THRIVING IN UNCERTAINTY: Meeting Women Where They Are in Every Life Stage   

THRIVING IN UNCERTAINTY: Meeting Women Where They Are in Every Life Stage   

Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026  
Venue: Moran Eye Center – 1st Floor Auditorium and Atrium 

There is no fee to attend.  

This year’s symposium will convene researchers, clinicians, educators, and students to examine how biological sex and lived experience shape health outcomes for women at every life stage. We will highlight research, innovative scholarship and initiatives that address sex differences and the complex factors influencing women’s health.  

Featured Morning Session: Sex as a Biological Variable in Research  
This session focuses on the scientific, methodological, and translational implications of integrating sex as a biological variable across research domains. 

Our morning keynote speaker is:  

Jennifer C. Sullivan, PhD, FAHA, Dean of the Graduate School, Regents Professor of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University 

The afternoon clinical session tackles controversial topics that are affecting women’s health across the lifespan. 

Featuring keynote speaker: C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Preventive Cardiac Center Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. 

Participants will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues across disciplines, foster new collaborations, and advance critical conversations that strengthen women’s health research, education, and practice.  

Please REGISTER HERE.   Registration is required for all attendees, even those planning to attend only part of the program.  

POSTER SESSION  

We are pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts (due March 23) and welcome submissions representing all domains of health, including: Emotional, Environmental, Financial, Intellectual, Physical, Social, and Spiritual.

Please share this call with your colleagues and students whose work aligns with these areas, and the theme of the symposium. We look forward to a diverse and thought-provoking range of submissions.