Taking Steps and Making Choices:  A Look at Research on Women's Health After 50

June 9, 2000
8:15 am - 4:30 pm
Brandeis University

The National Center on Women & Aging presented a day long conference to examine developments in women's health research and practice that are altering the way women view and manage health in the later years.

As more holistic approaches to women's health care emerge, a trend toward self management is making women responsible for taking the "right" steps and making the "right" choices to protect their health.  Women are looking for ways to digest and interpret massive amounts of health information and advice available to them.

This lively and stimulating day brought together health professionals, leaders of aging and women's organizations, and consumers.  The conference highlighted topics that actively engaged participants in discussions that covered a broad range of interrelated health subjects affecting women now and in the future.

 
Now available on the Center web site:  conference proceedings

Topics and Speakers

Moderator:  Evelyn Murphy, Chair of NCWA's National Advisory Board
Luncheon Speaker:  The Honorable Ann Richards

Are We There Yet?  Critical Issues in Women's Health:  Initiatives, Promises and Pitfalls

Vivian Pinn, M.D.

What's a Woman to Do?:  Assessing Risk

Nananda Col, M.D.
Judy Foreman
Caren Solomon, M.D., MPH

Mind, Mood, and Memory:  The Role of Estrogen

Ruth O' Hara, Ph.D.
Susan Resnick, Ph.D.
Mary Sano, Ph.D.

Women in Motion:  Making Exercise a Habit

Christina Economos, Ph.D.
Bess Marcus, Ph.D.

Future Visions:  Advances in Medical Technology

Ruth Merkatz, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN (invited)
Saralyn Mark, M.D.
Pamela Sklar, M.D.