with a keynote by Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Chair in Medicine, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, speaking on "Prioritizing Women's Health", experts from the Stanford School of Medicine presented on cardiovascular disease prevention, fertility, bone health, breast cancer prevention, and more. Videos are available on the WHSDM youtube channel.
WhY X? SeXY Chromosomes: 7th Annual Basic & Translational Research Symposium on Sex Differences in Genetics
Leading experts presented their research on sex differences in genetics on February 21, 2019 at Li Ka Shing Center, Stanford School of Medicine. Keynote speaker Hunt Willard, PhD of the Geisinger National Precision Health spoke on "A Sex Chromosome View of Human Biology and Medicine: It’s Not Just an Autosomal World Out There". He was joined by UCSF professor Barbara Panning, ASU associate professor Melissa Wilson Sayres, Stanford professor David Miklos, instructor Valerio Napolitano, and postdoc Amy Braun. For the full program, click here. The symposium was cohosted by WSDM Center and the Department of Genetics. Videos are available on our WSDM youtube channel.
5th WSDM Seed Grant Workshop
The 2017-18 WHSDM Seed Grant Workshop was held with presentations from all departments in the School of Medicine. Click here for the slideshow.
Gender Matters: Why Sex in Science Isn't Enough
Janine Clayton, MD, Director of the NIH's Office for Research on Women's Health, was the keynote and spoke on "The Power, Potential, and Promise of Considering Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)", and guest speaker Hunt Willard, PhD, Professor of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, offered "Sex Differences in Biology and Medicine: the View From the X Chromosome". Drs. Clayton and Willard were joined by Stanford faculty Marcia Stefanick, Mark Cullen, Linda Schiebinger and Gary Darmstadt and a capacity audience for this well received event on October 20, 2017. Click here for the agenda. Videos are available on our WSDM youtube channel.
4th WSDM Seed Grant Workshop
To view slides from the workshop, click on the links: Dr. Stefanick's introduction, outlining the need for the study of sex differences; Research updates on the study of sex differences from all of the departments in the School of Medicine; "Sex = Biology; Gender = Culture: Sex as a Biological Variable" presentation by Dr. Londa Schiebinger.
7th Annual WSDM Women's Health Forum 2016
On May 14, 2016, WSDM partnered with Stanford Health Matters to host the Health Matters|WSDM Women's Health Forum 2016, which featured experts from the School of Medicine presenting on issues affecting women in cardiology, cancer, dermatology, sleep, and more. Attendance this year was a record high for both. Watch the videos of the WSDM Women's Health Talks. Many of the other Health Matters talks are available on the Health Matters website.
6th Annual Basic & Translational Research Symposium on Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Health and Disease
February 24, 2016 WSDM hosted its 6th Annual Basic & Translational Research Symposium on Sex Differences. The focus was on Cardiovascular Health and Disease, and was very well received by a capacity crowd in LKSC Berg Hall. Experts from cohosts the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and Women's Heart Health at Stanford presented their cutting edge research. Read the Stanford Medicine SCOPE blog on the symposium here. Check out the videos of the presentations on our WSDM YouTube channel.
3rd WSDM Seed Grant Workshop
October 23, 2015 WSDM hosted its third seed grant workshop. The event featured updates from past seed grant award winners. The group identified questions regarding sex/gender and women's health that need more study and facilitated collaborations across disciplines. See the slideshow.
SPECIAL LECTURE Professor Gabe Garcia, MD: "Creating a Welcoming and Respectful Clinical Environment for LGBT patients"
Many LGBT patients are underserved by our healthcare system, often due to unfriendly clinical environments. On August 21, 2015 Professor Garcia, a member of the San Mateo LGBT Commission, shared ideas that San Mateo and Santa Clara County have been discussing and developing to create gender-friendly clinical services that clearly welcome individuals of all sexual orientations.
Articles discussed by Professor Garcia covered issues such as medical students' preparedness and comfort level with providing LGBT care, LGBT-related curriculum in undergraduate medical education, LGBT health disparities, and discrimination faced by sexual and gender minority (SGM) practitioners.
6th Annual Women's Health Forum- Screening and Prevention
May 18, 2015, WSDM and the Stanford Cancer Institute co-sponsored the 6th Annual Women's Health Forum in Li Ka Shing Berg Hall. The forum theme was Screening and Prevention with sessions featuring Stanford experts on cancer screening and prevention, bone health, cardiovascular health, and women's wellness. Watch the video. For a detailed program, click here. The Stanford Medicine Scopeblog profiled the successful event, including the highlights of WSDM Center Director Marcia Stefanick's keynote presentation on physical activity and weight management as key preventive actions for women to take. Read the blog here.
2015 Annual Meeting of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences
WSDM and Women's Heart Heart at Stanford co-hosted the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) on April 21-23, 2015 at Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center. The meeting featured presentations and poster sessions from leading experts in the study of sex differences. Attendance was at full capacity for all three days of the event, with over 200 experts from all over the world. Click here for the detailed flyer.
WSDM and SCI Basic & Translational Research Symposium-Cancer
WSDM and the Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) co-hosted the Basic & Translational Research Symposium on Sex Differences in Cancer on March 4, 2015 in Li Ka Shing Berg Hall.The event was well received and featured a keynote from Dr. Malcolm Pike of the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as well as presentations from leading Stanford researchers. Read the detailed flyer and agenda. Watch the videos here!
Transgender Health Symposium
Cohosted by WSDM, the Weiland Health Initiative, Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, on November 1, 2014. More than 200 people attended the well-received Symposium, which was designed for health providers as well as for transgender individuals, family members, and allies wanting to learn more about health and medical options. For the detailed program, click here.
2nd WSDM Seed Grant Workshop
WSDM hosted its second Seed Grant Workshop on October 17, 2014. Representatives from almost every department in the School of Medicine presented their departments' visions and missions to faciliate interdisciplinary collaborations of the study of sex differences. View the slides from the Workshop here.
Rethinking and Redesigning the Future: Honoring Philip A. Pizzo, MD
WSDM and the Stanford Center on Longevity honored former Dean of the School of Medicine Philip Pizzo at a reception on September 18, 2014. Speakers included WSDM Co-Founders and Co-Directors Marcia Stefanick and Lynn Westphal and Professor Laura Carstensen, PhD, Fairleigh Dickinson Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. Click here to read the program.
5th Annual Women's Health Forum: Global Women's Health
It was an afternoon of engaging speakers, panels, and exhibits at WSDM's 5th Annual Women's Health Forum on May 21. Ruth Levine, PhD, Director of the Global Development and Population Program at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, delivered the keynote "Girls Count: A Global Investment & Action Agenda (Start With a Girl)".
The Forum also included panel host Jesse Draper, creator, writer and producer of the Valley Girl Show.
Check out the videos of the presentations and exhibitors on the WSDM Youtube channel and read the Program Guide here.
Basic & Translational Research Symposium: Sex Differences in Immunology March 10, 2014
Our third Annual Basic & Translational Research Symposium was held on Monday, March 10, 2014 at the Clark Center. The symposium featured leading researchers in immunology and sex differences, including Stanford experts, and was well received. Check out the video on the WSDM Youtube channel! Check out the program here.
Dr. Iris Litt: Trailblazer for Gender in Medical Research Event video
Video from our November event honoring Dr. Iris Litt: Trailblazer for Gender in Medical Research, is now available. To watch the full version video of this event click here. For a shorter, 15 minute version featuring Iris Litt only, click here.
1st WSDM Seed Grant Workshop
The WSDM Seed Grant Workshop was held on September 27, 2013. Representatives from almost every department in the School of Medicine presented how their Department’s vision and mission interfaces or overlaps with the Stanford WSDM Center’s vision and mission. The group identified issues and facilitated collaborations regarding sex/gender and women’s health that need more study. See the slideshow.
Fourth Annual Women’s Health Forum
(Inaugural hosting by the Stanford WSDM Center)
at Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford, CA
May 15, 2013
| 1:00 PM | Welcome: Marcia Stefanick, PhD and Lynn Westphal, MD - Stanford WSDM Center Co-Founders & Co-Directors | ||
| 1:15 PM | Keynote: Susan Love, MD (see http://dslrf.org/actwithlove/) A Future Without Breast Cancer: Where Are We and What Can We Do |
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| Please choose A, B, or C concurrent sessions. You may move during the breaks. |
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| 2:00 - 3:00 PM | A. Breast Cancer Moderator: Lynn Westphal, MD Mark Pegram, MD (Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in the Genomic Age Lindsay Beck (Quality of Life Issues for Cancer Survivors) Allison Kurian, MD, MSc (Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: Informing Prevention and Treatment Decisions) |
B. Sleep, Pain, Headaches Moderator: Marcia Stefanick, PhD Rachel Manber, PhD (Sleeping: When and How Much?) Rob Cowan, MD (Headaches Associated With Sexual Activity) Beth Darnall, PhD (Less Pain, Fewer Pills: Optimizing the Mind-Body Connection in Chronic Pain) |
C. Sexuality & Hormones Moderator: Mary Jacobson, MD Leah Millheiser, MD (Improve Your Sexual Function, Improve the Quality of Your Life! Sophia Yen, MD, MPH (Contraceptive Update: EC, IUDs and No More Periods) Mary Jacobson, MD (Innovations in Fibroid Treatment) |
| 3:00 - 3:20 PM | Break: you may move to another session | ||
| 3:20 - 4:00 PM | A. Cancer Survivorship Moderator: Marcia Stefanick, PhD Susan Love (Patient and Doctor’s Experience of Cancer Treatment) David Spiegel, MD (Stress, Support, and Survivorship) |
B. Cardiovascular Health Women’s Heart Health at Stanford Patricia Nguyen, MD Sandra Tsai, MD, MPH Katharine Sears, MD (Don’t Miss a Beat: Heart Healthy Behaviors in a Fast-Paced World) |
C. Skin Care/Dermatology Moderator: Lynn Westphal, MD Susan Swetter, MD (What’s New in Sunscreen and Skin Cancer Prevention) Sam Most, MD (Facial Rejuvenation in 2013 and Beyond) |
| 4:05 - 4:45 PM | A. Breast Cancer Survivors Moderator: Lynn Westphal, MD Irene Wapnir, MD (The Changing Role of Surgery in Breast Cancer) Oxana Palesh, PhD, MPH (Management of Sleep Problems in Cancer) |
B. Diet & Weight Control Moderator: Sun Kim, MD Christopher Gardner, PhD (Battle of the Weight Loss Diets: Is Anyone Winning (at Losing)?) Sun Kim, MS, MD (Why is it so Hard to Lose Weight/) |
C. Lung & Colorectal Cancer Moderator: Marcia Stefanick, PhD Heather Wakelee, MD (Lung Cancer in Women and Never-Smokers: Beyond the Marlboro Man) Uri Ladabaum, MD (Colorectal Cancer Screening & Prevention) |
| 4:45 - 5:00 PM | Performance by Stanford Quartet & Adjourn | ||
Our First Symposium:
Basic & Translational Neuroscience Research Symposium on Sex Differences
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 12 PM
Li Ka Shing Center
| 12 PM | SeXX & SeXY: A Dialogue on the Question of the Female Brain & the Male Brain Louann Brizendine, MD (UCSF) & Daphna Joel, PhD (Tel-Aviv, Israel) |
| 1:30 PM | Welcome Marcia Stefanick, PhD (Stanford) & Lynn Westphal, MD (Stanford) |
| 1:40 PM | The Genetics of Social Behavior: Understanding How We Mate, Fight and Parent Nirao Shah, MD, PhD (UCSF) |
| 2:10 PM | Stem Cells and Reprogramming Into the Neural Lineage Marius Wernig, MD, PhD (Stanford) |
| 2:25 PM | Brain Signatures of Behavioral Sex Differences Russell Fernald, PhD (Stanford) |
| 2:45 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:20 PM | Sex, Brain and Psychopathology Daphna Joel, PhD (Tel Aviv) |
| 3:50 PM | Girls, Boys & Autism Joachim Hallmayer, MD, Dr Med Antonio Hardan, MD (Stanford) |
| 4:05 PM | Sex Differences in Alzheimer's Disease Victor Henderson, MD |
| 4:25 PM | Revisions to the Twentieth Century View of Sex Determination: Lessons from the Study of Sex Differences in Obesity Art Arnold, PhD (UCLA) |
| 4:55 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 5:15 PM | Adjourn |
Pre-Symposium Talk
Tuesday, March 5, 2013: 6 - 7:30 PM
Clark Center Auditorium
The Female Brain & the Male Brain
Louann Brizendine, MD