WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH DAY 2025
April 9th, 2025 1:00-4:30pm at Larrick Student Center
The 19th Annual VCU Women’s Health Research Day was on April 9, 2025 at the Larrick Student Center on the MCV Campus and had a total of 140 participants and 48 posters. This year's symposium was titled Nutrition and Women’s Health.
This symposium featured the following presentations:
Sex-Difference in the Association Between Diet and Dyslipidemia Among Black Americans
Ana Diallo, PhD, MPH, RN | Assistant Professor | Family and Community Health Nursing | School of Nursing | BIRCWH Scholar
Mediterranean Diet and Health Outcomes in Men and Women
Chrisa Arcan, PhD, MPH, MBA, RD | Associate Professor | Epidemiology | School of Public Health
Obesity and Disordered Eating in Adolescents: Opportunities for an Integrated Approach
Melanie Bean, PhD | Associate Professor | Pediatrics| School of Medicine
Risk, Reward, and Decision-Making in Bulimia Nervosa: Mechanistic Insights and Implications
Kelsey Hagan, PhD, LP | Assistant Professor | Psychiatry | School of Medicine | BIRCWH Scholar
Women's Health Research Day Awards
Basic Science Research
Sarah Herz
Evaluation Of The Role Of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor-1 In Aromatase Inhibitor Induced
Hannah Fulenwider
Painful-Like Behavior In Mice effect of chronic adolescent stress and morphine dependence on T cell profile in male and female rats
Clinical & Translational Research
Madison Marcus
Characterization of neurofunctional and inflammatory markers in the context of early life stress among a clinical sample of people maintained on buprenorphine for opioid use disorder
Community and Public Health Research
Marianne Lund
Project Belong: Improving Reentry Outcomes for Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth through Supported Employment and Trauma-Based Care
Innovation and Women's Health Award
Tania Gupta
Hey Chat– What Should I do? Analysis of LLM Responses to Angiographic Emergencies
Aubree Musicant
Generating a TCS Knockout Mutant in Sneathia using Homologous Recombination








