Education
Our First Symposium:
Basic & Translational Neuroscience Research Symposium on Sex Differences
Noon - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Li Ka Shing Center
Noon: SeXX & SeXY: a Dialogue on the Question of the Female Brain & the Male Brain
Louann Brizendine, M.D., UCSF + Daphna Joel, Ph.D., Tel-Aviv, Israel
1:30 PM Welcome
Marcia Stefanick, Ph.D.
Lynn Westphal, M.D., Stanford
1:40 PM The Genetics of Social Behavior: Understanding How We Mate, Fight and Parent
Nirao Shah, M.D, Ph.D., UCSF
2:10 PM Stem Cells and Reprogramming Into the Neural Lineage
Marius Wernig, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford
2:25 PM Brain Signatures of Behavioral Sex Differences
Russell Fernald, Ph.D., Stanford
2:45 PM Panel Discussion
3:00-3:15 PM Break
3:20 PM Sex, Brain and Psychopathology
Daphna Joel, Ph.D., Tel Aviv
3:50 PM Girls, Boys & Autism
Joachim Hallmayer, M.D., Dr Med.
Antonio Hardan, M.D., Stanford
4:05 PM Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease
Victor Henderson, M.D., Stanford
4:25 PM Revisions to the 20th Century View of Sex Determination: Lessons from the Study of Sex Differences in Obesity
Art Arnold, Ph.D., UCLA
4:55 PM Panel Discussion
5:15 PM ADJOURN
PreSymposium Talk:
Tuesday, March 5th - 6:00-7:30 P.M.
Clark Center Auditorium
The Female Brain and the Male Brain
Louann Brizendine, M.D.
RSVP for March 5 and March 6: https://tinyurl.com/Women-Sex-Differences-Mar-2013
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Also, save the date for our Fourth Annual Women's Health Forum for Wednesday afternoon, May 15. Our keynote speaker will be Susan Love, M.D., author of Susan Love's Breast Book (5th edition!)
We will provide more details later.
