Refresher Course on Gender Differences in Physiology
(Sponsored by the APS Education Committee)
Organizers:
Martha L. Blair, Ph.D.
An abundance of recent research indicates that there are multiple differences between males and females both in normal physiology, and in the pathophysiology of disease. This refresher course will provide an overview of this new information, with the goal of providing teachers of medical students with the background necessary to include the most important aspects of sex-based differences in their medical student curricula. The presentations will discuss both male and female physiology, and will address sex-based differences due to the actions of both androgens and the ovarian steroid hormones. The presentation topics include gender differences in the normal physiology and pathophysiology of the cardiovascular system, the musculoskeletal system, the central nervous system, and the immune system.
Presentations
Introduction
Martha L. Blair, Ph.D.
University of Rochester
Sex Steroid Effects on Different Target Tissues: Mechanism of Action
Margaret E. Wierman, M.D., University of Colorado, Denver Health Sciences Center
Cardiovascular System: Gender Differences in Normal Function and Disease
Virginia H. Huxley, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Skeletal Muscle and Bone: Effects of Sex Steroids and Aging
Marybeth Brown, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Common Auto-immune Signaling Defects: What Does Gender Have to Do With It?
Denise Faustman, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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