Women’s Health Research Day 2024
Women’s Health Research Day 2024
On April 17, 2024, the Center for Research on Women and Gender along with the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Cancer Center at University of Illinois Chicago hosted its 6th annual Women’s Health Research Day. The event featured two keynote speakers, Dr. Oluwadamilola Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS, FACS of the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Joanna Burdette, PhD of the University of Illinois - Chicago. Dr. Fayanju presented a talk entitled Breast Cancer Disparities: Why Doing Better Is the Only Option. Dr. Burdette presented a talk entitled Using Organ on Chip to Study Pathogenesis of Ovarian Cancer from the Fallopian Tube.
In addition to the keynote speakers, students and faculty were invited to submit abstracts for a chance to be selected to deliver an oral abstract at the event and to present a poster regarding their research. 39 abstracts were presented and all submissions were invited to present posters at the event symposium.
Two students were chosen to present their abstracts to attendees, Emma Lee, PhDc and Philippa Burns, MSc. Anita Waye and Mariam Hassan were recognized for their outstanding poster presentations.