Building from Within: Leveraging internal expertise and building institutional capacity for women’s health research

SHERA: Scientific Hub for Empowering Research on female health Advancement

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Building from Within
Leveraging internal expertise and building institutional capacity for women’s health research

Thursday, January 25 • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Health Sciences Innovation Building Forum

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The goal of this workshop is to leverage local expertise, identify shared priorities, engage university stakeholders, and build capacity at the University of Arizona to advance research on women’s health. This workshop will serve as a springboard for the creation of institutional infrastructure, the Scientific Hub for Empowering Research on female health Advancement (SHERA). Activities will include plenary sessions by nationally-recognized keynote speakers, participant data blitz presentations, inter-active priority setting sessions, and networking opportunities.

Additional details forthcoming including opportunities to participate and an exciting announcement of our distinguished keynote speaker!

Keynote Speakers

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Digna Velez Edwards, PhD, MS
Division Director, Quantitative Sciences
Director, Women's Health Research
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Principal Investigator, BIRCWH program at Vanderbilt UMC

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Sally Radovick, MD
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute Professor, Pediatrics
Medical Director, Clinical and Translational Research Center
Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences

SHERA Executive Committee:
Alicia Allen, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, College of Medicine – Tucson
Elise Erickson, PhD, CNM, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Leslie Farland, ScD, MSc, Associate Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD, Professor, College of Medicine – Phoenix