5th International Conference on
Womens Health and Well being

Dr. Jie Hu currently is an Associate Professor at the Ohio State University, College of Nursing, USA. Dr. Jie Hu earned her PhD degree from the University of Arizona, USA. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Hu served as a member of Global Advisory Group on Nursing and Midwifery of the World Health Organization from 1997-2001.

Dr. Jie Hu’s area of research includes diabetes self-management intervention with focus on minority populations (Hispanics and Chinese); health-related quality of life in older adults with chronic diseases.

Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor’s research focuses primarily on gender differences in chronic diseases and healthy aging. Over 40 years ago, she established the Rancho Bernardo Study (RBS), which remains one of the longest continuously running extramural program funded by the NIH in the United States. RBS continues to provide research training and publications on topics ranging from heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and arthritis, to mental health, memory loss, socio-economic factors related to health, health-related habits, to diverse biologic markers. Dr. Barrett-Connor has led numerous clinical trials related to women’s health – particularly studies of Hormone Replacement Therapy. She currently serves as the co-Principal Investigator for a number of multi-site NIH funded studies, including the Diabetes Prevention Program, the Diabetes Prevention Outcomes Study, MrOs (a study of osteoporosis in men), The T-Trial (investigating testosterone and men’s health), and is a co-investigator on a T-Trial ancillary study, and a study on alcohol and nutrition on cognition and brain structure in aging. Her work has received numerous awards, most recently, the Population Science Award from the American Heart Association (AHA, 2011), the Endocrine Society Mentoring Award (2012), the Women in Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Prevention Mentoring Award (EPI/NPAM, 2013), and the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the International Academy of Cardiology (2013). Dr. Barrett-Connor has published over 1,000 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. Until this past year, for 40 years she served as the UC School of Medicine’s Chief of the Division of Epidemiology.

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor’s research concerns healthy aging with a particular focus on gender differences and women's health. Her pioneering work spans many areas including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, memory loss and exogenous and endogenous hormones. She is author of more than 700 publications. Epidemiologic studies of normative aging and diseases of adult life, particularly cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, menopause, memory loss, and lifestyle (diet, exercise, etc.). Both observational/analytic studies of an established cohort (Rancho Bernardo) and clinical trials are ongoing.

Dr. Jean J. Latimer currently is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Nova Southeastern University, USA. Dr. Jean J. Latimer completed his PhD in Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at University of New York at Buffalo, NY. Dr. Jean J. Latimer completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Laboratory of Radiobiology and Environmental Health at University of California, San Francisco, USA.

Dr. Jean Latimer research involves human breast cancer etiology. She is exploring the loss of DNA repair mechanisms in early stage breast cancer as a source of genomic instability. In addition Dr. Jean Latimer is interested in the unique vulnerability of human breast tissue for DNA damage which originates from environmental causes.

Dr. Kahn is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center, USA. Dr. Kahn has been recognized for excellence in teaching both throughout his training and as a member of the Plastic Surgery faculty at Stanford. Dr. Kahn went on to earn his medical degree at the Albany Medical College. In Albany, he received an award for outstanding academic achievement in surgery. Dr. Kahn then completed a five-year General Surgery residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, serving as Chief Resident in his final year. Dr. Kahn pursued Plastic Surgery fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Kahn followed this with sub-specialty fellowship training at the Institute for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery located at New York University Medical Center and then completed his training at Stanford University with a fellowship in Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. David Kahn research interests include cosmetic and reconstructive facial surgery, cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery, rhinoplasty, face lift, cleft lip and palate and cosmetic surgery.

Selcuk Sarikaya was graduated from Gulhane Military Medıcal Academy and Bulent Ecevit University School of Medicine. After that he started his urology residency in Kecioren Research and Trainıng Hospıtal. During his residency, he had completed Andrology Observership in University College London Hospital, St. Peters department of Andrology with Mr. David Ralph.

Dr. Sarikaya's Research Interests include: General urology, Andrology, Infertılıty, Urolıthıasıs and Female urology