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OSSD Annual Meeting

Annual OSSD Meetings offer researchers from across all biomedical research areas and disciplines the opportunity to present and discuss sex differences research. The meeting structure allows ample time for interaction and discussion among all attendees.

• The Third Annual Meeting will be held in Toronto, ON on June 4-6, 2009.
• Submit a symposium proposal for the 2009 Annual Meeting. For more information, please click here.

2008 Annual Meeting Highlights

(Above: Sabra L. Klein, 2008 Programs Committee Chair; Mary K. Holder, Florence P. Haseltine Award winner; and Kathryn Sandberg, Immediate Past President)

OSSD held its Second Annual Meeting on June 4-6, 2008 at the Chateau Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans, LA. More than 120 participants from the US and abroad enjoyed a welcome reception, opening and closing keynote lectures, seven interdisciplinary panel presentations, two poster sessions, and an awards banquet.

Huntington Willard, PhD and Noel Rose, MD, PhD delivered the opening and keynote lectures, respectively. The panel topics included the X chromosome and X-linked disorders, sex differences in vascular and renal disease, sex differences in sleep, impact of sex and hormones on immunity and infection, sex differences in causes and consequences of drug abuse, sex differences in cardiovascular disease, and sex differences in stress.

Mary K. Holder of the University of Maryland at Baltimore received the Florence P. Haseltine award for the best poster presentation by a new investigator.

To view the meeting agenda, a list of award winners, and selected photos, please visit the Past Meetings page.

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