An Integrative Approach to Stress Management:   Reducing Stress & Increasing Happiness

An Integrative Approach to Stress Management: Reducing Stress & Increasing Happiness

A discussion and presentation on an integrative approach to stress management will be presented by the Howell Foundation. Our speaker, Carole Banka, will talk about how stress affects the body and ways in which we can reduce stress and increase our happiness.

Dr. Carole Banka discusses an integrative approach to stress management

Dr. Banka is known in the research community for being a champion of gender differences in research and in diagnosing and treating illness.   If you ever hear the words “were both gender included in the research/studies?” or “How did gender differences impact the outcome?” then you know it HAS to be her!  

 
Carole L. Banka, Ph.D.  is currently Associate Project Scientist in the Department of Medicine at the UCSD School of Medicine.  She received her Ph.D. from UCSF School of Medicine and did postdoctoral training at UCSD School of Medicine and The Scripps Research Institute. She has held faculty positions at The Scripps Research Institute and the La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine where she was Director of Women’s Health Research. Her areas of research include heart disease, fat and cholesterol metabolism, breast cancer and reproductive biology.  Dr. Banka has received numerous awards for her public speaking on women’s health issues and gender differences in health and disease.
On the necessity of including the gender-difference factor in research, she comments: “A principal problem in the treatment of stress and the subsequent effects on our health is a ‘one-size- fits-all’ approach. Even if it seems that  our bodies function the same way mechanically – for example the heart or the brain-  you’d be surprised  how important gender differences are in the prevention, effective diagnosis and treatment of illness in today’s world”
 
Don’t forget to register for the Foundation’s event on March 18th.  Visit www.howellfoundation.org for more information. 

About the Doris A. Howell Foundation:
The Doris A. Howell Foundation for Women’s Health Research is committed to keeping the women we love healthy, advancing women’s health through research and educating women to be catalysts for improving family health in the community.

The organization does so by funding scholarships to scientists researching issues affecting women’s health; providing a forum for medical experts, scientists, doctors, researchers, and authors to convey the timely information on topics relevant to women’s health and the health. of their families through its Lecture and Evening Series, and by funding research initiatives that will create women’s health awareness and advocacy in the community.

 

For more information about the Doris A. Howell Foundation, please visit www.howellfoundation.org.

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