The Center for Research In Reproduction and Women’s Health Inaugural Symposium was held Friday 10/14 in Detroit, MI and was a great success by many measures. We convened in person to learn of the diverse research topics that spanned the continuum of women’s health. We saw our unique strength of discovery across the boundaries of molecular, cell, epidemiology, public health sciences and clinical services to investigate pressing women’s health challenges. We learned the early benefits our internal funding of pilot projects that have already resulted in NIH grant submissions.
We are grateful to Drs. Chandler, Wagenka, planning committee, Debra Moore and Chris Biehn for the just outstanding symposium. I believe the symposium gave us all an appreciation for the potential of our Center’s meaningful contributions to science, research training and clinical translation. To advance our vision and potential we will continue to advance the Centers administrative, infrastructure, and clinical practice alignment through our growing collaborations and leadership in the coming year. Below is a draft of our Symposium participant photo.
1st and 2nd place cutting edge short talk winners:
1st place - Quality improvement - the key to serving our community by Dr. Nicolina Smith, Henry Ford Hospital MFM Fellow.
2nd place - Chromatin regulation of endometrial cancer metabolism by Shannon Harkins, MSU Genetics and Genome Sciences Ph.D. student.