New Podcasts Address Women’s Health

Format: Podcast
Institute: Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

Interested in women’s health issues? ORWH has launched a new podcast series titled “Pinn Point on Women’s Health,” hosted by Vivian Pinn, NIH Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director of ORWH. The monthly podcast will discuss the latest news in women’s health research and include conversations with guests on a variety of subjects.

In the premiere episode, Dr. Pinn discusses the new HPV vaccine and what it means in terms of cervical cancer with Allan Hildesheim, a senior investigator at Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

In the second podcast, Dr. Pinn discusses new developments in the detection, treatment, and cure of breast cancer with Larissa Korde, NCI staff clinician, and Worta McCaskill-Stevens, program director and medical oncologist, Cancer Prevention Branch, NCI.

In addition to the special guest, each podcast will feature a series (“Hot Flashes”) that highlights exciting new research developments in women’s health and offers listeners sources of information that may be useful to them.

Next Steps
To access the monthly podcast, visit http://orwh.od.nih.gov. You can also read a transcript of the presentations.