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33rd Annual Meeting Review
Our symposia included innovative and creative research
about:
- Hormones & Behaviour, chaired by Meir Steiner
- Sleep Across Women’s Reproductive Lifecycles, chaired by
Claudio Soares
- Long Term Health Effects of Violence and Abuse, chaired
by Bruce Ettinger
- Mind-Body Medicine in Women’s Healthcare, chaired by
Harise Stein.
- NASPOG Presents! Abstracts from the Membership, co-
chaired by Linda Chaudron and Jonathan Schaffir
- Jeffrey Jensen gave the Paul C. Weinberg Lecture, “Sex.
Success, and Sustainability: More or Enough?”
Five original research abstracts of trainees and
graduate students were selected for awards from the NIMH and
NASPOG – Congratulations Emily Drath MD, Alison Shea MSc,
Catherine Lord PSc, PhD Candidate, Andrea Gonzalez MA, PhD
Candidate, and Shauna-Dae Phillips, BSc, MSc Candidate.
There are others to honor and to thank. Marion Johnson,
our NASPOG manager, for organizing the meeting and taking care
of oodles of logistics, Pec Indman for organizing the
marvelous snorkeling extravaganza, and Judy Fejta for
assisting in meeting preparations and Society
communication.
We plan to have the abstracts up on our Naspog website
soon, so look at www.naspog.org
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Our 2006 Conference Sponsors
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The Board has decided to continue our Society’s
communication via email and on-line communication as much as
possible. Alison Shea, who serves on our Board as
“Member-in-Training”, has volunteered to research our website
needs and make recommendations for changes. Stay tuned! And
check out our website for updates, additions, and NASPOG news.
www.naspog.org
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Message from
the President |
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Having recently returned from the 2006 Annual Scientific
Meeting in Hawaii, I find myself with renewed energy and
appreciation for the Society, and with great interest in
planning for our 2007 meeting. The symposia at our 33rd Annual
Meeting were fabulous, and we all appreciated the luxurious
hotel and beautiful Big Island’s many charms.
I know that I speak for all members, when I thank Leslie
Born PhD and Diana Dell MD for co-chairing the meeting. Thank
you Leslie and Diana, for your creativity and for all your
work in preparation for the meeting. We are all appreciative
of your significant efforts.
We also thank our colleagues and symposia chairs. Kim
Yonkers’ unending drive, and with significant assistance from
Meir Steiner and Claudio Soars culminated in our Sponsors
contributing generously towards the symposia. We appreciate
the support of Berlex,
Sepracor,
National
Institute of Mental Health, and Wyeth.
And now, our Program Committee is planning for our 2007
meeting in Portland, Oregon. The Committee includes: David
Baram MD, Linda Chaudron MD, Jane Harrison-Hohner NP, Meg
O'Reilly MD, Deborah Rich PhD, Julie Rosenberg MD, Jonathan
Schaffir MD and myself. We have made arrangements with the
Portland Marriott City Center (
www.marriottportland.com). Save the date! February 8-10,
2007. Please contact me if you would like to talk about
NASPOG. I welcome your participation in the Society.
Please contact me if
you would like to talk about NASPOG. I welcome your
participation in the Society. We all benefit from one another.
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Contact the President, Jillian Romm RN,
LCSW |
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Honoring of
Meir Steiner MD, PhD |
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At this meeting, we re-named the Junior Investigator's
Symposium. It will now be known as The Steiner Young
Investigator's Symposium. This honor was bestowed upon Dr.
Steiner, for his years of research and mentorship in the field
of women's mental health, as well as for his many years of
leadership and support of our Society. It was a pleasure to
invite Dr. Steiner's own mentor, Dr. Bernard Carroll, to our
meeting, as our guest of the Young Investigator's Symposium,
as well as to honor his protégé. Kathleen O'Leary from the
NIMH chaired the symposium, selected the awarded abstracts,
and gave a talk about the Value of Mentorship.
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Notes from
the Board Meeting |
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Nominations Committee presented slate for Executive Council
Positions:
Secy Treas: Susan Kornstein MD
Members at
Large: Jon Schaffir MD, Linda Chaudron MD
Welcome to the new Board members! We thank you in advance
for your efforts on Naspog’s behalf.
During the meeting, Diana Dell announced that she wished
not to move into the next position, of President-Elect, and
did not wish to become President in 2007. The Board discussed
this, and recommended that we combine the Vice President and
President-Elect positions, and also to request that Kim
Yonkers be moved into the VP/President Elect position. Kim
agreed to this plan, and so our current board is comprised of:
President: Jillian Romm RN, LCSW
Vice
President/President-Elect: Kimberly Yonkers
MD
Secretary Treasurer: Susan Kornstein
MD
Past President: Andrea M. Braverman
PhD
Members-at-Large:
Leslie Born, MSc, PhD
(2005-2007)
Linda Chaudron MD (2006-2008)
Jonathon
Schaffir MD (2006-2008)
Scott Stuart MD
(2005-2007)
Member in Training: Alison Shea
MSc
Manager: Marion Johnson
The new Board was voted in by the membership at the NASPOG
membership luncheon at our meeting in Hawaii. Welcome Aboard!
We look forward to working with you on the Society's behalf.
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