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Upcoming AGT Seminar
Why can't a woman be more like a
man? Sex differences in medicine and health
By
Kathryn Sandberg, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director of the Center for the Study
of Sex
Differences in health, aging and
disease at Georgetown University
7:00 pm, Wednesday,
January 27, 2010
(Preceded by AGT's traditional
buffet available from 6:00 pm)
Small Dining Room
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
The Abstract:
Gender
differences in health and healthcare derive from a variety of differences
between men and women that encompass more than simply hormonal differences. Dr.
Sandberg will examine the causes of gender differences and discuss why these
physiological differences between men and women contribute to why women live
longer than men and why there are remarkable gender differences in disease
incidence, the symptoms of disease and disease severity, our response to
therapeutic treatments and diagnostic methods as well as in the prognosis of a
disease and a patient’s outcome. Gender-specific medicine is the new revolution
in healthcare and Georgetown’s Center for the study of Sex Differences in
health, aging and disease is one of the first of its kind in the world.
Research into sex differences will provide important sources of new information
that will lead to new concepts and consequently, development of novel
diagnostic and therapeutics for disease processes occurring in both men and
women.
The Speaker:
Kathryn Sandberg, Ph.D. is professor of medicine and
director of the Center for the study of Sex Differences in health, aging and
disease at Georgetown University. She
is the first President of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences,
which is a newly formed scientific society that focuses on the biology of sex
differences in health and disease. Dr. Sandberg has published extensively on the
control of blood pressure and the pathology of hypertension and vascular
disease. Her laboratory is particularly interested in why premenopausal females
are protected from renal-cardiovascular disease compared to men and
postmenopausal women. Dr. Sandberg is internationally recognized for her
research, which has been well funded by the National Institutes of Health,
private foundations and from the pharmaceutical industry. She has received
prestigious awards for her work including from the American Heart Association
and the National Kidney Foundation. Dr.
Sandberg serves on the editorial board for several journals including Hypertension and the American Journal of Physiology. She is
also the Section Editor for Sex-based biology in the Journal of Women’s Health and Associate Editor for Gender Medicine.
To Register For This Meeting
To
Register For This Meeting. Please register at the AGT website
(http://www.agovtox.org/) by November 30, 2009. Indicate if you plan to partake
in our gourmet buffet supper (complimentary to AGT members; $10 for non-member
visitors). You are welcome to come early (5:00 - 6:30 pm) and observe the AGT
Council meeting. Bring your colleagues to the talk and introduce them to the
joys of AGT. For additional information contact Sabine Francke, 301-436-1308
*If
you are not a member and wish to eat dinner with us, please bring $10.00 cash
with you to the meeting and pay the AGT Treasurer, Jeff Yourick.
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Location and Security Measures in force on the
NNMC Campus: If driving, you
must enter the Naval Medical Center (NNMC) campus via Center Drive off of
Wisconsin Avenue. When stopped by the guards, indicate that you are attending
the AGT meeting at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
(USUHS). Be prepared to present a photo ID. NNMC is right across the street
from the NIH metro stop (Medical Center, Red Line). After clearing the security
check, turn right at the next road (Palmer Road) and continue back to USUHS,
which is the last large set of buildings on your left. At the end of Palmer, turn
left to enter the underground parking garage. You may park in any garage
parking spot not marked as "reserved." The small dinning room is one
flight up, and may be reached by taking the outdoor stairs to the Courtyard, or
by entering via the security office at the parking garage level.
Additional Security Note: The National Naval Medical Center observes security procedures
appropriate to the threat environment. At a minimum, a valid, unexpired picture
ID will be required. There may be times when two picture IDs will be required,
as well as random interviews and vehicle searches. There may be times when your
name must be registered with NNMC Security to get on the base, so register as
early as you can for each AGT meeting. The base police also are on the lookout
for driving violations. The speed limit on NNMC base is 20 miles per hour - and
is strictly enforced. Be sure to come to a full stop and any pedestrian
crossing with a stop sign. Pedestrians always have the right of way. You should
always stop for pedestrians to cross the street, even at an unmarked crossing.
Directions:
Metro:
Take the Red Line to the Medical Center stop. Once outside, turn around to
cross Rockville Pike and enter the National Naval Medical Center campus. After
showing ID to the guards, turn right to follow Palmer Avenue and walk
approximately 10 minutes to the last large building on the left, which is the
Uniformed Serivces University of the Health Sciences. Proceed left into the
center of the USUHS complex and enter the building on the left to find the
small dining room (beyond the main dining room).
Automobile from downtown Washington, DC: Take Wisconsin Avenue north to Bethesda. Make a
right into the National Naval Medical Center, just after Jones Bridge Road.
Turn right (Palmer Rd) and follow to USUHS. Turn left into USUHS parking garage
at the end of Palmer. DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OF THE
UNIVERSITY!
Automobile from I-495 Virginia: Take 495 towards Rockville. At the I-270/I-495
split, stay to the right on I-495. Take the exit for Rt. 355-Wisconsin
Avenue-Bethesda. Turn left at the 3rd traffic signal - This is the entrance to
National Naval Medical Center. Turn right (Palmer Rd) and follow to USUHS. Turn
left into USUHS parking garage at the end of Palmer. DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OF
THE UNIVERSITY!
Automobile from I-495 P.G. County/Baltimore: Take 495 towards Silver Spring. Exit at Connecticut
Avenue-Chevy Chase. At the bottom of the exit, turn left onto Connecticut
Avenue. Go to the second traffic light, which is Jones Bridge Road, and make a
right. Turn right on Wisconsin Avenue, and take the first right into National
Naval Medical Center. Turn (Palmer Rd) and follow to USUHS. Turn left into
USUHS parking garage at the end of Palmer. DO NOT PARK
IN FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY!
Automobile from I-270: Take I-270 south. Stay to the left at the split,
observe HOV restrictions during rush hour. Exit at Rt. 355-Wisconsin
Avenue-Bethesda (left lane exit). Turn left at the 3rd traffic signal (South
Wood Road- it is 2nd traffic light after Cedar lane) - This is the entrance to
National Naval Medical Center. Turn right (Palmer Rd) (this is the first right
after security check) and follow to USUHS. Turn left and go down into USUHS
parking garage at the end of Palmer (4th Stop sign). DO
NOT PARK IN FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY!
