Education
Led by Co-Directors Marcia Stefanick, PhD and Lynn Westphal, MD, with support from Managing Director Sonoo Thadaney, the Stanford WSDM Center is committed to enhancing education in the area of health research on biological sex differences and women's health.
EDUCATION GOALS
- Mainstream women’s health, biology of sex differences that influence health, and gender medicine curriculum throughout the continuum of education at the University.
- Organize Workshops (and offer consultations) on sex and gender and women’s health issues in conjunction with WSDM Seed Grants, to educate faculty within School of Medicine Departments (and Divisions), Institutes, and Centers and Programs across the University about WSDM goals.
- Create new courses that fill “unmet educational needs” for medical students and undergraduates.
- Foster and develop curricula for community-based education programs in our primary mission areas.
The Stanford WSDM Center meets its educational goals via its Scholarly Application, courses, three annual Symposia, and the Fall Seed Grant Workshop:
- Winter
Quarter: Basic and Translational Research on Sex Differences Symposium
- » Past Symposium: June 2010 featured representatives from all 5 Stanford Institutes of Medicine; February 2012 focused on Cardiovascular Disease/Health
- March 2013 focused on Neuroscience
- March 2014 focused on Immunology, Autoimmune, and Infectious Diseases
- March 2015 focused on Cancer
- March 2016 will focus on Cardiology
- Spring Annual Women’s Health Forums
- May 2013 Women’s Health Forum - (Fourth Annual)
- May 2014 Women's Health Forum -(Fifth Annual)
- May 2015 Women's Health Forum- (Sixth Annual)
- Collaborative Fall Symposia with Campus Partners
- Fall 2014 event with the Stanford Center on Longevity honored former Dean of the Stanford School of Medicine, Philip A. Pizzo
- Fall 2013 event with the Michele Clayman Institute on Gender Research focusing on the work and achievements of Iris Litt and the Iris Litt Clayman Faculty Fellows
- » Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
- » Emeritus Faculty, Academic Council, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
- » We will honor her work and the ripple effect it has had through her Iris Litt Fellows, in partnership with the Clayman Institute
Fall Seed Grant Workshops feature representatives from every Department of School of Medicine
