The MaryFran Sowers Memorial Symposium 2022: Honoring the career of Dr. Siobán Harlow

Thursday May 12, 2022 Keynote: “Women’s Lives, Women’s Health Across the Lifespan” with Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN (Dean & Professor Emerita, Univ. of Washington School of Nursing; Co-Director, de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging)

Since the late 1970s, Dr. Woods has led a sustained program of research in the field of women’s health. Her collaborative research has resulted in an improved understanding of women’s transition to menopause, including physical and emotional factors; has advanced nursing care for mid-life women; and has provided women with a better understanding of their health. In 1989 Dr. Woods helped established the Center for Women’s Health Research at the University of Washington.

With introductions from Dean F. DuBois Bowman, PhD (Dean and Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan); Belinda Needham, PhD, MA (Chair and Associate Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan); and Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, PhD, MPH (Co-director, Center for Midlife Science; John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

Thursday May 12, 2022: Short Talks with Michael Elliott, Kristin Dunkle and Alexis Reeves

• Introduction by Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, PhD, MPH (Co-director, Center for Midlife Science; John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

• “What Makes a Good Collaboration? An Exemplary Example in My Work with Professor Sioban Harlow” with Michael Elliott, PhD (Research Professor, Institute for Social Research; Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

• “From Prevalence to Effective Prevention: Evolution of Epidemiological Research on Gender-based Violence” with Kristin Dunkle, PhD (Chief Specialist Scientist, Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council)

• “Addressing Racially Diverse Trajectories of Health in Women - Methodological Challenges and Implications” with Alexis Reeves, PhD (Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University)

Friday May 13, 2022: NGO and Practice Panel with With Richa Mittal, Alain Mukwege and Lisa Zook

• Introduction by Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, PhD, MPH (Co-director, Center for Midlife Science; John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

• Moderated by Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN (Professor Emerita, University of Washington School of Nursing)

• Richa Mittal, MPH (Senior Director of Agriculture and Supply Chain Innovation, Fair Labor Association)

• Alain Mukwege, MD, MSc (Research Associate, School of Nursing, University of Michigan; Board Member, Panzi Foundation)

• Lisa Zook, MPH (Founder and Director of Research and Impact at Informed International)

Friday May 13, 2022: Research Panel with Hilda García-Pérez, Alexis Handal, Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez and Lynda Lisabeth

• Moderated by Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN (Professor Emerita, University of Washington School of Nursing)

• Hilda García-Pérez, MS, PhD (Researcher and Professor, Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte)

• Alexis J. Handal, PhD, MPH (Associate Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

• Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, PhD, MPH (Co-director, Center for Midlife Science; John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

• Lynda D. Lisabeth, PhD, MPH (Professor, Epidemiology; Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)