Sex Does Matter: Sex Differences in Molecular Regulation of Synapses
October 29, 2015

Reposed from: SfN Neuronline

Material below summarizes the article, Sex Differences in Molecular Signaling at Inhibitory Synapses in the Hippocampus, on August 12, 2015 in The Journal of Neuroscience and authored by Nino Tabatadze, Guangzhe Huang, Renee M. May, Anant Jain, and Catherine S. Woolley.

Many brain disorders vary between the sexes, in their incidence, symptoms, and/or responses to treatment. In most cases, no one knows the sources of these differences: Are they due to intrinsic biological differences between male and female brains? Are they due to cultural differences in how boys and girls are raised – the different experiences of men and women in society? 

Sex differences in preclinical neuroscience research: Snippets from #SfN15 with Catherine Woolley, by Aparna Shah
October 29, 2015
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GAO Report on Women’s Participation in NIH-Funded Clinical Trials
October 28, 2015

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH:

Better Oversight Needed to Help Ensure Continued Progress Including Women in Health Research

GAO-16-13: Published: Oct 22, 2015. Publicly Released: Oct 23, 2015.

What GAO Found

Sex Inclusion in Basic Research: October Forum Presentation by Teresa Woodruff, PhD
October 26, 2015

Watch Dr. Teresa Woodruff's October Research Forum presentation on "Sex Inclusion in Basic Research: Disruptive Technology, Adaptive Behavior, Sound Investment, Better Medicine"

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Poster Session Highlights Student Research
October 6, 2015

BY  ON OCT 6, 2015

Second-year medical student Michael Lin, who studies the use of biologic scaffolds to restore fertility in prepubescent male patients with cancer, presented his research to peers and faculty at the Area of Scholarly Concentration (AoSC) poster session on Friday, October 2.

Lin and his fellow second-year medical students gathered to share the results of their ongoing research projects for the AoSC, a four-year longitudinal project that culminates with a thesis at the end of Feinberg medical students’ fourth year. Project topics ranged from the basic sciences to clinical investigation, including translational medicine, medical humanities and many others.

Let’s Talk About Sex … with 3-D Animation
September 29, 2015

Hunter Clauss | September 28, 2015 2:07 pm

The days might be numbered for sex ed classes using a banana as a way to demonstrate how to put on a condom. That’s because Northwestern University unveiled Monday a new, online sex education course that incorporates 3-D animation. It's being compared by organizers to Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Cosmos” TV show – only it’s about inner space instead of outer space.

While targeted to incoming freshman, anyone around the world is welcome to watch the classes, said Teresa Woodruff, vice chair for research in obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Woodruff stars as the instructor in the 21 online videos that cover anything from sexually transmitted infections to menstrual cycles to how alcohol affects sex.

A Free Online Class Is Making Up For Your High School’s Sex Ed Fails
September 25, 2015

Northwestern student or not, you can get in on this class.

by , MTV

We all know that sex education in the United States isn’t so sexy. It’s inconsistent and just doesn’t make the grade — especially compared to a lot of our other friends around the globe (*cough* Sweden *cough*.) Since our high schools can’t seem to get the job done, colleges are now stepping up for a sexy freshman year cram sesh — and, in this class, everyone’s invited to enroll.

Sex 101 added to new batch of NU’s online course offerings
September 25, 2015

Alice Yin, Campus Editor
September 22, 2015 • 

A Northwestern professor will be teaching a sex ed class as part of a new series of massive open online courses this fall that will also add two specialized programs.

The “Sex 101” class will start Sept. 28 and will cover sex organs, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases and more — with some topics portrayed in three-dimensional animations and videos. The course was created and will be taught by Teresa Woodruff, the vice chair for research in obstetrics and gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine.

In particular, Woodruff said incoming first-year students could benefit from a demystification of reproductive health — a misunderstood realm — when they enter college.

“This is everything first-year students need to know about sex and reproduction, and didn’t know to ask,” Woodruff said in a news release.

The Birds, the Bees, Beers and STDs: Sex 101 Begins at Northwestern University
September 23, 2015

By T. Rees Shapiro September 22 at 2:30 PM

The Washington Post

 

There’s a lot that many college freshman don’t know about sex. And when they don’t know something, they often stay in the dark, too afraid or embarrassed to ask about it.

So Northwestern University is opening up an online class to help the teenagers — and the curious, everywhere — learn more about reproduction. It’s called “Sex 101.”

“Having sex is not the same thing as knowing how it all works,” said Teresa Woodruff, the Northwestern University obstetrics and gynecology professor at the school of medicine who created the new course. “This is everything first-year students need to know about sex and reproduction, and didn’t know to ask.”

Northwestern to Offer Online Sex 101 Class
September 23, 2015

WRITTEN BY STEFANO ESPOSITO POSTED: 09/22/2015, 03:52PM

Chicago Sun-Times

 

A new online Northwestern University “Sex 101” class aims to demystify the subject for freshmen, without leaving parents scratching their heads, as some did following a live sex-toy demonstration on campus in 2011.

In a series of short videos, students will able to learn the basics about sex and reproduction, said Teresa Woodruff, vice chair for research in obstetrics and gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine.

“If you Google it, there’s nothing out there like this,” Woodruff explained Tuesday. “Reproduction is one of those things where we don’t assemble the definitions, the fundamental science and the health outcomes in one place that is easily accessible to the public.”

The videos, which will be available for free online starting Monday at www.coursera.org/learn/reproductive-health, cover such topics as the rise and fall of hormones, STDs and how to avoid them, sexual violence and the workings of the sex organs.