The 3rd IGI Seminar IGI Tokyo / Sex & Gender Australia webinar

2023年9月25日更新

　This webinar focuses on sex and gender analysis in the field of health. It also aims to build a research network between the Sex and Gender Policies in Health and Medical Research project in Australia and the Institute for Gendered Innovations (IGI) and the Institute for Education and Human Development (IEHD) at Ochanomizu University, Japan. We invite four researchers from Australia and Japan to present their leading-edge research, which will be followed by an open discussion for seeking future collaboration opportunities. It will be casual and conversational.

Webinar Outline　The 3rd IGI Seminar　IGI Tokyo / Sex & Gender Australia webinar
Date	Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 10:00-12:00 in Japan, 12:00-14:00 in Sydney
Venue	Zoom Meeting
Participants	Limited to Ochanomizu University faculty and project members in Australia.
Registration	https://forms.gle/EAnoMA6kWVyX7hj77 Please use your Ochanomizu University email address (@ocha.ac.jp) for registration. 【Application deadline】 October 3rd (Tuesday) at 12:00
Language	English
Organizer	Sex and Gender Policies in Health and Medical Research project Institute for Gendered Innovations (IGI) Institute for Education and Human Development (IEHD)
Inquiry	Institute for Gendered Innovations: ocha-igi@cc.ocha.ac.jp

Program

10:00-10:15 (12:00-12:15 in Sydney) Opening
Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country Lily Halliday (Research Project Lead & Program Manager, Australian Human Rights Institute/Strategic Projects Manager, UNSW Sydney) Opening remarks by representatives and introductions Sex & Gender Health Policy project: Professor Robyn Norton (The George Institute for Global Health) Institute for Gendered Innovations: Dr. Masako Ishii-Kuntz (Director, IGI/Trustee and Vice-President, Ochanomizu University)
10:15-11:40 (12:15- 13:40 in Sydney) Presentations
(15 min. presentation followed by 5 min. to answer any questions/discuss.) 1. Professor Mika Omori (Ochanomizu University) “Psychology and Health” 2. Dr. Briar McKenzie (Heart Foundation, Australia) “Incorporating sex and gender into research – examples from investigating the relationship between diet and cardiovascular disease” -- option for a short break for bathroom/refreshment -- 3. Professor Takayuki Ito (Ochanomizu University) “Information Visualization for Gender Bias Discovery” 4. Dr. Cheryl Carcel (Heart Foundation, Australia) “Sex and Gender in Health and Medical Research in Australia)
11:40-12:00 (13:40-14:00 in Sydney) Open discussion
Questions/topics to guide open discussion: 1. How might we be able to collaborate on any of these specific projects? 2. Are there other researchers at IGI or TGI we should connect each other with? 3. The establishment of a National Centre for Sex & Gender Equity in Health and Medical Research in Australia 4. Future plans for IGI and the Sex & Gender Project and opportunities for future collaboration

Presenters

Name: Professor Mika Omori
Title: Psychology and Health
Bio: Mika Omori is a Professor and the Director of the Institute for Education and Human Development, at Ochanomizu University. Her research subjects are psychosocial attributes related to health behaviors, risk perception and health communication. Currently, her research focus is on the impact of thin-ideal internalization on body dissatisfaction and dieting behaviors, health-related behaviors, and emotional regulation.

Name: Dr Briar McKenzie
Title: Incorporating sex and gender into research – Examples from investigating the relationship between diet and cardiovascular disease
Bio: Dr Briar McKenzie is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Australian Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. She is a research fellow within the food policy division at the George Institute. Her main research interests are in understanding how diet can reduce the risk of non-communicable disease, and sex and gender considerations related to disease burden and policy formation and implementation.

Name: Professor Takayuki ITO
Title: Information Visualization for Gender Bias Discovery
Bio: Takayuki Ito is a Professor and the Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary AI and Data Science, at Ochanomizu University. He is engaged in research on “information visualization,” which effectively displays the information that is around us on a computer screen. He has many research achievements in visualization, and these include the fields of science and technology, social issues, human behavior, and music.

Name: Dr Cheryl Carcel
Title: Sex and Gender in Health and Medical Research in Australia
Bio: Dr Cheryl Carcel is a Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and an NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellowship. She is a neurologist and senior research fellow at The George Institute where she is the academic lead of the Global Brain Health Program and lead of the Sex Differences in Stroke group. Her interests are in sex and gender differences, headache, stroke, acute stroke imaging and translating research into practice.

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