WCMTM Science Day | Research on Women's Health
Women’s health and scientific discovery take center stage at the upcoming WCMTM Science Day – an open event welcoming anyone with an interest in the topic.
Program of the day
08:30 Breakfast networking
Connect with other participants and speakers while enjoying breakfast sandwiches and coffee.
Women’s health in research and clinic
09:00 | The role of a translational research center
Johan Zelano & Margit Mahlapuu
Director & Co-Director of Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM)
09:05 | Exploring Medical History: Women in Medicine from a Research Perspective
Jonatan Wistrand
Head of the section for Medical History
Lund University
09:40 | The Women's Health Clinic - A Strong Research Culture
Bo Jacobsson
Head of the Women's Health Clinic
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
10:15 | 10 min break
Focus Area: Hormones and Medicine usage
10:25 | SWIDDICH - a long and winding road
Helena Filipsson Nyström | WCMTM Fellow
10:45 | From Uncertainty to Evidence: Medicine Use in Pregnancy
International guest lecture
Roxanne Hastie
Associate Professor & Co-Head of the Perinatal Epidemiology Group
University of Melbourne
11:25 | GLP1 Analogs
AstraZeneca
11:45 | Lunch & poster session
The WCMTM groups who are presenting during the day will be available for discussion and interaction by the posters.
Focus Area: Brain
12:30 | Dementia and Alzheimer's disease
Laura Stankeviciute (Michael Schöll Group) | WCMTM project
12:50 | Preeclampsia
Lina Bergman | WCMTM Fellow
13:10 | Drug usage and preeclampsia
International guest lecture
Stephen Tong
Professor at Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, University of Melbourne
13:50 | 10 min break
Focus Area: Mucus
14:00 | Mucosal Defense
George Birchenough | WCMTM Fellow
14:20 | Gut mucus barrier
Karolina Sjöberg Jabbar | WCMTM Fellow
14:40 Short in-room break
Focus Area: Cardio-vascular health
14:45 | Cardio-vascular health
Björn Redfors | WCMTM Fellow
15:05 | The Connection Between Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Health Through the Life Course
International guest lecture
William Grobman
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Brown University
15:45 | Final remarks
15:50 | Mingle, food and networking
Welcome to end this scientific day with networking and mingle food together with speakers and other participants.
Why a WCMTM Science day on Women's health?
Several researchers at the centre are leading projects that focus on different aspects of women’s health, spanning everything from pregnancy to dementia. In 2024, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded major grants to two of them: Lina Bergman and George Birchenough.
It’s encouraging that both ERC-funded projects address women’s health. We hope this will motivate more researchers to bring this perspective into their work — an area that has historically been underfunded and underresearched. That’s exactly why we want to highlight this theme and help draw attention to the need for more research on women's health.
Camilla Skånberg
Research coordinator
Read the interview with Camilla here
Updates about the program
If you have questions, you are welcome to contact the organizers, and feel free to register to the event!