The 19th Annual Women in Medicine and Science Research Day

Women in Medicine and Science logo
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
8 am to 1:30 pm

Health Sciences Lecture Hall 4, Level 2
(8 to 11:30 am; 1:20 to 1:30 pm)

Health Sciences Galleria, Level 3
(11:30 am to 1:20 pm)


The 19th annual Women in Medicine & Science (WIMS) Research Day took place at the Health Sciences Center on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The event, organized by the Office of Faculty Affairs at the 51 of Medicine at Stony Brook University and the Group for Women in Medicine and Science, was created to raise awareness of the issues that women have continued to face in medical training, healthcare, science and research, and to highlight the achievements of women in those fields. In addition to offering opportunities for community building, networking, mentoring and collaboration, the day's prevailing climate supporting various women’s movements made Women in Medicine & Science even more relevant and necessary for Stony Brook’s female community.

This year's invited speaker was , MD, MSc, Chief of the Neurology Department at Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS and Director and Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Cudkowicz gave a presentation entitled "ALS: 2025 – New Insights in Biology and Treatments" (which attendees could watch in person or via Zoom) and participated in a group panel discussion on the topic of "Connecting and Supporting." The event also featured short talks from finalists who submitted abstracts celebrating research, new discoveries, and achievements in medicine and science, and included a session in which attendees voted on the best poster in each category. The complete program agenda is listed below.

2025 Research Day Program Agenda

TIME TOPIC LOCATION
8 – 8:10 am

Welcome Remarks


Vice Dean, Faculty Affairs
SUNY Distinguished Professor, M. & D. Donoho Professor
Department of Pharmacological Sciences
51 of Medicine

Peter Igarashi, MD
Professor of Medicine
Knapp Dean, 51 of Medicine

Health Sciences
Lecture Hall 4, Level 2
8:10– 9am

“ALS: 2025 – New Insights in Biology and Treatments”*


Chief, Neurology Dept., Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS
Director and Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

*This is a hybridpresentation.

In-person:
Health Sciences
Lecture Hall 4, Level 2

On Zoom:
Meeting ID: 980 3344 0075
Passcode: 006321
9 – 10:45 am

Short Talks from Abstracts Finalists and Awards

 Health Sciences
Lecture Hall 4, Level 2
10:45 – 11:30 am

Panel Discussion: "Connecting and Supporting"


Chief, Neurology Dept., Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS
Director and Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School


Vice Dean for Research
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Lina Obeid Chair in Biomedical Sciences
51 of Medicine


Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences
Director, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Graduate Program
51 of Medicine


Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
51 of Medicine

Aleksandra Krajewski, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
51 of Medicine

 Health Sciences
Lecture Hall 4, Level 2
11:30 am – 1 pm

Poster Session

Judges will assess and vote for the best posters.

 Health Sciences Galleria, Level 3
1 – 1:20 pm

Awards for the Best Posters in Each Category

 Health Sciences Galleria, Level 3
1:20 – 1:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Agnieszka Bialkowska, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
51 of Medicine

 Health Sciences
Lecture Hall 4, Level 2