Conference Agenda
Welcome & Framing
Sex On the Female Brain: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Female Sexual Dysfunction
Presenter: Nicole Cirino, MD, IF, CST, PMH-C
A comprehensive approach to female sexual dysfunction highlights the intricate connections between hormones, neurotransmitters, reproductive life events, and psychological factors. Led by a reproductive psychiatrist and certified sex therapist, this engaging session equips women's health clinicians with cutting-edge insights and practical tools to transform diagnosis and treatment.
Break
What Is Missing in Perinatal Suicide Prevention? Insights From a PCORI-Funded Stakeholder Convening
Chair: Sarah Nagle-Yang, MD
Presenters: Allison Dempsey, PhD; Julie Goldstein Grumet, PhD; Emily Johnson, MHA
Symposium: Connecting the Continuum — Practical Clinical Approaches to Reproductive Mental Health Across Healthcare Settings
Chair: Stephen Scott, MD, MPH
Presenters: Catherine Wolcott, PhD; Ayelet Talmi, PhD; Amelia Ehmer, PsyD
Mid-Conference Break
Adolescent Contraception, Reproductive Choices, & Pregnancy
Presenters: Stephen Scott, MD, MPH; Kate Coleman-Minahan, PhD, RN, FNP-BC
Community Conversation #1
- Session A: Where Do We Stand When the Landscape Shifts? Reproductive Health in Restrictive States
- Session B: How Do We Actually Work Together? Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Practice
Symposium: Collective Healing — Relational and Inclusive Group Support Across the Reproductive Lifespan
Chair: Celeste St. John-Larkin, MD
Presenters: Kait Ross, PhD; Winnie Hunter, PhD; Kelly Glaze, PsyD; Christina New, PhD
Welcome Back
Sleep: The Missing Vital Sign in Women's Health
Presenter: Nishi Bhopal, MD
Sleep is routinely overlooked in women's health, despite impacting mood, cognitive health, cardiometabolic risk, and long-term wellbeing. This session reframes sleep as a core vital sign and outlines an interdisciplinary approach to evaluating and treating sleep across the lifespan.
Symposium: Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Psychopathology Across the Female Reproductive Life Span
Chair: Anna C. Barbano, PhD
Presenters: Jessica R. Peters, PhD; Yael I. Nillni, PhD; Suzanne L. Pineles, PhD
Break
Perinatal Weight Stigma: Highlighting an Emerging Maternal Health Threat
Presenters: Anna Whelan, MD; Angela Incollingo Rodriguez, PhD
Weight stigma experienced during pregnancy and postpartum is highly prevalent but has been historically understudied in both psychology and medicine. This talk will cover recent advancements in our understanding of weight stigma in this context and how it harms maternal mental and physical health.
Mid-Conference Break
Baby Steps, Big Impact: An Interdisciplinary Model for Perinatal Mental Health in the NICU
Chair: Lisa Boyars, MD
Presenters: Juan Gallegos, DO; Kathryn Scott, LMSW
Community Conversation #2
- Session C: Why Is It Still So Hard to Get Care? Challenges in Access
- Session D: What Are You Taking Home? Turning Insight Into Action
Rapid Research Brief Oral Session
Members-Only Business Meeting
Menopause: Evaluation & Management of Brain Fog
Chairs: C. Neill Epperson, MD; Mytilee Vemuri, MD, MBA
Presenters: Grace Cheney, MD; Tonita Wroolie, PhD, ABPP; Niyatee Samudra, MD
Steiner Young Investigator Award Presentation & Research Remarks
Board and Committee Fair
Advocacy in Action: Using Your Voice to Drive Policy Change in Your Community
Moderator: Adrienne Griffen, MPP
Panelists: Diana Barnes, PsyD, LMFT; Mikah Goldman Berg, MA; Jessie Colbert; Elyse Springer, LMFT, PMH-C
Closing Reflections