SCWIST AGM - Tuesday June 29, 2010

All members in good standing are cordially invited to attend this year’s SCWIST AGM on Tuesday June 29th at 5:45 pm.

Location: Paetzold Health Education Centre – Multipurpose Room

VGH, Pattison Pavilion (level 1 – behind the info desk) – 899 West 12th

The guest speaker will be Dr. Jerilyyn Prior presenting Estrogen Addiction—Hot Flushes, Insulin Resistance and Aging

This event is free of charge to all members in good standing. Please register prior to June 23rd by email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). New members welcome!

Dinner will be provided. We hope to see you there!!

Speaker bio:

Jerilynn C. Prior BA, MD, FRCPC, ABIM, ABEM is a Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

Dr. Prior is internationally known for her work showing that progesterone increases bone formation by stimulating osteoblasts. More recently, she has shown that estrogen levels, besides being unpredictable, are significantly higher than normal in perimenopause. She has a special interest in menstrual cycles and the effects of hormones on women’s health, especially bone. She has researched the use of progesterone for treatment of menstrual flow problems, hot flushes, and low bone density. As director of the BC Centre of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMOS) she has studied osteoporosis, fractures and bone density in over 9,000 women and men across Canada for over ten years. Scientific Director of the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR), she holds the UBC Sharon Stuart Aniridia Grant for research concerning the connection between PCOS/AAE and Aniridia. She has over 220 publications and holds 6 patents. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Medical Research Lecturer Award (2002) and was part of the Nobel Peace Prize Group, 1985 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Her book, Estrogen’s Storm Season was a finalist in the 2006 Independent Publishers Book Awards for Health. She has a new book “The Estrogen Errors-why progesterone is better for women’s health” recently published by Praeger 2009.

For more information on The Estrogen Errors please click here.