Sex, Gender, Health: An Interdisciplinary Perspectives Symposium

Friday, March 1, 2013 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo South Campus

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Coffee and refreshments 9:00 a.m. Welcome by Glenna Bett, UB Assoc. Professor of Gynecology-Obstetrics; Deputy Director of the Gender Institute Session Chair: Joan Baizer, UB Assoc. Professor of Physiology

Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health; UB Clinical Assoc. Professor of Pediatrics The Significance of Sex in Sexually Transmitted Infections Robert Genco, Co-Director of the Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center; UB Distinguished Professor of Oral Biology and Microbiology; Vice Provost, Office of Science, Technology Transfer & Economic Outreach Sex Differences in Oral Health and Systemic Disease Michael Rembis, UB Asst. Professor of History; Director of the Center for Disability Studies Assessing Healthcare: What Your Doctor Probably Forgot to Mention 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 a.m. Session Chair: Toni Pressley-Sanon, UB Asst. Professor of Transnational Studies Kim Griswold, UB Associate Professor of Family Medicine & Psychiatry Gender-Based Violence and Refugee Women Mary Travers Murphy, Executive Director, Family Justice Center Domestic Violence and Abuse and the Unique Family Justice Center 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (served on site) 1:30 p.m. Session Chair: Jordann Loehr, Asst. Professor of Gynecology-Obstetrics Suzanne Tomkins, UB Clinical Professor of Law; Director of the Women, Children, and Social Justice Clinic Overcoming Barriers: Protecting Pets of Victims of Domestic Violence Susan Mangold, UB Professor of Law; Co-Director of the Family Law Program Community-Based Participatory Research: A Study of the Relationship between Sources and Types of Funding and Mental Health Outcomes for Children in Foster Care in Ohio 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break 3:00 p.m. Session Chair: Theresa Yera, UB C-STEP Student Stella King, UB Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Substance Abuse in Women Lucinda Finley, UB Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Frank Raichle Professor of Law Gender and Health: Legal Implications

4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks by Dr. Glenna Bett

This symposium, sponsored by UB’s Gender Institute, is the inaugural event in our new Sex, Gender, Health Initiative.

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