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Sex as a Biological Variable in Vaccine Responses and Transplant Outcomes

Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - 14:00 to 15:00

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After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

  1. Understand incorporation of sex as a biological variable into human clinical research.
  2. Identify mechanisms mediating how hormones and sex chromosome complement differentially affect immune responses and outcomes of infection and vaccination.
  3. Describe what clinical differences have been identified in transplant-related infection and vaccination.
  4. Explain limitations and gaps in knowledge to be addressed in future research.

Speakers:

  • Sabra Klein, PhD • Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
  • Whitney Perry, MD, MS • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Moderator:

  • Deepali Kumar, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), FAST • Professor of Medicine, Ajmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
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AST would like to thank the Community of Transplant Scientists (COTS) and Women's Health Community of Practice (WHCOP) for recommending this topic to include as part of the T3 webinar series. Learn more about AST's COPs at www.myast.org/cops.

Series: 
Timely Topics in Transplantation Webinar Series
Series category: 
T3: Timely Topics in Transplantion

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