Event Description
The Institute for Women's Health and Leadership invites all members of the
Drexel community to a university-wide Sex and Gender Research Forum on Thursday, March 8, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. in Gerri C. LeBow Hall Room 220. This interactive program, held on International Women's Day, will highlight Drexel's interdisciplinary research focused on sex and gender in a local, national, and global context. The event will also include two prominent keynote speakers who will address current sex and gender issues.
Registration will be available in January 2018.
Sponsors to date: Laurencin Family Foundation, Institute for Women's Health
and Leadership, Office of the Provost, DUCOM Office of Research, Office of
International Programs, School of Education, and Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
All Drexel researchers (faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, professional students, postdocs/residents/fellows), who are working on sex
and/or gender-related projects are encouraged to attend and are invited to submit abstracts for presentations at the event.
Presentation options include:
- Research Presentation (10-minute presentation)
- Flash talk (4-minute presentation)
- Virtual poster (Poster to be presented in electronic format; Displayed throughout the day at the event and online during/after the event)
Abstracts (250 words) will be accepted until Monday, December 18, 2017 at 11:59pm. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by mid-January 2018. Registration for the forum will be available in January 2018. Registration is free and will include a light breakfast and lunch. Awards for student submissions will be given.
Please submit abstracts through our submission portal:
https://tinyurl.com/SGRFabstract
For more information, please contact Janine Barber at jkb48@drexel.edu or visit our website (www.drexel.edu/medicine/sgrf).
2018 Steering Committee Members:
Pamela A. Geller, PhD - Chair
Associate Professor of Psychology; and
Research Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn
College of Arts and Sciences
Mary Ebeling, PhD
Director, Women's and Gender Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Kristy Kelly, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
School of Education
Joan Bloch, PhD, CRNP
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Quanrico J. Gibson
Board Member
Helen I. Moorehead-Laurencin, MD Foundation
Lynnezy Laurencin, MD
Board Member
Helen I. Moorehead-Laurencin, MD Foundation
Owen Montgomery, MD
Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department
College of Medicine
Ana Núñez, MD
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
College of Medicine
Kenny Simansky, PhD
Vice Dean for Research; Professor of
Pharmacology
College of Medicine
Joan Weiner, PhD
Professor, Management
LeBow College of Business
Staff Team Members:
Janine Barber, MS
Program Manager, Institute for Women's
Health and Leadership
College of Medicine
Michele Marcolongo, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept of Materials Science
and Engineering
College of Engineering
Vice Provost for Research
Barbara Schindler, MD
Vice Dean Emerita, Educational and Academic
Affairs; Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
College of Medicine
Ellen Staurowsky, EdD
Professor, Sport Management
Center for Hospitality and Sport Management
Lynn Yeakel, MSM
Director, Institute for Women's Health and
Leadership
College of Medicine
Alexa Bonacquisti, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Psychology
Postdoctoral Fellow
College of Arts and Sciences |
