Breast Cancer Risk and Assessment and Prevention in the Era of Precision Medicine

Presenter: Lisa Larkin, MD, FACP, NCMP, IF, Founder and President of Concierge Medicine of Cincinnati, Founder and CEO of Ms. Medicine, President of The Menopause Society
Date: 5/16/2024
Brief Description: Discusses breast cancer epidemiology, risk factors, and a practical approach to identifying women at high risk for breast cancer due to both genetic and non-genetic causes in clinical practice, including risk assessment tools and programs, enhanced screening, and the future of risk assessment.
Keywords/Main Subjects: Precision medicine, breast cancer, breast cancer screening, epidemiology, risk assessment, chemoprevention
Copyright: copyright Lisa Larkin ©2024

Gendered Experiences of Climate Grief Amongst Undergraduate University Students at an R1 University

Presenter: Adrienne Cachelin, PhD, Director-SPARC Environmental Justice Lab & Jennifer Follstad Shah, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Society and Sustainability
Date: 5/16/2024
Brief Description: Discusses research on gendered experiences of climate grief and the student experience of climate realities among undergraduate students at the University of Utah.
Keywords/Main Subjects: Environmental health, grief
Copyright: copyright Adrienne Cachelin and Jennifer Follstad Shah ©2024

Putting the Mouth Back into the Body: Oral Health in Relation to Overall Health

Presenter: Brenda Heaton, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Health Services Research Associate Dean for Research – School of Dentistry
Date: 5/16/2024
Brief Description: Discusses the separation of oral health from other healthcare in the United States, its consequences, inequities, and gendered effects.
Keywords/Main Subjects: Oral health, health equity, utilization of care, periodontal disease, oral health disparity
Copyright: copyright Brenda Heaton ©2024

EnvironMENTAL Panel Discussion

Moderator: Kirtly Parker-Jones, MD
Date: 5/16/2024
Brief 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, cancer
Copyright: copyright Kirtly Parker-Jones, Emily DiBlasi, Shami Kanekar, & Anne Kirchhoff ©2024

First Presentation: Clinical and environmental risk factors in suicide deaths in Utah women
Presenter: Emily DiBlasi, PhD, Research Instructor-Department of Psychiatry and HMHI
Timestamp: 1:24

Second Presentation: Altitude as a risk factor for depression and anxiety
Presenter: Shami Kanekar, PhD, Research Assistant Professor-Department of Psychiatry and HMHI
Timestamp: 8:46

Third Presentation: Air pollution and cancer survivor outcomes
Presenter: Anne Kirchhoff, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Timestamp: 21:33

Panel Discussion Timestamp: 28:34

Panel Discussion (Session 2)

Moderator: Diana Brixner, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy
Date: 5/16/2024
Brief 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 outcomes
Copyright: copyright Diana Brixner, Joseph Rower, & Ryan Nelson ©2024

First Presentation: Pharmacogenomics tests that are being done on our patients for understanding their medication sensitivities
Presenter:  Diana Brixner, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy
Timestamp: 2:23

Second Presentation: What the test is doing and why it matters, particularly in women’s health
Presenter: Joseph Rower, PhD, Research Assistant Professor-Pharmacology and Toxicology
Timestamp: 9:29

Third Presentation: How the results can impact drug outcomes in women’s health and then operationally how tests are ordered, results delivered and interpreted
Presenter: Ryan Nelson, PharmD, Medical Director-Precision Medicine ARUP Laboratories
Timestamp: 18:38

Short Q&A Timestamp: 26:42

Weight Bias: Providing weight-neutral care in healthcare

Presenter: Kary Woodruff, PhD, RDN, CSSD, Assistant Professor-Department of Nutrition and Intregrative Physiology
Date: 5/16/2024
Brief 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

Transgender Health: Legislative Updates

Presenter: Nicole Mihalopoulos MD, MPH, Chief, Adolescent Medicine
Date: 5/16/2024
Brief 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 access
Copyright: copyright Nicole Mihalopoulos ©2024

Poster Session 2024

Full Poster Session Playlist

Visualizing Relationships Between Air Pollution Exposure and Small for Gestational Age Infants presented by Brenna Kelly

A clinical empathy toolkit for providers to engage patients in discussions regarding race-based disparities affecting BIPOC pregnant and birthing people presented by Cristi Creal, DNP, CNM, University of Utah College of Nursing

Developing a Menopausal Transition Health Promotion Intervention with Indigenous, Integrative, and Biomedical Health Education: A Community-Based Approach with Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Women  presented by: Leslie Crandall

Sex-Based Differences in Drug Interaction Fatalities- An Analysis of the FDA’s FAERS Database presented by Ainhoa Gomez-Lumbreras

Expanding Access to Contraceptive Services in a Family Medicine Residency Clinic -The Rapid Access to Contraception (RAC) Clinic Model  presented by Scott Hall, MD, University of Utah

Endometriosis typology and hyperlipidemia: Findings from the ARCHES retrospective cohort study presented by Karen Schliep, PhD, MSPH. First author: Rachel Myrer

Endometriosis and hypertriglyceridemia, why we care about severity and typology? presented by Emmanuel Adediran, University of Utah Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

Housing at moderate altitude induces depressive, anxiety and cognitive symptoms in a rodent model, with females particularly vulnerable presented by Shami Kanekar, University of Utah/Psychiatry, HMHI

Policing the Campus: University of Utah Student and Faculty Satisfaction with Campus Police presented by Ermiya Fanaeian, University of Utah, Department of Political Science

Weight Causal Explanations and Verbal Abusive Behaviors Among Latinas in Utah presented by Ivette Lopez and Prudvi Marneedi

How Employers Can Support Women at Work- Lessons From University Staff During and Since the COVID-19 Pandemic presented by Rebekah Clark and Kari Pedersen, University of Utah, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health

Reproductive Justice Updates

Presenter: Jessica Sanders, PhD, Director of Research-Division of Family Planning Department of OB/GYN
Date: 5/16/2024
Brief 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 vs. Wade
Copyright: copyright Jessica Sanders ©2024

Women’s Health in the Cross Hairs | May 16, 2024