
A conference titled “A Case for Women’s Health” will take place Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, to examine current research and the status of new treatments for uterine fibroid tumors that disproportionately impact African-American women.
Speakers will include U.S. Rep. Louis Slaughter of New York, who was instrumental in establishing the Women’s Health Office at the National Institutes of Health; Jim Segars, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University, who specializes in research on uterine fibroids and other reproductive disorders; and Darlene K. Taylor, Ph.D., who researches new therapies for uterine fibroids as the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Distinguished Endowed Professor at NCCU. The keynote address will be given by Tanika Gray, founder of the The White Dress Project and a uterine fibroid patient.
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