MASS AWIS 2024 OPEN HOUSE
Tue, Nov 12
|Koch Institute, MIT
FREE. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Our OPEN HOUSE at Koch Institute Galleries, MIT includes a keynote talk by Dr. Jill Goldstein, committee booths, networking events, food, headshots and lots more.
Time & Location
Nov 12, 2024, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Koch Institute, MIT, 500 Main St Building 76, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
About the event
That time of the year has come again! Join us on November 12th, starting at 5:30 PM for our MASS AWIS OPEN HOUSE at Koch Institute Galleries, MIT. It is a great opportunity to get to know MASS AWIS while networking with like-minded individuals.
The event is free and open for everyone who is interested in MASS AWIS or reunion with friends or colleagues.
We will have Dr. Jill Goldstein as our keynote speaker (bio can be found below), networking activities, professional headshots by Deborah, info booths of MASS AWIS Committees, swag, refreshments, and lots more!
Agenda
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Registration and MASS AWIS Committee Tables OPEN (KI Lobby and Galleries)
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Keynote Speech by Dr. Jill Goldstein (KI Luria Auditorium)
"Following Detours, Curiosity & Persistence to Academic Survival and Satisfaction: One Woman's Journey through Science and Medicine"
6:45 PM - 8:00 PM Professional Headshots by Deborah Karson (KI Lobby)
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Closing Speech and Raffle Winners Announcement (KI Lobby)
Speaker Bio
Jill M. Goldstein, Ph.D., M.P.H. is Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Founder and Executive Director, Innovation Center on Sex Differences in Medicine (ICON-✘) (http://icon.mgh.harvard.edu) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and the Helen T. Moerschner Endowed MGH Research Institute Chair in Women’s Health. She is a clinical neuroscientist and expert in understanding sex differences in disorders of the brain and their co-occurrence with general medicine, such as cardiovascular disease. Her program of research (funded by NIH for > 30 years) called Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory of Sex Differences in the Brain (http://cnl-sd.mgh.harvard.edu), consists of an interdisciplinary team integrating brain imaging, physiology, neuroendocrinology, genetics/genomics/transcriptomics, immunology, and collaborations with basic scientists. The studies take a lifespan approach, beginning in prenatal development, to understanding the causes of sex differences in the comorbidity of depression, cardiometabolic diseases, and Alzheimer’s disease. She has published > 200 original reports and chapters, received numerous awards to support the work, served on
scientific advisory boards for women’s health, brain health, and Alzheimer’s disease, and participated in strategic planning for the NIH and National Academy of Medicine. She spent her career at Harvard training the next generation in women’s health/sex differences in medicine, particularly women in STEM, including leading for > 19 years an ORWH Harvard-wide K12 junior faculty training program on building interdisciplinary careers in women’s health. In 2018, she launched ICON-✘ at MGH whose mission is to enhance discoveries about sex differences in medicine and incorporate them into developing novel sex-selective diagnostic tools and therapies. In 2020, ICON-✘ was designated an NIH Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex Differences in Medicine, one of only 11 in the U.S.
Dr. Goldstein with present her keynote talk on "Following Detours, Curiosity & Persistence to Academic Survival and Satisfaction: One Woman's Journey through Science and Medicine"
Stop by the LK Sweet Art booth to learn about the molecular properties of isomalt – a compound disaccharide derived from sugar beets – and to view a science-themed isomalt sculpture that was created by edible artist Linda Khachadurian. Attendees will also have a chance to interact with the isomalt and watch final flourishes being added to the artwork.