Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Annual Meeting

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Description of Event

2026-03-18T21:00:00Z 2026-03-18T12:00:00Z Event Information

BIRCWH is an institutional mentored career-development program designed to connect junior faculty, known as BIRCWH Scholars, to senior faculty mentors.

The BIRCWH Annual Meeting is a gathering of senior and junior faculty that provides an opportunity to network and share scientific advances.

2025_BIRCWH_Event-Speakers_flyer_012026_508c.pdf (508.85 KB)

Agenda

2025-BIRCWH-Program-Booklet_508c.pdf (1.03 MB)

Time	Session	Location
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Registration & Networking	Auditorium
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	BIRCWH Abstracts/Posters Discussion and Networking	Atrium
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Closed Executive PI SessionBIRCWH PI Photograph immediately after the meeting	Room D
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	BIRCWH Scholar and ICO Mentors Meet-and-Greet	Room F/G
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.	Welcome from ORWHJanine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO NIH Associate Director for Women's Health Research Director, Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)Xenia T. Tigno, Ph.D. Associate Director for Careers, ORWH	Auditorium
1:15 p.m.	Introduction of Keynote Speaker Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO	Auditorium
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Keynote Address: Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lectureship Marie (Tonette) Krousel-Wood M.D., M.S.P.H Professor of Medicine and the Jack Aron Endowed Chair in Primary Care Medicine at the Tulane School of Medicine; Professor of Epidemiology at the Tulane Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Principal Investigator / Research Director of Tulane BIRCWH Program; Associate Director of Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Precision Medicine	Auditorium
2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.	Introduction of the 2024 BIRCWH ScholarsMarquitta White, Ph.D. BIRCWH Program Officer, ORWH	Auditorium
2:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.	2025 BIRCWH Scholars — Podium Presentations
Sex disparities in adaptive and innate immune cells and kidney function in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)Shannon Sullivan, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)PIs: Sharon S. Allen, M.D., Ph.D.; Kristen Mark, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Bharat Thyagarajan, M.D., Ph.D
Cardiac Output is Longitudinally Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid Beta-Amyloid, a Core Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker, in Women but not MenAmalia Peterson, M.D. (Vanderbilt University)PIs: DignaR. Velez Edwards, M.D.; Amy S. Major, Ph.D.
Sex-Specific Prediction of 1-Year Medication Non-Adherence Using Machine Learning: Analysis of Medicare Fee-for-Service Schemic Stroke Survivors Hend Mansoor, Pharm.D. (University of Kentucky)PIs: Thomas E. Curry, Ph.D., Ann L. Coker, Ph.D., M.P.H
3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.	BIRCWH Evaluation PresentationBenjamin Johns, Ph.D.
3:40 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.	Break and Networking Opportunity
4:10 p.m.	Introduction of Keynote SpeakerXenia T. Tigno, Ph.D.	Auditorium
4:10 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.	Legacy of Leadership Lectureship Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., M.P.H. Chief Scientific Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges	Auditorium
4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks for the Plenary SessionMarquitta White, Ph.D.
5:00 p.m.	Meeting Adjourned

Image	Marie (Tonette) Krousel-Wood M.D., M.S.P.H Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lectureship Keynote Lecture Speaker Professor of Medicine and the Jack Aron Endowed Chair in Primary Care Medicine at the Tulane School of Medicine; Professor of Epidemiology at the Tulane Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Principal Investigator / Research Director of Tulane BIRCWH Program; Associate Director of Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Precision Medicine
Image	Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., M.P.H. Legacy of Leadership Lecture Speaker Chief Scientific Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Image	Hend Mansoor, Pharm.D. 2025 BIRCWH Scholar, Podium Presentation Assistant Professor in Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Image	Amalia Peterson, M.D., M.S. 2025 BIRCWH Scholar, Podium Presentation Assistant Professor of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Image	Shannon Sullivan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S. 2025 BIRCWH Scholar, Podium Presentation Assistant Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School

Abstracts from the 25th Annual BIRCWH Meeting have been published in the Journal of Women’s Health

2025-abstracts-from-the-nih-office-of-research-on-women-s-health-2025-annual-bircwh-meeting-building-interdisciplinary_508c.pdf (1.17 MB)

Citation: Abstracts from the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health 2025
Annual BIRCWH Meeting: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's
Health November 4, 2025. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Oct;34(10):e1290e1313. doi: 10.1177/15409996251365000. PMID: 41055550.

Hotel Recommendations

For individuals attending this event in-person and seeking local lodging, ORWH recommends that attendees consider the following nearby hotels.

The Bethesdan Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
8120 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 652-2000

Hyatt Regency Bethesda
7400 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-1234

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