Inaugural "Hot Topics" in Women's Health Research Seminar Series
2021-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
We are thrilled to announce official launch of the WHMC “Hot Topic” Seminar Series, a monthly event curated by the WHMC Planning Commitee and supported by the Center for Women’s Health Research and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. These seminars are designed to bring together clinical and basic science faculty, fellows, residents, postdocs, staff, graduate and medical students, and undergraduates from across UNC, with the intention of building awareness of the broad array of research in the UNC community that intersects with improving women’s health and providing an environment for forming new collaborations and training opportunities for trainees.

Our first seminar will be a joint keynote address by Dr. Wendy Brewster (Director of the Center for Women’s Health Research) and Dr. Russell Broaddus (Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) on October 11th, 2021 from 12-1pm. This keynote seminar will mark the official start of the WHMC with a focus on the current state of women’s health research and the importance of inter- and multi-disciplinary collaborations in advancing research efforts in women’s health. The seminar will include a panel discussion with the speakers to encourage robust discussion with the audience.

This will be a hybrid seminar, with the opportunity to attend either in-person with limited capacity and spaced-out seating in Bondurant G100, or virtually by Zoom (Zoom link here). For those interested in attending in-person, please fill out this Google Form to secure your in-person spot. These seminars are open to everyone, please feel free to share with others that may be interested.

We have also launched our official webpage, where you can find updates and more information about our mission, planning committee, and advisory committee: https://www.med.unc.edu/pathology/mcp/pbts/womens-health-multidisciplinary-consortium/

We are looking forward to your participation in our inaugural seminar series and beyond.

Sincerely,
The WHMC Planning Committee

Jessica Bowser, PhD
Alina Hamilton
Cherise Glodowski
Linnea Olsson
Emma Bouck
Elizabeth Thomas
Misha Fini

Women’s Health Multidisciplinary Consortium
Working together to advance women’s health research through collaboration and early career training
Supported by UNC Center for Women’s Health Research & UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Fall Faculty Seminar Series- Dr. Silvio Antoniak
2021-10-12 12:30 - 13:30 | MacNider 321
Silvio Antoniak, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Virtual Grand Rounds- “Checking for Checkpoint Inhibitor Vulnerability in theGynecologic Tract: Mismatch Repair, PD-L1, and Beyond”-Dr. Anne Mills
2021-10-14 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Anne Mills, M.D.
Associate Professor
Pathology
University of Virginia
Webinar Registration – Zoom

Fall Faculty Seminar Series -Dr. Aadra Bhatt
2021-10-19 12:30 - 13:30 | MacNider 321
Aadra Bhatt, PhD
Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Virtual Grand Rounds-Dr. Sixto Leal
2021-10-21 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Sixto Leal, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Pathology
University of Alabama Birmingham
Webinar Registration – Zoom

Fall Faculty Seminar Series-Dr. Jessica Bowser
2021-10-26 12:30 - 13:30 | MacNider 321
Jessica Bowser, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Virtual Grand Rounds-“Prostate Cancer Diagnostics and Machine Learning”-Dr. Wen-Chi Foo
2021-10-28 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Wen-Chi Foo, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Duke University
Webinar Registration – Zoom

Annual Pathology Research Symposium
2021-11-05 08:30 - 16:30
More information will be available closer to the date, please check back for updates.

Fall Faculty Seminar Series-Dr. Thomas Alexander
2021-11-09 12:30 - 13:30 | MacNider 321
Thomas B. Alexander, MD
Pediatrics

Virtual Grand Rounds - “Outcomes Research”-Dr. Gita Mody
2021-11-11 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Gita Mody, M.D., MPH
Director of Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Webinar Registration – Zoom

Fall Faculty Seminar Series-Dr. Victoria Bae-Jump
2021-11-16 12:30 - 13:30 | MacNider 321
Victoria L. Bae-Jump, MD, PhD
Gynocology Oncology

Virtual Grand Rounds -"Big Results from Small Specimens: Maximizing the Impact of Renal Mass Biopsy for Best Clinical Outcomes”- Dr. Sara Wobker
2021-11-18 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Sara Wobker, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Webinar Registration – Zoom

2021 Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture
2021-11-18 16:00 - 17:00
Craig Fletcher, DVM, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine, Assistant Dean of Animal Research Resources, and Associate Vice Chancellor of Research, will deliver this year’s Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture.
Please mark your calendars for the lecture, which will be held virtually on Thursday, November 18th. The event will open at 3:45 p.m. with the lecture scheduled to commence at 4:00 p.m.
More details are available here. We hope you’ll make plans to join this exciting event.

About the Berryhill Lecture:
The Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture began in 1985. Established to honor the medical school’s “most able scientists and scholars,” the lectureship is named after the late Norma Berryhill, whose late husband, Dr. Walter Reece Berryhill, was dean of the school from 1941 to 1964. Along with her husband, she is considered the co-founder of UNC’s four-year School of Medicine. While honoring an eminent member of the School of Medicine faculty, the Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture series serves as an occasion to welcome new faculty members in an academic convocation and to further the sense of community created and nurtured by Mrs. Berryhill.

Fall Faculty Seminar Series-Dr. Gaorav Gupta
2021-11-30 12:30 - 13:30 | MacNider 321
Gaorav P. Gupta, MD, PhD
Radiation Oncology, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Virtual Grand Rounds
2021-12-02 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Bernard Weissman, Ph.D.
Professor, Diversity Liason
Pathology, LCCC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Webinar Registration – Zoom

Fall Faculty Seminar Series-Dr. Jason Merker
2021-12-07 12:30 - 13:30 | MacNider 321
Jason D. Merker, MD, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine & Genetics
Molecular Oncology/Molecular Pathology

Virtual Grand Rounds-“Molecular Programming of T Cell Function during Infection and Cancer”- Dr. Justin Milner
2021-12-09 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Justin Milner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Webinar Registration – Zoom

Fall Faculty Seminar Series-Dr. Robert Maile
2021-12-14 12:30 - 13:30 | MacNider 321
Robert Maile, PhD
Microbiology and Immunology

Pathology Grand Rounds-"The Unique Pathobiology of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) with Trisomy 12" -Dr. Lynn Abruzzo
2022-01-20 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Lynne Abruzzo, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Cytogenetics,
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

WHMC Spring Seminar Series - "Viruses and Pregnancy: Covid, Zika, and Beyond"
2022-01-20 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Announcement from WHMC:

Our first seminar, Viruses and Pregnancy: Covid, Zika, and Beyond, will be Thursday, January 20, 2022, 11am – 12pm. We are honored to have speaking Dr. Lisa Rahangdale (Associate Professor, OBGYN), Dr. Anne Lyerly (Associate Professor, Social Medicine), and Ms. Rebecca Casazza (PhD Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology Program).

The January seminar will be a Zoom only event (Zoom details below). Future seminars will be a hybrid format, with opportunity to attend either in-person with limited capacity and spaced-out seating, or virtually by Zoom.

Starting with the February seminar, we will host a 30-minute post-seminar discussion and meet and greet for any individuals wishing to engage further with the speakers and seminar discussions or network with other WHMC members.

We look forward to seeing you January 20th!

WHMC Planning Committee

Jessica Bowser, Director
Cherise Glodowski, Co-founder
Alina Hamilton, Co-founder
Amy Amuquandoh
Linnea Olsson
Elizabeth Thomas
Emma Bouck
Sarah Silver
Misha Fini

Women‘s Health Multidisciplinary Consortium
Working together to advance women‘s health research through collaboration and early career training
Supported by UNC Center for Women‘s Health Research & UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Pathology Grand Rounds-"Global Pathology and Cancer Training at UNC"- Dr. Yuri Fedoriw
2022-01-27 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Yuri Fedoriw, M.D.
Labcorp Distinguished Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pathology Grand Rounds-"Two Tales of Transformation: When Small B-cell Lymphomas Become Aggressive" - Dr. Amir Behdad
2022-02-03 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Amir Behdad, MD, MBA
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology| Department of Medicine
Northwestern University

Doctoral Dissertation Defense-"Mouse Models of Oral Cancer"- Bethany Brown
2022-02-07 12:00 - 14:00
This seminar is based upon the doctoral dissertation of Bethany Brown under the direction of Dr. Scott Williams.

Doctoral Dissertation Defense-"The Landscape of Immune Microenvironments in Racially Diverse Breast Cancer Patients"- Alina Hamilton
2022-02-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
This seminar is based upon the doctoral dissertation of Alina Hamilton under the direction of Drs. Melissa Troester and Katie Hoadley.
(This event is password protected, please check your email announcement for the password or contact Angel Truesdale angel_truesdale@med.unc.edu)

Doctoral Dissertation Defense-"Advancing Targeted Therapy for SHH Medulloblastoma by Addressing Resistance Mechanisms"-Taylor Dismuke
2022-02-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
This seminar is based upon the doctoral dissertation of Taylor Dismuke under the direction of Dr. Timothy Gershon

Pathology Grand Rounds- Dr. Eric Hsi
2022-02-17 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Eric Hsi, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
Wake Forest University

WHMC Spring Seminar Series - "Contraception: Beyond the Pill"
2022-02-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Our February Hot Topic Seminar on Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 will focus on “Contraception: Beyond the Pill” with talks from Dr. Bianca Allison, MD MPH (Assistant Professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine), Dr. Bhwana Shrestha, PhD (Scientist I, BioAgiltix), and Emma Bouck (PhD Candidate, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine).

This will be a hybrid seminar, with the option to join on Zoom (details below) or in-person in Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB) G-0202 (large room with plenty of space for social distancing). There will be an optional 30 minute Post-Seminar Discussion and Meet & Greet in the lobby of MBRB to give audience members with a collective interest in women’s health the opportunity to meet and further discuss current topics with the speakers and each other.

Pathology Grand Rounds-"Urothelial Carcinoma: Histopathologic Correlates of Ontogenesis"-Dr. Priti Lal
2022-02-24 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Priti Lal, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Pennsylvania

Pathology Grand Rounds - "Antiviral Therapy: Towards the Personal and the Precise"-Dr. Craig Cameron
2022-03-03 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Craig Cameron, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair
Microbiology and Immunology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pathology Grand Rounds - "EBV Viral Pathogen and Lympoid Disorders-Current Efforts at Duke University" - Dr. Ken Young
2022-03-10 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom
Ken Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
Duke University
