WHRD 2024 Abstracts

Women's Health Research Day 2024 Award Winners

Basic Science Research: Hannah Fulenwider for her work titled Chronic Adolescent Stress Attenuates Morphine-induced Antinociception and Central Amygdala Activity in Adult Male and Female Rats

Clinical & Translational Research:  Kelsey Hagan for her work titled Deciphering the Neurocomputational Underpinnings of Risk-Taking in Women with Bulimia Nervosa: Preliminary Results and Future Directions

Community & Public Health Research: Tara Horan for her work titled Maternal Depression Screening in a Community Health Center

Building Bridges in Interdisciplinary Women’s Health Research Award: Lisa Brown her work titled Perinatal Cannabis Use in a U.S. Sample of Postpartum Women: Characteristics, Risks, and Prevention

The Elizabeth Fries Young Investigator Award was given to Hannah Fulenwider. 

Conference proceedings

The 2024 Women’s Health Research Day highlighted cutting edge research in the areas of health, technology, and innovation.

Dr. Barbara Boyan began conference proceedings with her presentation Women’s Health, Technology, and Innovation - An Overview. Claire Gill followed Dr. Boyan with her talk Innovations in Osteoporosis Screening and Treatment. Dr. Linda Burkett then presented Looking Beyond the Bladder: Innovation in Female Incontinence. Following Dr. Burkett, Dr. Jessie Oldham shared her presentation Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Injury Risk Following Concussion: Innovative Assessments and Future Directions. The formal speaking portion of the conference ended with a panel discussion and audience question and answer portion.