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EVENT

OSSD 2018 Annual Meeting “Sex as a Biological Variable Across the Lifespan” April 30 – May 3, 2018 Atlanta, GA, USA

Preliminary Program



MONDAY, APRIL 30

11:00 am – 5:00 pm REGISTRATION

1:00 pm – 2:45 pm SESSIONS 1 and 2

Session 1: Sex differences at the electrophysiological level: A focus on the limbic system Chair: Lisa Briand, PhD, Temple University Speakers: John Meitzen, PhD, North Carolina State University Dean Kirson, PhD, The Scripps Research Institute Helen Scharfman, PhD, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

Session 2: Sex Differences in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Chairs: Andrew Pekosz, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Sabra Klein, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Speakers: TBA

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm BREAK

3:00 pm – 4:45 pm SESSIONS 3 and 4

Session 3: Neurocircuitry and neuroplasticity over the lifespan: Sex-specific trajectories mean timing is everything Chair: Heather Brenhouse, PhD, Northeastern University Speakers: Jennifer Honeycutt, PhD, Northeastern University Cynthia Kuhn, PhD, Duke University Rebecca Shansky, PhD, Northeastern University Pavel Osten, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Session 4: Sex-specific outcomes of environmental chemical exposures Chair: John Meitzen, PhD, North Carolina State University Speakers: Emily Barrett, PhD, Rutgers University Heather Stapleton, PhD, Duke University Heather Patisaul, PhD, North Carolina State University Staci Bilbo, PhD, Harvard Medical School

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm OPENING REMARKS

5:00 pm – 6:15 pm KEYNOTE LECTURE: Nirao Shah, PhD, Stanford University

6:15 pm – 8:15 pm OPENING RECEPTION and POSTER SESSION 1