9:00 Registration & Coffee Network
Foyer of the Lecture Hall
10:10 Welcoming and Introduction
- Dr. Stefania Del Prete, Prof. Dr. Franziska Trudzinski (Network Gendermedicine Heidelberg)
- Prof. Dr. Christiane Schwieren (Equal Opportunity Office Heidelberg University)
- Dr. Amy Danson (Equal Opportunity Office DKFZ)
10:30 Selected short talks
Chair: Dr. Stefania Del Prete
- “Characterizing sex chromosome dosage differences in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma tumor microenvironment”
Presenter : Conde-Lopez Cristina (DKFZ Heidelberg) - “Cell type-specific mechanisms of hepatic sexual dimorphism”
Presenter: Dr. James P. Cleland (DKFZ/EMBL Heidelberg) - “Sex differences in gene expression across mammalian organ development and evolution”
Presenter: Leticia Rodríguez-Montes (ZMBH Heidelberg) - “X escape genes in female atherosclerosis are linked to smooth muscle cell biology”
Presenter: Anna E Spiering (University Medical Center Utrecht)
11:30 Keynote speaker
Chair: N.N.
- “Sex influences cell-cell interactions in chronic obstructive airway disease”
Dr. Theodore S. Kapellos (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich clinics/Helmholtz Center Munich)
12:15 Lunch break
Foyer of the Lecture Hall
13:15 Selected short talks
Chair: Dr. Ivana Winkler
- “Rodent models of gender-affirming hormone therapies to identify and characterize risks for transgender people”
Presenter: Dr. Francesca Maranghi (Italian National Institute of Health, Rome) - “Testosterone level: an important determinant in Systemic sclerosis”
Presenter: Dr. Valentina Biasin (Medical University of Graz) - “Beyond SABV: Ovarian hormone fluctuations and their role in modulating brain and behavior”
Dr. Ivana Jaric (University of Zurich) - “Vulvodynia at high resolution”
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Valentina Proserpio (University of Turin)
14:15 Keynote speaker
Chair: Prof. Dr. med. Carolin Lerchenmüller
- “Sex and gender differences in metabolic health”
Prof. Dr. Dr. Lia Bally (University Hospital Bern)
15:00 Coffee break
Foyer of the Lecture Hall
15:30 Selected short talks
Chair: Maximilian Joos
- “The role of sex and gender in pancreatic cancer: A focus on surgical outcomes”
Presenter: Dr. Magdalena Holze (Heidelberg University Hospital) - “Sex-dependent variability of isoniazid and rifampicin serum levels in patients with Tuberculosis”
Presenter: Dr. Raja Idris (Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital) - “Differences between men and women in prolonged weaning”
Presenter: Evelyn Röser (Heidelberg University Hospital) - “Potential sex indicators of the COVID-19 vaccination response in healthcare workers: Sex hormones and microRNAs”
Presenter: Dr. Anna Ruggieri (Italian National Institute of Health, Rome)
16:30 Panel Discussion
Chair: PD Dr. Nadia Primc
- “How to integrate Sex and gender aspects in biomedical research and academic curricula?”
Prof. Dr. med. Carolin Lerchenmüller (University Hospital Zurich)
Prof. Dr. Sabine Ludwig (Medical University Innsbruck)
Prof. Dr. Christiane Schwieren (Heidelberg University)
Prof. Dr. Gertraud Stadler (Charité University Medicine Berlin)
Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Wick (University Hospital Heidelberg)
17:30 Concluding remarks
Mix & Mingle: Networking Reception
Foyer of the Lecture Hall
