PRiME Precision Women’s Health Mini Symposium: New Therapies for Women's Health
📅 When
Thursday, June 25, 2026
1:00 - 3:30 pm
📍 Where
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Room 850, 8th floor
144 College St.
University of Toronto
🎤 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Waljit Dhillo
Professor, Endocrinology & Metabolism and Consultant Endocrinologist
Imperial College London
“Kisspeptin and Neurokinin B - New targets for novel therapies in Women's Health”
Waljit Dhillo is a Professor in Endocrinology & Metabolism and Consultant Endocrinologist at Imperial College London. He completed his medical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, University of London which included an Intercalated BSc in Biochemistry (awarded First Class Honours). He completed his PhD as a Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellow at Imperial College and was subsequently awarded NIHR Clinician Scientist, NIHR Career Development Fellowship and currently an NIHR Research Professorship. He is Head of Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism at Imperial College and Divisional Director of Research at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Panel discussion: New Therapies Used for Fertility, Libido, Brain Health, Perimenopause, and Menopause
Moderator:
Dr. Denise Belsham
Professor, Department of Physiology and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)
University of Toronto
Panelists:
Nigel Pereira, MD, FACOG, ALS/ELS (AAB)
Clinician-Investigator and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Toronto
Dr. Wendy Wolfman MD FRCS(C) FACOG MSCP
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Toronto