War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence Education

Education
The WOMEN’s primary goals are to provide focused resources to healthcare providers (VA and non-VA) as well as Veterans and their families. Through our national webinars, subject matter expert talks, and conferences, we provide education for our healthcare providers to better understand women Veterans' health.
In the future, WOMEN aspires to educate Veterans on the understanding of unique (potential) health effects from exposures and empower them to work with their healthcare providers in a partnership where both parties have the expertise of the individual condition(s) needed for the best care possible.
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WRIISC-WOMEN in the VA Community:
Education Resource | Title | Link/Location |
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Webinars | Military Exposure Webinar: Impact of Deployment-Related Exposures on Women Health | TBD |
Clinical Briefs | WRIISC-HOME: Military Exposures and Women’s Health; May 3, 2023 | TMS: VA 131008209 |
Newsletters | “Sex differences-Brain Injury” in the section “Around the WRIISC News: CA WRIISC” Winter 2023 edition | WRIISC Advantage Winter 2023 (va.gov) |
Women’s Operational and Military Exposure Network (WOMEN) in the section “Around the WRIISC News: CA WRIISC” Fall 2022 edition | WRIISC Advantage Newsletter |
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Postdoctoral Fellowships | Office of Academic Affiliations Home (va.gov) |
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Subject Matter Expert-Invited Talks | Examining the Interaction Between Trauma and Brain Injury Across Populations Carrie Esopenko, PhD, Associate Professor at Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai |
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Association Between Burn Pits & Reproductive Health in Women (to include inflammatory mechanisms) Timothy Henrich, MD, Medicine Associate Professor at UCSF |
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Impact of oral contraceptives and smoking on stroke outcomes in female rats Ami P. Raval, PhD, Research Associate Professor at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine |
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Collaborations | Women's Health Research Network | Women's Health Research Network (WHRN) (va.gov) |
AIRBORNE Hazards Center Of Excellence | Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence - War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (va.gov) |
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Traumatic Brain Injury System | ||
Innovators Network | Innovators Network | VHA Innovation Ecosystem | |
Stanford University | Stanford University |