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Moderator: Kirtly Parker-Jones, MDDate: 5/16/2024Brief Description: A three-presentation panel on intersections between environment and mental and physical health followed by a Q&A session with all presenters.Keywords/Main Subjects: Environmental health, mental health, suicide, altitude, depression, anxiety, air pollution, cancerCopyright: copyright Kirtly Parker-Jones, Emily DiBlasi, Shami Kanekar, & Anne Kirchhoff ©2024 First Presentation: Clinical and environmental risk factors in suicide deaths …

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Moderator: Diana Brixner, PhD, Professor, Department of PharmacotherapyDate: 5/16/2024Brief Description: A three-presentation panel on pharmacogenomics testing for medication sensitivities followed by a short Q&A session.Keywords/Main Subjects: Pharmacogenomics, testing, medication sensitivities, research, gendered effects, drug outcomesCopyright: copyright Diana Brixner, Joseph Rower, & Ryan Nelson ©2024 First Presentation: Pharmacogenomics tests that are being done on our patients for understanding their medication …

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Presenter: Kary Woodruff, PhD, RDN, CSSD, Assistant Professor-Department of Nutrition and Intregrative PhysiologyDate: 5/16/2024Brief Description: Discusses weight bias in healthcare, including effectiveness of dieting practices, impact of weight stigma, weight-based discrimination, and a weight-inclusive approach to patient care.Keywords/Main Subjects: Weight bias, dieting, harms of dieting, weight stigma, weight-based discrimination, weight-inclusive healthcare, Health at Every Size (HAES)Copyright: copyright Kary Woodruff ©2024

Presenter: Nicole Mihalopoulos MD, MPH, Chief, Adolescent MedicineDate: 5/16/2024Brief Description: Discusses recent legislative updates regarding transgender health, including hate crime laws, conversion therapy bans, and access to trans healthcare across the United States.Keywords/Main Subjects: Transgender health, legislation, hate crime, conversion therapy ban, transgender healthcare accessCopyright: copyright Nicole Mihalopoulos ©2024

Presenter: Jessica Sanders, PhD, Director of Research-Division of Family Planning Department of OB/GYNDate: 5/16/2024Brief Description: Discusses updates in the reproductive justice sphere since the prior symposium in 2023, including but not limited to abortion access post-Roe, emergency contraception access, and family planning services access.Keywords/Main Subjects: Reproductive justice, emergency contraception, family planning, abortion, abortion access, Roe vs. Wade, Dobbs, post-Roe …

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