What a Difference an X Makes: The State of Women's Health

描述(由申请人提供)：摘要：本申请请求部分支持将于2013年7月18-19日在华盛顿特区举行的第四届年度“一个X带来怎样的不同”会议。SWHR的“X带来多么大的变化：妇女的健康状况”会议的目的是提高人们对性别差异在各种疾病和疾病中的重要性的认识，这些疾病和状况对男性和女性都有影响。“X带来怎样的改变”会议为SWHR提供了一个机会，提醒利益相关者了解影响健康和疾病的男性和女性之间的生物差异的重要性。这次会议面向来自不同学术机构的研究人员、临床医生和相关医疗保健专业人员、患者权益团体、联邦机构雇员、制药业代表、媒体记者和科学作家等多学科的受众。今年的会议“X带来多么大的变化：妇女的健康状况”将就压力、性健康、心理健康和营养/肥胖在慢性疾病的发展、维持和结果中的作用提供专家的跨学科观点，如心血管疾病、肌肉骨骼疾病、自身免疫性疾病和乳腺癌。这次会议将汇集来自不同学术机构、患者权益团体、联邦机构雇员、制药业代表和媒体的研究人员、临床医生和相关医疗保健专业人员的多学科观众。会议的主要目标是召集一个跨学科的专家小组，讨论压力、性健康、心理健康和营养/肥胖等“热门”主题如何影响慢性病。为期两天的会议由开幕词和闭幕词、两个主旨演讲和四个会议组成，每个会议由两个小组讨论组成。此外，我们预计将提交大约30份新调查人员的海报。会议主题将包括：1)压力生物学：小组成员将描述炎症的生物学机制，炎症和压力的性别差异，炎症和压力在慢性病发展中的作用，以及打破压力/慢性病联系的可能干预措施；2)一生中的性健康：小组成员将描述激素使用的风险/好处以及性传播感染的终生后果；3)女性大脑：小组成员将演示心理健康、药物依赖和疼痛因素如何在女性慢性病管理中发挥作用；4)营养与肥胖：小组成员将讨论饮食、食品添加剂和肥胖在慢性病中的作用。这次会议的规模(约160人)和组织方式为建立联系和互动讨论提供了极好的机会。请拨资金以帮助抵消演讲者的旅费。年度会议计划，包括演讲者和海报摘要，将在SWHR网站(www.swhr.org)上免费提供。SWHR将组织这一活动，并请求制药和生物技术行业以及私人基金会提供支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): ABSTRACT: This application requests partial support for the Fourth Annual "What a Difference an X Makes Conference" to be held July 18-19, 2013 in Washington, DC. SWHR's "What a Difference an X Makes: The State of Women's Health" conferences are designed to raise awareness about the importance of sex differences in various diseases and conditions that affect both men and women. The "What a Difference an X Makes Conference" gives SWHR an opportunity to remind stakeholders of the importance of understanding biological differences between men and women that affect health and disease. The conference is geared towards a multidisciplinary audience of researchers, clinicians and allied health care professionals from various academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, federal agency employees, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, media reporters, and science writers, etc. This year's meeting, "What a Difference an X Makes: The State of Women's Health," will provide expert, interdisciplinary perspectives on the role of stress, sexual health, mental health and nutrition/obesity on the development, maintenance, and outcome of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disease, autoimmune disease and breast cancer. This conference will bring together a multidisciplinary audience of researchers, clinicians and allied health care professionals from various academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, federal agency employees, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, and media. The primary goal of the meeting is to bring an interdisciplinary group of experts together to discuss how the "hot" themes of stress, sexual health, mental health and nutrition/obesity influence chronic diseases. The two-day meeting consists of opening and closing remarks, two keynote addresses and four sessions, each composed of two panel discussions. In addition, we anticipate presenting approximately 30 posters from new investigators. The session topics will include, 1) The Biology of Stress: Panelists will describe the biological mechanisms of inflammation, sex differences in inflammation and stress, the roll of inflammation and stress in the development of chronic disease and possible interventions to break the stress/chronic disease link; 2) Sexual Health Across Her Lifespan : Panelists will describe the risks/benefits of hormone use and the lifelong consequences of STIs; 3) The Female Brain: Panelists will demonstrate how mental health, drug dependence, and pain factor into the management of chronic diseases in women; 4) Nutrition and Obesity: Panelists will address the role of diet, food additives and obesity in chronic diseases. The size (about 160) and the organization of this meeting provide an excellent opportunity for networking and interactive discussions. Funds are requested to help offset speaker travel. The annual meeting program, including speaker and poster abstracts, will be made freely available on the SWHR website (www.swhr.org). SWHR will organize this event and is requesting support from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, as well as from private foundations.