Tandra Giles knows how to take your vitals. She understands how cancer survivors can have children after chemo. She even knows how to preserve sperm.
Is she a doctor? Nope. Try high school senior.
The Center for Reproductive Science welcomes:
Nick Webster, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
"Integration of Signaling by the Pituitary Gonadotrope"
Wednesday, March 10th 4:00 pm
Pancoe Abbott Auditorium Evanston Campus *
This year's symposium, titled: "The X Factor: Women of Biology and the Biology of Women" will feature speakers from all over North America. For more information on the symposium, please go to the symposium website.
Sirius Radio's Doctor Channel hosted Marybeth Gerrity, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Oncofertility Consortium® on its Oncology program on February 24, 2010. The 90 minute program was focused on oncofertility and featured Dr. Gerrity, Nicole Noyes, MD of NYU, Lindsay Nohr Beck of Fertile Hope and LIVESTRONG and Johnny Immermann of Immermann's Angels. There was a wide ranging discussion of the importance of fertility preservation for young cancer survivors including call ins from listeners.
Neena Schwartz, PhD, professor at Northwestern University, will be holding a book signing to celebrate the publication of her autobiography "A Lab of My Own". Dr. Schwartz has been a pioneer for women in science, and the autobiography tells the compelling story of her life in science, her dedication to mentorship, and overcoming gender disparity in the sciences to be a world renowned researcher and educator.
The book signing will be held Sunday March 7 at 4:30 PM at Women and Children First bookstore, 5233 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL.
On Friday, Feb 12, 2010, Dr. Gerrity will give a talk titled Fertility Preservation in Patients with Chronic and Heritable Diseases and Cancer at the Advances in Molecular Genetics: From the Laboratory to Clinical Practice symposium. The symposium is presented by the Genetic Task Force of Illinois and The Illinois Department of Public Health.
Dr. Gerrity will be speaking from 1:00 - 2:00 PM at Prentice Women's Hospital, 3rd Floor, Conference Room L. The address is 250 East Superior Ave, Chicago, IL 60611.
On February 10, 2010, Dr. Teresa Woodruff will travel to the medical school at Johns Hopkins University to meet with staff and deliver a grand rounds lecture on Oncofertility.
On February 4, Dr. Woodruff travels to Little Rock, AK to deliver the Whitney Lecture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science.
Join Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, Feinberg School of Medicine, for a discussion about the preservation of fertility options for young people with cancer. Cancer is now a disease with a variety of treatment options, which are leading to longer and more productive lives by survivors. Globally, there are 10 million people diagnosed with cancer. 10% of these newly diagnosed men and women are under the age of 45 years old. Infertility can be a consequence of many of the more aggressive chemo- and radiation therapies that prolong and save lives. Effective fertility-extending options can be provided to young women undergoing life-preserving cancer treatment. The purpose of Dr. Woodruff's work is to bring physicians, medical ethicists, social scientists and basic scientists together to develop new strategies for fertility preservation for female cancer survivors under the new discipline of oncofertility. A reception with Dr. Woodruff, hosted by the NUCATS Institute, will immediately follow the lecture. Dr. Woodruff is the Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Fertility Preservation, Director, The Oncofertility Consortium and Executive Director, Institute for Women’s Health Research.
About the Dean's Grand Challenge Lecture Series in Medicine and Engineering The 2009-2010 inaugural season spans topics ranging from neurobiology and nanomechanics, to cell-based therapies for heart disease to oncofertility and more. The series is free and open to all members of the Northwestern community. Events will take place on the Chicago and Evanston campuses, and will include a lecture, Q&A and post-event reception hosted by the NUCATS Institute intended to further collaborative discussions. Learn more about this event here:
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