Sex Differences Across the Lifespan: A Focus on Metabolism
National Conference + Poster Presentations
The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado
September 28-30, 2016
*Note: Schedule is subject to change
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Time
1:00pm – 5:00pm
2:00pm – 5:00pm
6:00pm – 7:00 pm
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Event
Arrival / Conference Check-in
Optional activities
• Group Hike
• Visit to Seven Falls
• Group Yoga
• Golf
Cocktail Reception (Conference Attendees & Community Members)
• 5:45 p.m. – Welcome remarks by Judy Regensteiner, CU School of Medicine
Introductory remarks:
o Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak, CU – Colorado Springs
o Society for Women’s Health Research
Dinner and Program (Conference Attendees & Community Members)
• Speakers:
o Dean John Reilly, CU School of Medicine
o Ginger Graham, MBA – President & CEO, Two Trees Consulting
Thursday, September 29, 2016
6:00am – 7:00am
7:30am – 9:00am
7:30am – 10:00am
Yoga
Community Breakfast Session
7:45 am – 8:45 am - Program
• Wendy Kohrt, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o Is Your Body Changing Without Your Consent? Insights on Menopause-related
Weight Gain
• Ginger Graham, MBA – President & CEO, Two Trees Consulting
o Women’s Health – An Opportunity or an Imperative?
Scientific Session I (20 minute presentations followed by a 15-minute panel discussion)
Topic: What are the pregnancy-related determinants of chronic disease later in life?
Chairs: Yoel Sadovsky, MD and Laura Brown, MD
Speakers:
• Yoel Sadovsky, MD – Magee Women’s Research Institute, UPMC
o The Placenta – at the Heart of a Healthy Start
• Laura Brown, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o Brain versus Brawn: Insights into Fetal Skeletal Muscle Growth
• J Lee Nelson, MD – Univ. of Washington Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
o Microchimerism: Our Natural Immigrants from Pregnancy
• Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD – University of Colorado School of Public Health
o A Lifecourse Approach to Pediatric Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
• Jim Roberts, MD – Magee Women’s Research Institute, UPMC
o Preeclampsia: Acute and Long Term Consequences for Mothers and their Infants
(9:30-10 reserved for 3x5) – 3 researchers, 5 minute data blitz presentation each
Presenters: Kristen Boyle, PhD, Michael Rudolph, PhD, Colleen Julian, PhD
10:00am - 10:15am
Break
Scientific Session II (20 minute presentations followed by a 15-minute panel discussion)
10:15am – 12:45pm
Topic: What effects do life transitions have on the risk for obesity?
Chair: Wendy Kohrt, PhD
Speakers:
• Wendy Kohrt, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o Regulation of Energy Balance by Estrogens
• Deborah J Clegg, PhD – Cedars Sinai Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute
o Estrogens and Cardiometabolic Risk: What is Good for the Goose - Is it All Good
for the Gander?
• Dwight Klemm, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o Do Distinct Adipocyte Populations Explain Age- and Sex-Linked Differences in
Body Fat Distribution and Obesity-related Chronic Disease
• Jed Friedman, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o The Maternal Microbiome and its Impact on the Next Generation
• Michael Jensen, MD – Mayo Clinic
o Sex Differences in Adipose Tissue and Fatty Acid Metabolism
(12:15-12:45 reserved for 3x5) – 3 researchers, 5 minute data blitz presentation each
Presenters: Jacinda Nicklas, MD, Kerrie Moreau, PhD, Melanie Cree Green, MD, PhD
12:45pm – 2:00pm
Lunch and Program
• Nanette Santoro, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o Research Agenda for Women’s Health and Sex Differences in Ob/Gyn
• Nanette Wenger, MD – Emory University
o Transforming Cardiovascular Prevention for Women: Time for the Pygmalion
Construct to End
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Poster Presentation
3:00pm – 3:15pm
Break
Scientific Session III (20 minute presentations followed by a 15-minute panel discussion)
3:15pm – 5:45pm
Topic: What are the sex differences in type 2 diabetes across the lifespan? What are the
implications?
Chair: Jane EB Reusch, MD
Speakers:
• Jane EB Reusch, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o Sex Differences in Type 2 Diabetes across the Lifespan: Role of Lifestyle and
Implications for CVD Outcomes
• Brian Kennedy, PhD – Buck Institute on Aging
o Gender Specificity in the TOR Pathway with Respect to Metabolism and Aging
• Kristen Nadeau, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o Sex Differences in Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes
• Linda R Peterson, MD – Washington University
o Sex, Drugs, Rock ’n’ Roll Obesity/T2DM and the Human Heart
• Sherita Hill-Golden, MD – Johns Hopkins University
o Does Sex Matter? CVD Risk and Outcomes in Women and Men with Diabetes
(5:15-5:45 reserved for 3x5) – 3 researchers, 5 minute data blitz presentation each
Presenters: Amy Huebschmann, MD, Megan Kelsey, MD, Janet Snell Burgeon, PhD
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Networking Reception (for speakers and conference attendees)
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Faculty Dinner for Speakers
• Presentation by Phil Zeitler, MD, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Friday, September 30, 2016
6:00am – 6:45am
Group Exercise – Walk (tentative)
7:00am – 8:00am
Breakfast (vouchers available)
Scientific Session IV (20 minute presentations followed by a 15-minute panel discussion)
8:00am – 9:30am
9:30am – 9:45am
Topic: What is the role of exercise and drug therapy in metabolism and diabetes across the
lifespan?
Chair: Judy Regensteiner, PhD
Speakers:
• Laurie Goodyear PhD – Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard University
o The Effects of Maternal and Paternal Exercise on Offspring Metabolic Health
 Judy Regensteiner, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
o Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Exercise Performance in Type 2 Diabetes
 Marjorie Jenkins, MD – FDA Office on Women’s Health, Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center
o FDA Commitment for Study of Sex Differences in Drug Development: Update for
2016
Break
Scientific Session V (20 minute presentations followed by a 15-minute panel discussion)
9:45am – 11:15am
11:15am – 12pm
Topic: Heart Disease and Sex Differences- the Heart of the Matter
Chair: JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, Vanderbilt University
Speakers:
 Zoltan Arany, MD, PhD- University of Pennsylvania
o Broken Hearts that Men Don’t Get: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and
Preeclampsia
 JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD – Vanderbilt University
o New Insights into Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
 Noel Bairey Merz, MD –Cedars Sinai
o The Case for Gender-Specific Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease
Boxed lunch