WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH DAY 2025

April 9th, 2025 1:00-4:30pm at Larrick Student Center

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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