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Breakfast 2005 - Speakers

Keynote Speaker Dr. Sarah E. Romans, M.B., Ch.B., M.D., FRCPC Dr. Sarah Romans is an academic social psychiatrist who has worked in mental health services, both inpatient and outpatient, for over thirty years. In 2001 Dr. Romans was appointed to be the first holder of the Shirley Brown Chair in Women's Mental Health Research at the University of Toronto. She moved to New Zealand to take up this appointment, where she had been at the University of Otago Medical School. Her research activities have focused on mood disorders and the psychosocial determinants of women's mental health. She is Principal Investigator of Canadian Institute of Health Research grants studying the investigation of gender differences in depression using the Canadian Community Health Survey and the association of mood changes with physical health, perceived stress, social support and the menstrual cycle. She currently runs an outpatient assessment clinic for women with mood disorders, within the Reproductive Life Stages program at Women's College Ambulatory Care Centre. In addition to her Research Chair, she has a Staff appointment in Psychiatry at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, and Dr. Romans is a Consultant Staff member in Psychiatry at the University Health Network and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Moderator Dr. Jennifer M. Blake, M.D., FRCSC  Dr. Jennifer Blake is the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Head of Women's Health at Sunnybrook and Women's College Hospital, Toronto. She is a Professor and Associate Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto. She is a former Chief of Pediatric Gynaecology at the Hospital for Sick Children and was the Undergraduate Dean of McMaster University Medical School from 1991-1997. Dr. Blake is a medical graduate from McMaster University and received her fellowship in 1982 in reproductive endocrinology and Master of Science. As an extension to her commitment in women's health, Dr. Blake serves with distinction as the Vice Chair of the Genesis Research Foundation.