Exploring the many dimensions of sex and gender in the genomics era

Name: Exploring the many dimensions of sex and gender in the genomics era
Start: Wed, 07/17/2024 - 10:00 EST
End: Thu, 07/18/2024 - 16:00 EST
Location: National Institute of Health

Event Details

This public two-day National Institutes of Health (NIH) symposium - Exploring the many dimensions of sex and gender in the genomics era: Clarifying complexities in light of social and genomic advances and their histories - is organized by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO), and the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH). It brings together experts from the biological and social sciences to clarify and contextualize – but not resolve - the complexities around sex, gender, and genomics by considering them in their scientific, ethical, and historical contexts. These interdisciplinary conversations will aid scientists, policymakers, and the public in understanding the many dimensions of sex and sex characteristics and their relationships with gender.

Jul 17, 2024, 10:00 AM to

Jul 18, 2024, 4:00 PM

Zoom Webinar (Requires Registration)

Tentative Agenda

All times listed in ET.

Wednesday, July 17

10:00 - 10:10 AM - Framing Remarks
Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., National Human Genome Research Institute
10:10 - 10:30 AM - Introduction
Liz Dietz, Ph.D., National Human Genome Research Institute
Part 1: The Science of sex categorization
10:30 - 10:35 AM - Moderator
Tina Saey, Ph.D., Science News
10:35 - 11:00 AM
Julia Serano, Ph.D., Independent Scholar
11:00 AM - 11:35 AM
Catherine Clune-Taylor, Ph.D, Princeton University
11:35 -11:45 AM - Discussion Q&A
11:45 - 11:55 AM - Break
11:55 - 12:20 PM
Melissa Wilson, Ph.D., Arizona State University
12:20 - 12:45 PM
Sam Sharpe, B.A., Kansas State University
1:05 - 1:30 PM - Discussion/Q&A
1:30 - 2:30 PM - Break
Part 2: The history of sex categorization and the genome
2:30 - 2:35 PM - Moderator
Cass Adair, Ph.D., The New School, New York City
2:35 - 3:00 PM
Beans Velocci, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
3:00 - 3:25 PM
Paisley Currah, Ph.D., Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
3:25 - 3:50 PM - Discussion/Q&A
3:50 - 4:00 PM - Break
4:00 - 4:25 PM
Ross Brooks, Ph.D., Oxford Brookes University
4:25 - 4:50 PM
Christopher Donohue, Ph.D, National Human Genome Research Institute
4:50 - 5:15 PM
Os Keys, LLB, University of Washington
5:15 - 5:40 PM - Discussion/Q&A
5:40 - 5:50 PM - Closing Remarks
Liz Dietz, Ph.D., National Human Genome Research Institute

Thursday, July 18

Part 3: How and for whom can we do better?
10:00 - 10:10 AM - Welcome
10:10 - 10:15 AM - Moderator, TBD
10:15 - 10:40 AM
Anne Fausto-Sterling, Ph.D., Brown University
10:40 - 11:05 AM
Patrick Grzanka, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
11:05- 11:30 AM
Kellen Baker, Ph.D., Whitman-Walker Institute
11:30 -11:55 AM - Discussion Q&A
11:55 AM - 12:10 PM - Break
12:10 - 12:35 PM
Elizabeth Barr, Ph.D., Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health
12:35 - 1:00 PM
Isabel Godman, Cell
1:15 - 1:40 PM
Nikki Stevens, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1:40 - 1:50 PM - Closing Remarks

Last updated: May 3, 2024