Breakthroughs in Women’s Brain Health: Lecture 1
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Date & Time
Thu, Mar 19 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Address (map)
1118 E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Venue (website)
Cabrillo Arts Pavillion
Lecture One: New Frontiers in Women’s Brain Health
Emily G. Jacobs, Professor of Psychological and Brain Science, UC Santa Barbara and Director of the Ann S. Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative
Women’s health remains one of the most underfunded and understudied areas of science. Nowhere is this knowledge gap more visible than in neuroscience, where fewer than 0.5% of brain imaging articles focus on female-specific experiences, including menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause, that shape the lives of half the global population. Progress in women’s brain health will require a global shift in science culture, and that shift has started. In her lecture, Jacobs will examine emerging research programs, public policy changes, and private sector funding opportunities that are shining a floodlight on women’s health, and by doing so are opening up new frontiers for understanding health and disease for all.
