| Week |
Topic & Lecturer |
| 1 |
Mechanistic Bases of Gender-Specific Medicine
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Sex differences in endocrinology
Darren Roesch, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sex differences in genetics
Ali Hassan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
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| 2 |
History of the Study of Sex Differences
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The past, present and future of sex-specific medicine|
Kathryn Sandberg, PhD, Director of the CSD & Professor of Medicine and Physiology
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Sex Differences in Neuroscience
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Sex differences in brain and behavior
Michael T. Ullman, PhD, Co-Director of the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition & Associate Professor of Neuroscience
1 page paper outline due to roeschd@georgetown.edu
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| 3 |
Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Function and Disease
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Sex differences in cardiovascular function
Ana Paula Dantas, PhD, Director of Vascular Biology, CSD & Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sex differences in cardiovascular disease
Ana Paula Dantas, PhD, Director of Vascular Biology, CSD & Assistant Professor of Medicine
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| 4 |
Sex Differences in Renal Function and Disease
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Sex differences in renal function
Carolyn A. Ecelbarger, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sex differences in renal disease
Carolyn A. Ecelbarger, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
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| 5 |
Sex Differences in Nutrition and Metabolism
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Sex differences in energy requirements and eating disorders
Carolyn A. Ecelbarger, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sex differences in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
Carolyn A. Ecelbarger, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
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| 6 |
Mid-term Exam
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Review
Midterm Exam
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| 7 |
Sex Differences in Pulmonology and Gastroenterology
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Sex differences in pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology
Donald Massaro, MD, Professor of Medicine
Sex differences in the physiology and pathophysiology of the gastro-intestinal system
Lopa Mishra, MD, Professor and Director of Cancer Genetics, GI/Developmental Biology & Distinguished Professor of Surgical Sciences
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| 8 |
Sex Differences in Developmental Psychology
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Sex differences child behavior and child/parent relationships
Robin Gaines Lanzi, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Human Science
Sex differences in emergence of language and cognitive skills
Sharon Ramey, PhD, Director of the Center for Health and Education & Susan H. Mayer Professor of Child and Family Studies
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| 9 |
Sex Differences in Psychiatry
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Sex differences in psychiatric disorders
Mary Ann Dutton, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry
Sex differences in psychopharmacology
Wendy Hookman, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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| 10 |
Sex Differences in Reproductive Biology
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Fertility, infertility, and contraception
Offie Soldin, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
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Sex Differences in Oncology
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Sex differences in the expression and treatment of cancers
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| 11 |
Sex Differences in Infectious Disease
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Sex differences in the anatomy and physiology of infectious disease and bacterial infections
Michael F. Cole, BDS, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Sex differences in HIV and other viral infections
Mary A. Young, MD, Director of the Women’s Interagency HIV Study & Assistant Professor of Medicine
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| 12 |
Sex Differences in Immunology
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Sexual dimorphism and the immune system
Maja A. Maric, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
No Class – Thanksgiving Holiday
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| 13 |
Sex Differences in Aging
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Questions surrounding hormone replacement therapy
Ana Paula Dantas, PhD, Director of Vascular Biology, CSD & Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sex differences in aging-associated pathophysiology of the central nervous system
Paul S. Aisen, MD, Professor of Neurology and Medicine
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| 14 |
Sex Differences in the Skeletal System
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Sex-based skeletal differences
Julianna Barsony, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine
Papers Due
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| 15 |
Final Exam |
