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Directors     

Marcia Stefanick, PhD
Co-Director
Professor of Medicine (SPRC) and, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Co-Founder, Stanford Women & Sex Differences in Medicine (WSDM) Center
stefanick@stanford.edu            WSDM website: http://wsdm.stanford.edu/

Lynn Westphal, MD
Co-Director
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Co-Founder, Stanford WSDM Center
lynnw@stanford.edu

Paula Hillard, MD
Co-Director
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
phillard@stanford.edu

Administrative Coordinator
Sonoo Thadaney
Managing Director, Stanford WSDM Center
sonoot@stanford.edu

Administrative Contact
Terri Oppelt (“TO”) Preising
Assistant Director, Operations, Stanford WSDM Center
preising@stanford.edu

Objectives and Goals

The Women’s Health and Sex Differences (WHSD) Application area addresses a wide scope of sex/gender-based biology and medical topics, with a focus on health issues that are unique to, or more prevalent or different, in women compared to men. Research on differences due to sex (biology) and/or gender (sociocultural influences), and interactions of sex and gender on biology and health outcomes, is encouraged within each foundation and across all applications.

WHSD students receive training in a model that integrates biomedical and social science, by way of interdisciplinary, collaborative experiences driven from basic, translational, clinical, and population research. This approach transcends the boundaries of medical specialties, in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of health for all women (and men) from conception to old age, with particular interest in reproductive stage transitions, e.g. puberty, pregnancy/postpartum, and menopause.

Requirements

Students must complete 12 total Scholarly Concentration coursework units. Students undertaking both a Foundation Area and an Application Area must complete six units in each.

WHSD students select coursework from the following:

·   MED 240: Sex and Gender in Human Physiology and Disease (2-3 units; Win)

·   OBGYN 256: Current Topics and Controversies in Women's Health (2-3 units; Spr)

·   FAMMED 245: Women and Health Care (McGann Lecture Series) (1 unit; Aut)

·   SOMGEN 237: Health & Medical Impact of Sexual Assault Through the Life Course (1-3 units; Aut)

·   SOMGEN 230: Sexual Function and Diversity in Medical Disciplines (1-2 units; Aut)

·   SOMGEN 206: Global Medical Issues Affecting Women (1 unit; not offered AY17)

·   SOMGEN 257 Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine (1 unit; Spr)

·   OBGYN/PEDS 282: Pregnancy, Birth and Infancy (3 units; Spr)

·   INDE 215:  Queer Medicine (1 unit; Spr)

·   INDE 298: Women's Health Independent Project (1 unit)

Other Medical School courses may qualify with approval of Course Directors, who are also developing new WHSD courses which may be offered as early as Spring 2017.