📆 Save the Date: Saturday 16th March
🕙 Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm
🏨 Venue: Stirling Highland Hotel
👶 Creche Service Available
Get ready for a day of inspiration, connection, and empowerment at Female Factors: A Conference for Women Affected by Bleeding Disorders.
🎙 Keynote Speaker – Dr. Julia Anderson: Join us for a captivating session with the esteemed Dr. Julia Anderson, shedding light on women and bleeding disorders.
💬 Real Stories, Real Impact: Listen to the powerful stories of resilience from women who’ve faced bleeding disorders head-on. Their journeys will inspire and resonate with you on a personal level.
🤝 Group Discussions: Engage in meaningful discussions with like-minded women. Share experiences, exchange tips, and build connections that go beyond the conference walls.
🌐 Connect and Learn: This conference isn’t just about information; it’s about forging connections. Seize the opportunity to connect with others, learn from each other, and create a support network that lasts.
🎉 Why Attend?
- Gain valuable insights from our keynote speaker, Dr. Julia Anderson
- Connect with a community of strong, supportive women
- Hear firsthand experiences that will empower and inspire
- Participate in engaging group discussions
🎟️ Registration Information:
Open exclusively to women affected by bleeding disorders. Secure your spot today and register now!
Let’s empower, inspire, and connect at Female Factors! 🌈💪
Draft schedule for the day:
- 10:00am – 10:30am: Register, tea, coffee
- 10:30am – 10:45am: Welcome
- 10:45am – 11:15am: Keynote speaker: Dr Julia Anderson
- 11:15am – 12:30pm: Group discussion
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
- 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Stories from women affected by a bleeding disorder
- 2:00pm – 3:15pm: Group discussion
- 3:15pm – 4:00pm: Tea, coffee, social chat, close
About our Keynote Speaker, Dr Julia Anderson
Dr Julia A M Anderson MBChB BSc(Hons) MD FRCP Edin FRCPath
- Consultant Haematologist (specialist interest in thrombosis & haemostasis);
- Clinical Lead, Department of Clinical and Laboratory Haematology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
- Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh;
- Chair of NHS Lothian Thrombosis Committee; Chair of UKHCDO Dental Task Force
- Specialty Advisor in Haematology to the Chief Medical Officer in Scotland
Julia currently works in the Department of Haematology at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. She spent two years as a Research Fellow at Hamilton Civic Hospitals Research Centre, Ontario, Canada where she investigated the effect of hypersulphation of low molecular weight heparin on prothrombinase and intrinsic tenase, leading to a degree of MD, in 1999, with research findings published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. She held a Faculty position in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University as Assistant Professor from 2004 – 2008, and worked and taught within the Division of Hematology and Thrombosis.
Currently Julia is the co-lead examiner for the second part of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists in the area of coagulation; she is a member of the British Society for Haematology Haemostasis & Thrombosis Task Force, representing the UK Haemophilia Doctors Organisation, and has held positions as Co-Chair of the International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Scientific Subcommittee on the Control of Anticoagulation, and as a member of the International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Education Committee. More recently, she has served as a member of the NICE VTE Diseases Guideline Update Committee, and on the SIGN Guideline update on COVID-19.
Since 2020, Julia has served as the specialty adviser to the Chief Medical Officer in Scotland, providing advice during the COVID-19 pandemic, and currently advising on matters relating to haemoglobinopathy in Scotland.
Areas of research interest:
- peri-operative anticoagulation (collaboration with the PAUSE-2 Investigators, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada)
- monitoring anticoagulation – lab-based assays, point-of-care devices
- women’s health : acquired and congenital bleeding in pregnancy : defining the period of hypercoagulability in the puerperium and at different stages of pregnancy
- reversal of anticoagulation
FUNDED BY THE WOMEN’S FUND FOR SCOTLAND