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Overview
On October 14–16, 2009, the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) is convening the fourth in a series of public hearings and scientific workshops to update the Women’s Health Research Agenda at the NIH for the coming decade. The meeting is cohosted by the ORWH, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The ideas and recommendations emerging from this conference and other
regional conferences will help inform future women’s health research priorities
at the NIH.
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Focus areas for discussion at this workshop:
- Under-Studied and Under-Represented Populations
- Clinical and Translational Research
- New Technologies — Bioengineering — Imaging
- Genetics — Epigenetics
- Sex Hormones and Disease
- Neuroscience
- Women in Science Careers
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Wednesday, October 14
The Public Hearing will take place at the Feinberg School of Medicine
Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center
Room 1-129
303 E. Superior
Chicago, IL 60611
Thursday and Friday, October 15-16
The Meetings will take place at –
Northwestern University
Thorne Auditorium, inside of the Arthur Rubloff Building
375 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Working Groups will be held at –
Wieboldt Hall
339 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
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