Scholarly Concentration: Women's Health & Sex Differences
Visit our website: http://wsdm.stanford.edu/
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.
The Stanford Women and Sex Differences in Medicine (WSDM) Center mission: advancing human health across the lifespan through research and education in women’s health, biology of sex differences, and gender medicine. See: WSDM website: http://wsdm.stanford.edu/
Directed by WHSD application co-director, Stefanick, the Stanford WSDM Center serves as the administrative home of the medical school’s WHSD application.
Launched in January 2013, the Stanford WSDM Center has an extensive network of School of Medicine (SoM) and Stanford University faculty partners, including an Advisory Board of ~25 faculty leaders who conduct diverse WSDM-related basic, clinical, and population health research (http://wsdm.stanford.edu).
Annual WSDM symposia include: Basic &Translational Research on Sex Differences in specified disciplines (e.g. Cardiovascular Health and Disease, 2016); the Women’s Health Forum track of Health Matters Community Health Day 2016; Fall WSDM Seed Grant Workshops and symposia featuring pioneers in Sex and Gender research, education and/or clinical practice.
Recent WH(SD) Projects (Students Matriculated 2007-present)
*WHSD projects can be built on any of the current foundations
STUDENT |
MENTOR |
MENTOR DEPARTMENT |
STUDENT SC |
PROJECT TITLE |
Bahm, Sarah |
Magnus, David |
Pediatrics |
BEMH |
Current trends in Posthumous Sperm Procurement Protocols |
Bell, Katherine |
Zaroff, Larry |
Anesthesia |
BEMH |
Undiagnosed: a personal memoir on living with a mystery illness |
Chu, Jacqueline |
Levy, Ronald |
Medicine (Oncology) |
CR |
Does tumor vaccination delay need for conventional therapy for follicular lymphoma? |
Eisenhut, Robin |
Stafford, Randall |
Medicine (SPRC) |
HSPR |
Systematic assessment of adverse events associated with off-label use of human recombinant factor VIIa |
Goldner, Joshua |
Tremmel, Jennifer |
Medicine- (Cardiovascular) |
CR |
The effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on angina symptoms, vascular function, and heart rate variability in women with non-obstructive coronary artery disease |
Lewis, Jessica |
El-Sayed, Yassar |
Ob-Gyn |
CR |
Continuous glucose monitoring of pregnant women receiving betamethasone therapy |
McClellan, Mary |
Katzenstein, David |
Medicine |
CH |
Sexually-transmitted infection symptoms, sexual risk behavior and condom use among young adults in Zimbabwe |
Ransohoff, Katherine |
Tang, Jean (Stefanick, M.) |
Dermatology (Med-SPRC) |
BEMH |
Building a gene-environment model of vitamin D status and its risk with colon and breast cancer risk in the Women's Health Initiative |
Roosen-Runge, Megan |
Mangus, David |
Pediatrics |
BEMH |
Physician communication, content and style in the pediatric intensive care setting |
Schoen, Lucy |
Westphal, Lynn |
Og-Gyn |
CR |
Reproductive Factors and Postmenopausal Cognition as assessed by Modified Mini-Mental Status (WHI project) |
Smith, Kierann |
Fredericson, Michael |
Orthopedic Surgery |
BENG |
Identifying modifiable risk factors for injury in distance runners |
Visit our website: http://wsdm.stanford.edu/
Scholarly Concentrations & the MD Program
The Scholarly Concentration (SC) program is a required, structured program of study in the Medical Student Curriculum that promotes in-depth learning and scholarship. The SC's provide medical students with faculty-mentored scholarly experiences in areas of individual interest combined with structured coursework to support this scholarship.