Research on Gender, Reproduction, and the Lungs - in one generation and across generations. Can we extrapolate this knowledge to the study of cardiovascular diseases?
Center for research on Cardiac Disease in Women. Time: 31.10.22 at 12-13 local time. Meeting room 8.1-8.2, in the Laboratory building. The seminar is hybrid. Professor Francisco Gómez Real will first present evidence on gender differences in respiratory health with focus on asthma and lung function, second, on the relationships between respiratory health and sex-hormone related events, and finally, gender specific associations between risk factors in parents and obesity and respiratory health on offspring. Can we extrapolate from this research to the research of cardiovascular diseases, not just in one generation but across generations?
Hovedinnhold
The last few decades have brought increasing knowledge about the puzzling role of gender and reproductive factors in chronic health and disease, with a focus on not only cardiovascular disease, but on respiratory health.
The reproductive functions of women involve a close interplay between sex hormones, metabolic and immunologic factors to promote pregnancy, maintain the fetus and nourish the infant. The possibility of pregnancy creates differences in hormonal, metabolic and immunological profiles between women and men. The realization that asthma and lung function are related to sex and reproductive events, and the understanding that the interplay of hormonal, metabolic and immunological status also play a role in respiratory health, have led to a new paradigm in asthma epidemiology the last fifteen years. In addition, there are differences between the maternal and paternal lines in the transmission to offspring regarding risk of respiratory health and obesity.
Real will first present evidence on gender differences in respiratory health with focus on asthma and lung function, second, on the relationships between respiratory health and sex-hormone related events, and finally, gender specific associations between risk factors in parents and obesity and respiratory health on offspring. Can we extrapolate from this research to the research of cardiovascular diseases, not just in one generation but across generations?
Prof. Francisco Gómez Real, MD PhD, shares his time between scientific and clinical work. He is a professor at the Department of Clinical Science, Medicine Faculty at the University of Bergen, Norway. He a specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics, works as a consultant at the Women's Clinic, Haukeland University Hospital, and is responsible for the care of pregnant women with obesity. He has also several years of experience from General Practice and Respiratory Medicine.
Real is international expert in the research of sex hormones and reproductive and metabolic factors in respiratory health and disease. Real is chair of the Women´s health studies in the RHINESSA/ECRHS/RHINE networks.
Real leads the Research Unit for Health Surveys (RUHS, Research Unit for Health Surveys | University of Bergen (uib.no)), a core facility at the University of Bergen for the implementation of clinical research projects – among others HUSK3, JOINTHEART and IDA. RUHS is a collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine (MOF) and Haukeland University Hospital (HUS).
His research has been published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med (IF 21), JACI, Thorax, PLoS One, Eur Resp J, Resp Med, Int J Epidemiol, American Journal of Epidemiology, Menopause, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Maturitas, Nutrients, among others. His work has also been featured in mass media (New York Times, Washington Post, Der Standard, El Pais, Aftenposten), Dagens Medisin, Allergi i Praksis, Tidskriftet for den Norske Legeforeningen, etc
The seminar is hybrid. If you prefer to participate digitally, contact hilde.jacobsen@uib.no for access information.