Basic and translational research symposium on sex differences in neurosciences: The sensorium

The Stanford Women's Health and Sex Differences in Medicine Center and Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute present the 2020 Basic & Translational Research Symposium on Sex Differences in Neurosciences: The Sensorium

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Speakers

Welcome and opening remarks

Marcia Stefanick, PhD 

Director, Stanford WHSDM Center, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford Medicine

Illusions and delusions of body image – their relevance to sex 

V. S. Ramachandran, MD, FRCP, PhD, DSc

Professor, Neurosciences Program and Psychology, UCSD
Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute

Sex differences in vision

Natalia Callaway, MD, MS

Clinical Instructor, Ophthalmology, Stanford Medicine

The impact of gender on olfactory ability and experience

Zara Patel, MD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-H&N Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, Director of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Stanford Medicine

Sex differences in hearing

Jennifer Alyono, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, Stanford Medicine

Women in motion: Vestibular sex differences

Kristen K. Steenerson, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford Medicine

Differences in pleasure and touch: Cultivating sensual mindfulness

Jennifer Gunsaullus, PhD

Sociologist and Sexologist