Women’s Global Health Institute
DLR 444, Purdue University
207 S. Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1971
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Andrea Estelle (Sunghee) Park Biomedical Engineering |
Craig Goergen Biomedical Engineering |
Ulrike Dydak Health Sciences |
Patricia Wolf Nutrition Science |
Matthew Olson Biological Scienes |
Viju Vijayan Pillai Anatomic Pathology |
The playlist of the entire symposium
Selected talks:
Opening Remarks -- Aaron Bowman, Dean of College of Health and Human Sciences and Professor of Health Sciences, Purdue University
Keynote: "Scientific Discoveries Leading to the First FDA-Approved Medications for Postpartum Depression" --Kristina Deligiannidis, Director, Women’s Behavioral Health, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health and Professor, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health
"Navigating the Journey: Leadership, Well-being, and Giving Grace in the Workplace"-- Rebecca Doerge, Provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with Dorothy Teegarden, Professor of Nutrition Science and Director of Women's Global Health Institute, Purdue University
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This award is given for outstanding mentorship in the development of successful nutrition science investigators. Dr. Teegarden is one of three Purdue Nutrition Science faculty who were recognized with prestigious awards from ASN during the annual meeting. |
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Ulrike Dydak, professor of health sciences in the Purdue University School of Health Sciences, Associate Director of the Women's Global Health Institute, is the recipient of the 2024 Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award.
Established in 2018, the award is presented annually to a female faculty member in the College of Health and Human Sciences who is interested in developing her leadershipskills. The award provides up to $5,000 to cover the cost of participation in courses, conferences, workshops, institutes or other leadership opportunities that promote the development of faculty leaders.
The general health of both women and girls does not garner the societal attention and awareness that it needs,
especially when compared to more widely discussed diseases. Key challenges include sex-specific biological
differences, socioeconomic disparities, and the underrepresentation of women in research. Prevention research is
underfunded compared to disease treatments, leaving a critical gap in improving globe health outcomes for
women. Recognizing this pressing need, Purdue University launched the WGHI in 2012 with a bold vision to shift
the research focus from treatment to prevention. Since then, the WGHI has been focusing on raising global
awareness of women's health issues at the nexus of partnerships, research, and training. Our mission is
increasingly vital as understanding of sex differences and women's health complexities grows. This importance is
reinforced by the recent White House Initiative on Women's Health, urging more focused research in these areas.
We'd love to hear from you and discuss how we can promote and support your work on women's health and sex differences. Please click here to send us the information (requires a description of ~2-3 lines of your current or future work) and we will follow up with you.
