Location
Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Tidewater Auditorium
1440 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration & Networking
Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tidewater Auditorium
1440 Canal Street
8:30 am – 9:45 am
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, FAHA, Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, 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, Director of Women’s Health Research Center, Departments 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, Director of Women’s Health Research Center, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Mississippi Medical Center
9:45 am – 11:15 am
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, 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
11:15 am – 11:45 am
From the Frontlines: Addressing Women’s Health Challenges in our Cities
Moderator: Julie Stokes, CPA, CEO, Flame Consulting, LLC, CFO, Stokes & Associates, Inc., Founder & President/CEO, Ellevate Louisiana, Advocacy Director, Louisiana Oncology Society, Founder, Survivors Cancer Action Network
Jennifer Avegno, MD, Director, City of New Orleans Health Department
11:45 pm – 12:00 pm
BREAK
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Keynote – Designed by Us, for Us
Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH, FACOG
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Nest Health; Former Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health
