EmpowerUS Gulf South Women’s Health Symposium

Location

Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Tidewater Auditorium
1440 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

12:30 – 1 p.m. 
Registration & Networking

1 – 1:10 p.m.
Introduction & Welcome
Lee Hamm, MD, Senior Vice President and Dean of the Tulane School of Medicine, The James R. Doty Distinguished Professorship & Chair, Co-Director, Tulane Institute for Physician Scientists

1:10 – 1:45 p.m.
Keynote
Candice Price, PhD, Co-Scientific Program Lead for the Maternal health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Community Implementation Program (IMPROVE-CIP)

1:45 – 2 p.m. 
Break

2 – 3:15 p.m.
Session Name Pending
Moderator: Sharon Courtney

The Heart of the Matter: Women and Cardiovascular Disease
M. (Tonette) Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Jack Aron Endowed Chair in Primary Care Medicine, Director, Center for Health Outcomes, Implementation and Community Engaged Science, Co-Director, Center of Excellence in Sex Based Precision Medicine, Associate Provost, Tulane University, School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Unlocking Secrets: How Your Genes Reveal Pregnancy Risks in Moms with High Blood Pressure
Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Access and Engagement, Epidemiology, University of Alabama Birmingham

Eat for You, Not for Two: From Louisiana Discoveries of Pregnancy to the National Stage
Leanne Redman, MS, PhD – LPFA Endowed Fellowship, Associate Executive Director for Scientific Education, Director Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Professor Reproductive Endocrinology & Women’s Health, Pennington Biomedical Center

3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Break

3:30 – 5 p.m.
Navigating Menopause: Understanding Health Risks and Disease Complications
Moderator: James Zanewicz 

Menopause. If It’s Not Your Problem, It Will Be!
Heddwen Brooks, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine

Can Estrogen Keep Our Brains Young?
Jill Daniel, PhD, Gary P. Dohanich Professor in Brain Science, Tulane University School of Science and Engineering

Urine Trouble: Recurrent UTIs After Menopause
Allyson Shea, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama 

Roundtable Q&A

Location

New Orleans BioInnovation Center
1441 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

5:30 – 7 p.m. 
Reception at New Orleans BioInnovation Center

Location

Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Tidewater Auditorium
1440 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

8 – 8:30 a.m. 
Registration & Networking

8:30 – 9:40 a.m.
New Developments in Pre-eclampsia and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Moderator: Lorena Amaral, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Preeclampsia: A Crisis in Need of a Cure
Denise Cornelius, PhD, Associate Professor and the Director of Pre-Clinical Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

Seeing Beyond the Surface: How Cutting-Edge Acoustic Imaging Could Revolutionize Pregnancy Care
Carolyn Bayer, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University School of Science and Engineering

Tackling obesity in PCOS: Why are we failing?
Licy Yanes Cardozo, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Opportunities and Challenges in PCOS Care during Adolescence: Q&A by Dr. Tracy Roth and Dr. Yanes Cardozo
Tracy Roth, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Alabama
Licy Yanes Cardozo, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Mississippi Medical Center

9:40 – 11 a.m.
Social and Structural Factors that Impact Women’s Health
Moderator: Patricia Molina, MD, PhD, Richard Ashman, PhD Professor and Department Head of Physiology and Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, LSUHSC- New Orleans

Social Landscapes, Alcohol, and Health: Exploring the Environmental Impact on Vulnerable Populations
Tekeda Ferguson, PhD, MSPH, MPH, CHES, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, LSUHSC School of Public Health New Orleans

Alcohol-Related Health Problems: Are Women Catching Up with Men?
Scott Edwards, PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience, LSUHSC-New Orleans

Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Reimagining Care for Perinatal Substance Use Disorders
Julianna Finelli, MD, Medical Advisor Louisiana Provider to Provider Consultation Line (PPCL), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Tulane University School of Medicine

Assessing Prenatal and Early Childhood Social and Environmental Determinants of Health in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study
Lea G. Yerby, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Population Health, College of Community Health Sciences, the University of Alabama

11 – 11:45 a.m.
Federal Policy Around Women’s Health Virtual Roundtable
Moderator: Julie S. Stokes, CPA, CEO, Flame Consulting, LLC, CFO, Stokes & Associates, Inc., Founder & Pres/CEO, Ellevate Louisiana, Advocacy Director, Louisiana Oncology Society, Founder, Survivors Cancer Action Network
Panel:
Congresswoman Julia Letlow (R-LA)
Senator Katie Britt (R-AL)

11:45 a.m. – noon
Break

noon – 12:30 p.m.
Closing Keynote
Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH, FACOG
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Nest Health