Sofia Noori, MD, MPH, a Fourth-Year Resident in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, will speak March 25 at an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) virtual seminar titled, “Innovations to Address Women’s Brain Health Inequalities.”
From the organizers: “The COVID-19 crisis has exposed sex and gender differences in brain and mental health disorders, as we see news of a dangerous hike in depression and suicide, particularly among women. As we try to fight the virus, we are also forced to address how our behaviors and health are impacted by brain and mental disease – the area with the highest unmet medical need. Sex differences in brain health are very marked – research shows that dementia rates are higher in women compared to men, similar figures for depression and anxiety. The brain capital (brain health and brain skills in a brain economy) of women is therefore crucial as part of a Systemic Recovery.”
“As part of the New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC) Neuroscienceinspired Policy Initiative and the OECD gender mainstreaming work, brain experts will explore how women and men brains are different and how understanding these differences might inform gendersensitive policies.”
Noori is co-founder of the Women’s Mental Health Conference at Yale which increases awareness and education of important topics in women’s mental health. She is Chief Resident of Digital Psychiatry and Chief Resident of Quality Improvement in the Yale Department of Psychiatry and served as the curriculum lead for Innovation to Impact , a NIDA-funded substance use entrepreneurship program that helps addiction researchers and clinicians commercialize their insights for the public good.
The OECD seminar begins at 4:00 pm and is open to the public. Please click here to register.
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