2021 Women in Combat Summit
Forging the Future: How Women Enhance the Fighting Force
Tuesday, 09 February
Leadership in the 21st Century "Experience Informed Research and Policy"
0815-0830
Summit Welcome and Overview
Col Candy Wilson, PhD
0830-0945
Keynote: GEN (R) Martin E. Dempsey
0945-0950
Leadership Welcome and Overview
MAJ Angela Yarnell, PhD
0950-1030
Women, Peace & Security
Jeannette Haynie, PhD
1030-1100
Women as Warriors: Discarding the Myths and Realizing the Possibilities
CAPT Jill Rough, PhD
1100-1130
Break
1130-1300
Allies & Advocates: Men, Women, and Leadership
Panel Moderator: David Smith, PhD
Jill Goldenziel, PhD; W. Brad Johnson, PhD; Judith E. Rosenstein, PhD
1300-1315
Lunch
1315-1445
Direct Combat Exclusion Rule: Integration of Women into the Combat Arms Six Years Later
Panel Moderator: LTC (R) Robin Johnson
Question Moderator: LTC Adam Sawyer
Panelists: CAPT Jill Rough, PhD; MAJ Erin Williams, Maj Regan Lyon; & Maj Nicole Nicholson
1445-1545
Working Groups
1. Where are we going?
2. What is needed to get there?
3. What challenges remain?
4. What is the role of MHS/medical providers?
5. What can leadership expect from MHS/medical providers to support women?
1545-1600
Wrap Up
Wednesday, 10 February
Operational Performance
0800-0815
Welcome and Overview
MAJ Karmon Dyches, Psychological Health Deputy, MOMRP JPC-5
0815-0930
Opening Keynote
Dr. Karl Friedl, PhD
0930-0945
Break
0945-1030
Bone Health and Stress Fracture Risk in Female Soldiers
Dr. Kristin Popp, ORISE Established Scientists Supporting USARIEM
1030-1115
Physiological and Psychological Characterization of Hyper-Fit Military Females
Holly McClung, MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN
1115-1200
Optimizing Power, Performance, and Prevention: The Female Soldier and the ACFT
COL Deydre Teyhen, DPT, PhD, OCS
1200-1300
Lunch
1300-1345
Form, Fit, and Function of Female Military Equipment
Mr. Michael McGurk, Director, Research & Analysis
USACIMT: The Army's Leade for H2F and ACFT
U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training
1345-1400
Break
1400-1445
Closing Keynote: Women in Combat: A UK Perspective on Health and Performance
Dr. Julie Greeves, OBI, PhD
Professor of Applied Physiology
Army Health and Performance Research (AHPR)
1445-1500
Wrap Up & Thank You
Thursday, 11 February
Health and Well Being
0800-0815
Welcome and Overview
Maj Angela K. Phillips, USAF, NC; PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC
0815-0900
Keynote
Prof. Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, PhD, MHA
0900-1015
A Delphi Study to Determine Military Women's Health Research Priorities
Dr. Lori Trego, PhD, CNM, FAAN
1015-1130
Unintended Pregnancy & Contraception
Prof. Catherine T. Witkop, MD, MPH, Col (Ret), USAF
1130-1230
Lunch
1230-1345
Nutrition & Iron Deficiency Anemia
Dr. James McClung, PhD
1345-1500
Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr. T. John Wu, PhD
1500-1600
Working Groups for Topics: Urogential Health, Unintended Pregnancy & Contraception, Nutrition & Iron Deficiency Anemia, Traumatic Brain Injury
1600-1630
Announcement of Poster Award Winner
Wrap UP
Col Candy Wilson, USAF, NC; PhD, MHSc, APRN, WHNP-BC, FAAN