ANDROGEN AND ESTROGEN RECEPTOR SIGNALLING IN METABOLIC DISEASE – DR. HAROLD COPP LECTURE (CSEM-008)

Saturday, October 28, 2023

09:45 – 10:45 EST

Location: Palais, 516AB

Presenter(s)

Rhian M. Touyz, MBBCh, PhD, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci (she/her/hers)

Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Disclosure(s):

Rhian M. Touyz, MBBCh, PhD, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci: No financial relationships to disclose

Donna F. Vine, BSc, Hon, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

At the end of this session participants will be able to / Au terme de cette conférence, vous serez:

Describe the role of the androgen receptor (AR) and of the estrogen receptor (ER) in cardiometabolic risk;
Discuss the mechanistic role of the AR and ER in different tissues; and
Differentiate sex differences in androgen vs estrogenic cardiometabolic effects.