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Organizers for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology's second-annual Women's Health Research Forum have announced the event will be held Oct. 3-4 in the Russell House Ballroom.
Abstracts will be published and research will be presented in poster format. Deadline for abstract submissions is Sept. 10. Faculty and students from all University departments are encouraged to submit abstracts of their research in any area of women's health.
For information about last year's inaugural event, go to http://whrf.med.sc.edu. Instructions regarding abstract submissions and forum information will be posted after July 1.
Last fall's forum attracted more than 100 attendees and nearly 60 posters from researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine, the Arnold School of Public Health, University regional and four-year campuses, and other Columbia-area colleges.
"We started the Women's Health Research Forum to foster networking and collaborative research," said Judy Burgis, an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and co-chair of this year's forum. "The idea is not just to recognize the best research in women's health but to improve other research efforts."
Wilfried Karmaus, a professor in epidemiology and biostatistics, said the first forum helped promote a cross-disciplinary approach to women's health research. "We have an active family health research group [in public health], but researchers from obstetrics and gynecology have not been included in the past. It's good to recruit people from other parts of the University for research proposals."
The Women's Health Research Forum might also help participating scientists find collaborators at other institutions because many non-University entities are expected to participate, including Health Sciences South Carolina institutions.
"We want to keep the format of the forum informal and to continue to expand it," said Robert Best, a professor in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and co-chair of the event. "It could easily become a state-wide event with participants from the Upstate to the Lowcountry."
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