North Dakota Women's Health Research Conference is April 17 The second annual North Dakota Women's Health Research Conference Thursday, April 17, at the Wellness Center, provides a forum to connect researchers throughout the state whose work relates to women’s health. The conference is an excellent venue for researchers to network and to explore possible coordination and collaboration of their research interests. A statewide research agenda was instituted at last year’s conference and will move forward this year, continuing the momentum North Dakota researchers began in spring 2007. Researchers are invited to display their recent work via poster presentations in the atrium of the Wellness Center. A conference plenary presentation by Judith Kaur, internationally recognized Mayo Clinic oncologist and UND graduate, will be followed by a presentation of a developing statewide research project. Data set analysis by the North Dakota State Health Department will be the focus of the afternoon session. A plenary conclusion to advance the state research agenda will summarize the day’s events. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. We look forward to engaging women’s health researchers at the North Dakota Women's Health Research Conference 2008. -- Susan Splichal, Coordinator, Center of Excellence in Womens Health, Family & Community Medicine, SMHS, ssplichal@medicine.nodak.edu, 7.3274