Differences That Matter: Advancing Women's Health and Sex-Specific Medicine 

brings together early-career researchers and leading experts to explore how sex-related factors influence health and disease across biomedical research. The DZG Early Career Online Symposium highlights perspectives from early translational, clinical, epidemiological, and public health research across all German Centers for Health Research (DZG).

Symposium Highlights

• Early-Career Research Talks showcasing innovative research and emerging perspectives from the next generation of scientists
• Best Early-Career Talk Awards recognizing outstanding scientific contributions
• Keynote Lectures delivered by leading experts advancing the field of women's health research
• Open Session for early-career scientists to present and discuss novel research findings: Submit your short abstract in the registration below!
• Networking Opportunities fostering interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration across the DZG community

Whether your research focuses on early translational research, clinical medicine, epidemiology, public health, or translational approaches, this symposium offers a unique platform to share ideas, build connections, and contribute to advancing research on women's health and sex-specific medicine.

Agenda
Confirmed Keynote Speakers

• Introduction: Why is sex-specific medicine of importance? - Susanna Hofmann (DZD, Deputy Chairwomen DGESGM)
• Women's Health across the Lifespan: From Biology to Better Care
  Ovarian Cancer - Juliane Reichenbach (DKTK)
  Gestational Diabetes - Julia Sbierski-Kind (DZD)
  Pregnancy and heat exposure - Petra Arck (DZKJ)
  Female immunity in motion - Tal Pecht (DZNE)
  Women's mental health across lifespan - Birgit Derntl (DZPG)
• Sex Differences across Diseases: From Mechanisms to Medicine
  Sex-specific differences therapy responses in patients with malignant melanoma - Oana-Diana Persa (DKTK)
  Sex Matters: Redefining Cardiac Function and Cardiovascular Disease - Claudia Crocini (DZHK)
  Sex differences in immune response to HIV-1 - Marcus Altfeld (DZIF)
  Sex-specific differences in COPD and other chronic airway diseases - Franziska Trudzinski (DZL)
• Early-Career Researcher Short Talks
• YOUR talk in the Open Session

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