When: Thursday, October 27, 2011
Where: Drexel University College of Medicine
New College Building, Geary Auditorium (ground floor)
245 N. 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Program:
8:00 AM Registration
8:45 AM Opening Remarks
9:15 AM “Evaluation of hormonal sex differentiation of the brain and its impact on health outcomes”
Rebecca Jordan-Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s Studies, Barnard College
10:00 AM The Doris Willig, M.D. Lecture: "Neuroplasticity and children’s gender development”
Lise Eliot, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School
10:45 AM Break (15 min)
11:00 AM “Gender and autism”
Sylvie Goldman, Ph.D., Developmental Psychologist, Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
AND
“The impact of hormones on brain and behavior”
Donald Pfaff, Ph.D., Professor, Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University
12:30 PM Lunch (provided)
2:00 PM Poster Session of Sex and Gender Research at Drexel
4:00 PM Adjourn
Marion Spencer Fay Award Lecture immediately follows in Geary Auditorium. To attend the lecture, email Janine Barber at jbarber@drexelmed.edu.
Accreditation Statement
Drexel University College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement: The Drexel University College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AOA: This program is eligible for 3 credits in Category 2A of the American Osteopathic Association.
For more information, please contact Shani Risien-Harvey at srisienh@drexelmed.edu or 215-762-1257.
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