Lecture Archives

A monthly lecture series sponsored by the Deborah E. Powell Center for Women's Health discusses the latest information on a variety of women's health topics.

The purpose of the lecture series is to:

• Disseminate information on the latest developments in women's health to faculty, community members, and students.

• Highlight gender-specific research.

• Build collaboration and integration across the Academic Health Center, the University of Minnesota, and the state.
  
  Audience:  The program is free and open to all.  Lunch is provided.

Some of our most recent lectures have been made available online so those who could not attend can now view them from the comfort of their own home! 

• Online Lectures
• Click here to view select online lectures from the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health Grand Rounds lecture series

Feel free to take a look at a complete listing of our past lectures:

• 2007 Lecture List
• 2006 Lecture List
• 2005 Lecture List
• 2004 Lecture List

Online Lectures

2007 Lecture List

2006 Lecture List

2005 Lecture List

2004 Lecture List

2007 Lectures

Metabolic Imaging of Bone Metastases and Normal Bones in Breast Cancer Patients: An Evolving Approach for Directing Therapy

October 16th, 2007, 4:00 - 5:00 PM, 3-125 Mayo

Lecture was given by:

David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Radiology, Medicine, and Bioengineering
University of Washington, Seattle

Dr. David Mankoff is a graduate of Yale University and received his MD and PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.  He received training in Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine at the University of Washington and is board-certified in both specialties.  Dr. Mankoff’s clinical interests include general Nuclear Medicine, Positron Emission Tomography, and thyroid cancer treatment. His research interests cover the application of nuclear tracer methods to the diagnosis of cancer, the measurement of cancer treatment effectiveness, and the investigation of mechanisms of treatment response and resistance.

Click here to listen to an audio recording brought to you by Breeze Technologies.

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health
Pfizer

Preconception Wellness as a Routine Objective for Women's Health Care: An Integrative Strategy

October 4th, 2007, 12:00 - 1:00 PM, 5-125 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Mary K. Moos, RN, FNP, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of OB/GYN
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Merry K. Moos, RN, FNP, MPH will be speaking about Preconceptional Wellness as a Routine Objective for Women’s Health Care.  As Ms. Moos states, “Rather than targeting care to women based on their pregnancy status or desire, health promotion and disease prevention should be integrated into a continuum of care throughout the life cycle.  When care for women is viewed as an integrated continuum approach to health rather than as a series of episodic events, higher levels of women’s wellness will be achieved.  This approach is likely to result in healthier women, pregnancies, and offspring.”

Click here to listen to an audio recording brought to you by Breeze Technologies.

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health
School of Nursing

Women and HIV/AIDS: International Social and Political Issues

April 24, 2007, 12:15 - 1:15 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Nafis Sadik, MD
Special Advisor for the UN Secretart-General
UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia

The Powell Center Women's Health Lecture Series presents a lecture by Dr. Nafis Sadik, Special Advisor for the UN Secretary-General and UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia.  Dr. Sadik will cover international HIV/AIDS issues related to women's health, reproductive health and HIV prevention strategies.  Dr. Sadik's visit is organized by Americans for UNFPA, the official U.S. support organization for United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Click here to listen to an audio recording brought to you by Breeze Technologies.

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health
Americans for UNFPA
Boynton Health Service Women's Clinic
Center for Leadership Education in Maternal Child Health (Div. of Epidemiology, SPH)

Overactive Bladder: Past, Present, and Future

March 22, 2007, 12:15 - 1:15 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Eric S. Rovner, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
Medical University of South Carolina

Dr. Rovner is the director of the section of voiding dysfunction, female urology and urodynamics in the Department of Urology at MUSC.  He has a highly specialized clinical practice within urology and sees mostly patients with complex voiding problems including urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, urinary fistulae and neurogenic bladder dysfunction.

Dr. Rovner’s research interests include the study of voiding dysfunction, overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, neurourology and urodynamics. He has held several visiting professorships, and is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, monographs and book chapters on these topics as well as a book on urinary incontinence entitled A Women’s Guide to Regaining Bladder Control. 

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health

Department of Urology

How do you Mend a Broken Heart

February 2, 2007, 12:15 - 1:00 PM, 2-650 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Monica Colvin-Adams, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Interim Director of Cardiac Transplant
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Ward

Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of mortality in women.  Preventive strategies are often underutilized in women, compared with men.  Dr. Colvin-Adams will address risk factors, prevention strategies and guidelines, and other developments in cardiovascular research.

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Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health

Transforming the Interrelationships of Women, their Medical Practitioners, and Severe Headaches

January 25, 2007, 12:15 - 1:00 PM, 2-530 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Frederick Taylor, MD, FAHS
Director, Park Nicollet Headache Clinic and Research Center
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Minnesota Medical School

Dr. Taylor is a specialist in the treatment of headache, neck and face pain disorders. He is an Associate Editor for the Headache Subsection of the Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group of the Cochrane Library of systematic reviews, a Contributing Editor for Headache Currents, Co-Editor for the on-line American Committee of Headache Education patient newsletter, Editorial Advisory Board member for Headache Care: Education, Research and Management for the Practicing Clinician, and a frequent Ad Hoc Reviewer for the journals Cephalalgia, Headache and Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Click here to download Dr. Taylor's lecture slides.

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health
GlaxoSmithKline

2006 Lectures

Seasonal Affective Disorder - Diagnosis and Treatment

December 13, 2006, 12:15 - 1:00 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Scott Crow, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota

Scott Crow, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota.  Dr. Crow's research examines the course, outcome, and treatment of eating disorders, obesity, and depression.  He is currently the recipient of an Independent Scientist Award (from the National Institute of Mental Health) focusing on the course, outcome and treatment of eating disorders.  Dr. Crow is Immediate Past President of the Academy for Eating Disorders.

Click here to download Dr. Crow's lecture slides.

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health
GlaxoSmithKline

Women and Addiction

November 6, 2006, 12:15 - 1:00 PM, 1-450 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Sheila Specker, MD
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Psychiatry
Medical Director of the Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Program

Objectives of the lecture include:

1. Understand the similarities and differences in the development of addiction between women and men
2. Ability to discuss the patterns of use, “telescoping” course and unique treatment needs of women with addiction
3. Identify co-occuring medical and psychiatric problems in women with addiction

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health
Forest Pharmaceuticals

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

October 17, 2006, 12:15 - 1:00 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Johanna Archer, VMD, MS, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Polycystic ovary disease (PCOS) is a health problem that can affect a woman’s menstrual cycle, fertility, hormones, insulin production, heart, blood vessels, and appearance. This disease causes interruptions in normal hormone cycles that can disrupt the development of normal development of the eggs in the ovaries.

Click here to view the presentation brought to you by Breeze technologies.

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health
Forest Pharmaceuticals

3rd Annual Women's Health Research Conference: Hot Topics in Women's Health

September 11, 2006, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, McNamara Alumni Center

Click on the following links to view the presentations online, brought to you by Breeze technologies.

Susan Wood, PhD, Women's Health, Emergency Contraception and the FDA

Bernard Harlow, PhD, Understanding the Bridge Between Reproductive Morbidity and Psychiatric Disorders

Linda H. Bearinger, PhD, RN, FAAN, Protecting the Reproductive Health of Adolescents: Global Challenges

Bonnie LeRoy, MS, CGC, Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics

Levi Downs, MD, Prophylactic Vaccines for the Prevention of Human Papillomavirus Induced Disease

Abstract Winners:

Pamela Lutsey, MPH, Iron Supplementation Compliance Among Pregnant Women in Bicol, Philippines

Christina Hellmich Rivard, Contraception in Contemporary Yemen: An examination of barriers to use and challenges to service delivery

Helen G. Kim, MD, Postpartum Depression Screening in Disadvantaged, Inner-City Mothers Using and Automated Telephone System

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health

The Epidemiology of Vulvodynia:  An Unexplained Vulvar Pain Syndrome

February 1, 2006, 12:15 - 1:00 PM, 2-530 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Bernard L. Harlow, PhD
Mayo Professor and Division Head
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology & Community Health

This lecture focused on results from a population-based prevalence and case-control study.  The results suggest that Vulvodynia is highly prevalent yet only about half of those afflicted seek care.  Potential etiological factors such as childhood trauma and early onset of sexual activity will be addressed.

Click here to view the presentation brought to you by Breeze technologies.

Sponsored by:

Powell Center for Women's Health
Forest Pharmaceuticals

2005 Lectures

The Limits of Conscientious Objection:  May Pharmacists Refuse to Fill Prescriptions for Emergency Contraception?

January 28, 2005, 12:20 - 1:15 PM, 2-530 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Julie Cantor, JD
Yale University

Julie Cantor holds a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law and will receive her MD from the Yale University School of Medicine in May 2005.  At Yale, she created and taught two undergraduate seminars – one exploring issues in reproduction, medical ethics, and the law; the other using literary works to inspire discussions on medical ethics issues.            

Kenneth F. Baum, MD, JD
Yale University

Dr. Baum completed a joint MD/JD program at Yale University School of Medicine and Yale Law School.  Currently, he represents a variety of businesses and institutions in complex litigation, at both the trial and appellate levels.  Dr. Baum lectures at Yale University on medical ethics and law and medicine.

A lecture by the co-authors of an article with this title that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in November 2004.  Click here to view the article.

Co-sponsored by:

    Women’s Health Center
    Center for Bioethics
    Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences

Women's Cardiovascular Health:  Prevention guidelines

February 1, 2005, 12:15-1:00, 2-530 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Anne L. Taylor, M.D.
University of Minnesota
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Co-Director, Women’s Health Center

Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of mortality in women.  Preventive strategies are often underutilized in women, compared with men.  Dr. Taylor will address these guidelines and other new developments in cardiovascular research.

Click here to view the presentation brought to you by Breeze technologies.

Sponsored by:

    Women’s Health Center
    Division of Cardiology
    Department of Medicine

First Trimester Screening

February 15, 2005, 12:30 - 1:15 PM, 2-530 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Tracy Prosen, MD
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic

First Trimester Screening estimates the risk for Down Syndrome and Trisomy 18.  It is performed between 11 and 13 weeks gestation.  This screening is now offered at the Fairview Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinics.

Click here to view the presentation brought to you by Breeze technologies.

Sponsored by:

    University of Minnesota
    Powell Center for Women's Health
    A Nationally Designated Center of Excellence

Vitamin D:  What does it really do for bones?  How much do we need?

March 8, 2005, 12:15 - 1:00 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Catherine B. Niewoehner, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Endocrinology & metabolism section
VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

Vitamin D helps maintain blood calcium and bone calcium, decreases fractures and increases muscle strength. Obtaining enough vitamin D can be difficult for everyone, especially in winter, and deficiency is common. Dr. Niewoehner will address the questions of how much Vitamin D we need depending on age, diet, sun exposure, skin factors and underlying health.

Sponsored by:

    University of Minnesota Women’s Health Center
    A National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Supported by:

    Wyeth Pharmaceuticals through an unrestricted educational grant

Put the Swing Back into your Step:  Fighting Cancer-Related Fatigue

April 26, 2005, 12:30 - 1:15 PM, 2-530 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Chris Rimkus, RN, MSN, AOCN
Oncology Nurse Educator
Ortho-Biotech

April is Fatigue Awareness Month

Fatigue is a “state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli.”  Learn more about the types and causes of fatigue as well as how to develop a plan to manage your own or your patient’s fatigue.

Click here to view the presentation brought to you by Breeze technologies.

Sponsored by:

    University of Minnesota
    Deborah E. Powell Center for Women’s Health
    A National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Co-Sponsored by:

    Ortho-Biotech

Women in the World of Academic Health Sciences:  What’s Holding Us Back?

May 10, 2005, 4:15-5:00 PM, 2-530 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Molly Carnes, MD, MS
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Industrial & Systems Engineering
Director, Center of Women’s Health Research and
Co-director, Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI)

Goals of this presentation were to:

• Discuss the complex problems of the inability of women to advance to leadership positions
• Review some of the relevant research in social sciences that sheds light on just how intractable this is
• Discuss how institutional transformation will be required to increase the diversity of academic health sciences.

Click here to view the presentation brought to you by Breeze technologies.

Co-Sponsored by:

    Office for University Women
    Breeze Live with University of MN Duluth and Mayo Clinic

Menopause:  Complementary Healing Processes

November 10, 2005, 12:00 - 1:00 PM, Mayo Memorial Auditorium

Lecture was given by:

Mark Moyad, MD, MPH
Department of Urology
University of Michigan Medical Center
Phil F. Jenkins Director of Complementary & Alternative Medicine

Dr. Moyad's clinical and basic science research focuses on complementary and preventative medicine, including identifying the relationship between lipid changes and cancer risk and treatment.  He is also the editor of the complementary/preventative medicine medical book series from Humana Press.  Dr. Moyad directs the Annual American Urologic Association Meeting and the Annual Urologic Nurses Meeting.

Co-Sponsored by:

The Center for Spirituality & Healing
University of Minnesota

Ethical Issues in Obstetrics

December 1, 2005, 12:10 - 1:00 PM, Mayo Memorial Auditorium, Room 100

Lecture was given by:

Nancy Milliken, MD
University of California
San Francisco
Vice Dean, UCSF School of Medicine
Director, UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health

Dr. Milliken has long sought to improve the care of women by increasing their knowledge and their participation in decisions regarding their health.  She has explored the ethical issues involved in reproductive decision-making and participated nationally in the debate regarding "maternal-fetal conflict."

Sponsored by:

Deborah E. Powell Center for Women's Health

2004 Lectures

Recent Developments and Controversies in Female Sexual Dysfunction Research

January 23, 2004, 12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Julia Heiman, Ph.D.
University of Washington, Seattle
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Reproductive and Sexual Medicine Clinics

Sponsored by:

    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
    University of Minnesota National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
    Department of Psychiatry
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health
    Department of Urology

Women’s Health: Major depressive disorder and antidepressant drug treatment in pregnancy, effects on birth outcome and infant development

February 4, 2004, 2:30 – 3:30 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Regina Casper, M.D.
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Women's Wellness Clinic
Director, Medical Student Education

Sponsored by:

    National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
    Department of Psychiatry
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Women’s Health:  A National Perspective from the U.S. Assistant Surgeon General

March 4, 2004, 12:15 – 12:45 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Susan Blumenthal, M.D.
U.S. Assistant Surgeon General
Rear Admiral Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A is currently U.S. Assistant Surgeon General and Senior Medical and E-Health Advisor in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

Dr. Blumenthal served as the first ever Deputy Assistant Secretary of Women’s Health and is a pioneer in bringing women’s health issues to increased scientific and public attention, helping to place them at the top of our nation’s health care agenda.

Sponsored by:

    National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

State of Denial:  A film on AIDS in South Africa

March 25, 2004, 3:00 – 5:15 PM, 2-620 Moos Tower

Discussion following the film by:

Dr. Bodola Akinsete
University of Minnesota
Fellow, Dept. of Infectious Disease/Medicine,

Dollina Odera
Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative
African American AIDS Task Force

Revealing the human experience behind a global tragedy, the AIDS epidemic in South Africa, this film explores the lives of six people struggling to survive with HIV in the face of social stigma, lack of access to lifesaving treatments and President Mbeki’s controversial stance on HIV and AIDS.

Sponsored by:

    The Office for University Women

Co-Sponsored by:

    National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

For Women Only:  Contraception in the 21st Century

May 4, 2004, 12:00 – 1:30 PM, 2-650 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Jennifer Berman, MD
UCLA, Department of Urology
Co-director, UCLA Female Sexual Medicine Center

Dr. Jennifer Berman specializes in female urology and female sexual dysfunction. She is co-author of the book For Women Only and co-host of "Berman and Berman: For Women Only," a daily program on the Discovery Health Channel.

June LaValleur, MD
University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics, Gyn. & Women’s Health

Dr. June LaValleur  is an associate professor in the Department of Ob/Gyn and Women’s Health and director of the Mature Women’s Center at Fairview University Medical Center.  She researches menopause-related issues and is an investigator in the 15-year Women's Health Initiative.

Free autographed copies of Dr. Berman's book For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide to Reclaiming Your Sex Life were available.

Presented by:

    National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Sponsored by:

    DuraMed Pharmaceuticals

Domestic Violence Screening: Successful Implementation into Clinical Practice

May 12, 2004, 5-125 Moos Tower

Training was performed by:

Jennifer L. Welsch, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Practice and Community Health

Susan M. Hadley, MPH
Adjunct Faculty
Medical School Founder of WomanKind: An Integrated model of 24-Hour Health Response to Domestic Violence

David Matthews, PsyD, LICSW
Director of Therapy
Domestic Abuse Project, Minneapolis

Click here for a digital recording of the training.

Sponsored by:
   National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
   Sheila Wellstone Institute

Women and Cardiovascular Disease:  New prevention guidelines

May 25, 2004, 12:15 – 1:00 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Anne Taylor, M.D.
University of Minnesota
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Co-Director, National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of mortality in women.  Preventive strategies are often underutilized in women, compared with men.  Dr. Taylor will address these current issues and new prevention guidelines for women.

Sponsored by:

    National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
    Division of Cardiology
    Department of Medicine

Recipes for a Healthy Life

October 26, 2004, 11:30 – 1:00 PM, 2-620 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

Chris Kwong,RD, MPH
University of Minnesota
Certified Diabetes Educator Dietician

Lynn Hoke, RN, MSN, FNP
Clinic Manager
Rasmussen Center for Cardio-Vascular Disease Prevention

• Make a plan for eating well
• Learn about risk factors for heart disease and stroke
• Choose a healthy lifestyle to reduce risk for diabetes and stroke

Presented by:

    National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Menopause:  Recent developments in hormone therapy

October 27, 2004, 12:15 – 1:00 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Lecture was given by:

June LaValleur, M.D.
University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women’s Health
Co-Director of Education, National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Sponsored by:

    National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health

A Question of Cholesterol

November 3, 2004, 11:30 – 1:00 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Presentation by:

Mary Benbenek, M.S. R.N. C.N.P.
University of Minnesota
School of Nursing

• Receive free cholesterol testing beginning at 11:30
• Learn about the prevalence and risks of high cholesterol
• Choose a healthy lifestyle and diet to reduce risk of heart disease

Sponsored by:

    Women’s Health Center, A National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Medications and Pregnancy:  What do women take and how does it affect drug disposition?

November 10, 2004, 12:15 – 1:00 PM, 2-520 Moos Tower

Timothy Tracy, PhD
University of Minnesota
Professor and Chair
Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
College of Pharmacy

Sponsored by:

    Women’s Health Center, A National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Supported by:

    Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.