Women’s Global Health Institute
DLR 444, Purdue University
207 S. Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1971
Join us for a dynamic workshop featuring short talks and interactive breakout sessions focused on advancing women's health research.
Agenda
| 2:30 PM | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 2:40 PM | Short Talks (see featured speakers) |
| 3:55 PM | Intermission |
| 4:00 PM | Breakout Sessions |
| 5:00 PM | Conclusion |
WGHI Interview Series: Leading the Way -- 6:30 PM EST, Nov 11, 2024
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Women's Health Research Symposium -- March 3, 2025
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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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Matthew ScarpelliAssistant Professor Project title: “Improving Breast Cancer Radiotherapy by Theragnostic Targeting of Tumor-Supporting Macrophages" (click for details) |
Women's Health Research Grant Awardees: (click for details)
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Andrea Pires dos Santos Vet Clinical Pathology |
Susan South Psychological Sciences |
Wendy Koss Animal Behavior |
Laura Murray-Klob Nutrition Science |
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 pelvic exam. If you’ve ever had one, you’re probably already wincing. It might be considered a routine medical procedure, but for most of us, it is anything from unpleasant to traumatic.
In Exposed, noted historian Wendy Kline uncovers the procedure’s fascinating―and often disturbing―history. From gynecological research on enslaved women’s bodies to nonconsensual practice on anesthetized patients, the pelvic exam as we know it today carries the burden of its sordid past. Its story is one of pain and pleasure, life-saving discoveries and heartbreaking encounters, questionable procedures and triumphant breakthroughs. Drawing on previously unpublished archival sources, along with interviews with patients, providers, and activists, Kline traces key moments and movements in gynecological history, from the surgeons of the nineteenth century to the OB/GYNs of today.
This powerful book reminds us that the pelvic exam is has never been “just” a medical procedure, and that we can no longer afford to let the pelvic exam remain unexamined.
Author Angie Klink seeks funding to publish her manuscript Purdue’s Female Founders: The Untold History. The book reveals for the first time in one volume the fortitude and achievements of the twentieth-century foremothers of Purdue University. This engaging book is a collection of profiles on female faculty who shaped Purdue University from its beginning in the late 1800s through the twentieth century.
Read about Purdue women who pioneered teaching and research; established departments, schools, and colleges; and blazed paths where only men trod. Compelling stories in this 350 to 450-page book celebrate women in art, science, nutrition, literature, nursing, speech, engineering, fashion design and textiles, home economics, family life, psychology, agriculture, health and kinesiology, management, and more. Purdue’s Female Founders covers 125 years of Purdue history told through the female lens. Click to see more details of the book.
If you'd like to support the publication of this book, please click here to give! The goal is to raise publication costs of $40,000.
"Beyond the X and Y: Gender Biology and Women's Health" -- Paula Johnson, a cardiologist and the President of Wellesley College and Karen Plaut, the Executive Vice President for Research of Purdue University
The playlist of the entire event
Selected talks:
Opening Remarks -- Daniel DeLaurentis, Vice President for Research Institutes and Centers of Purdue Discovery Park District, and Kei Hui, the Purdue First Lady
Keynote: "Breast Cancer Screening -- New Ways of Thinking" -- Christiane Kuhl, Chair of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Aachen RWTH, Director of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
The health of women and girls is of particular concern as a result of gender-related biological differences, socioeconomic status, and disparities in research involving women participants. At Purdue University, we deliver solutions through research and training that address these challenges, both nationally and internationally, through our work at the Women’s Global Health Institute (WGHI). The institute combines strong technology, engineering, natural and social sciences, and is a hub for interdisciplinary research.
The institute aspires to deliver meaningful solutions to the challenges in women’s health by securing partnerships and support for research and training from government, private foundations, and corporate companies.
Our Women's Health Research Grant Program supports outstanding researchers in women's health. Here are the recent awardees.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.
