Register now for the Women’s Brain Health Conference May 11-12, 2020

The Women’s Health Research Cluster is pleased to announce the ‘Women’s Brain Health Conference,’ which will take place on May 11th -12th, 2020, at the University of British Columbia’s Robert Lee Alumni Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Women’s Brain Health Conference will feature expert speakers who will address a variety of women’s brain health issues and highlight topics such as hormone therapy, mental and cognitive health, menopause, pregnancy, metabolism, and traumatic brain injury.

 

Keynote Speaker: Carol Tavris, Ph.D.

Carol Tavris, Ph.D., is a social psychologist and writer. Her latest book, with oncologist Dr. Avrum Bluming, is Estrogen Matters, a critical assessment of the science and politics of taking hormones at menopause. She is also co-author, with Elliot Aronson, of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts (just out in an updated edition). Her other best-known books include Anger: The misunderstood emotion and The Mismeasure of Woman. Carol has given distinguished lectureships, workshops, and keynote addresses to students, clinicians, psychologists, lawyers, physicians, and general audiences around the world, as well as writing articles, op-eds, and book reviews, on a wide array of topics in psychological science, with a focus on gender and feminism. She writes a column, “The Gadfly,” for Skeptic magazine. A Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, she has received numerous awards for her efforts to promote science and skepticism, including an award from the Center for Inquiry’s Independent Investigations Group; an honorary doctorate from Simmons College for her work promoting critical thinking and gender equity; the Bertrand Russell Distinguished Scholar, Foundation for Critical Thinking, Sonoma State; and the Media Achievement Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.


Early Bird Registration Rate is available until March 10!

For more information on the program, speakers and how to register, please visit the conference website.

Abstracts submission is now open and will close February 29, 2020. 

Submissions are welcome for poster presentations, the hot topics session and/or the young investigators symposium. Please click here for more information.

If you have any questions , please do not hesitate to contact us at womenshealth.res@ubc.ca