‘Gender-sensitive medicine, please!’
Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr Ute Seeland - Germany's first female university professor for gender-sensitive medicine with clinical activities at the University Medical Centre Magdeburg
Under the title ‘Gender-sensitive medicine, please! - Excellent medicine of tomorrow’, Prof. Dr Ute Seeland will give her inaugural lecture at the Faculty of Medicine at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg on 15 November 2024 at 2 pm. In March 2024, Ute Seeland took over the new endowed professorship for gender-sensitive medicine at the University of Magdeburg. The aim of this first full-time professorship with clinical affiliation in Germany is to raise awareness of gender-specific differences in medicine and to develop innovative approaches for fairer and more individualised healthcare. The endowed professorship is funded by the Margarete Ammon Foundation. The event is open to the public and interested parties are cordially invited to attend.
- What: Inaugural lecture ‘Gender-sensitive medicine, please! - Excellent medicine of tomorrow’ by Prof Dr med Ute Seeland, endowed professorship for gender-sensitive medicine at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- When: Friday, 15 November 2024, at 2.00 pm
- Where: Central lecture theatre building of the Faculty of Medicine, House 22, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg
Photo: Cardiologist Prof Dr med Ute Seeland has held the endowed professorship for gender-sensitive medicine at the University of Magdeburg since March 2024. Photographer: Melitta Schubert/University Medicine Magdeburg
Gender-sensitive medicine deals with gender-specific differences in medicine and their impact on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Research findings show that men and women react differently to diseases - from the symptoms to the effectiveness of therapies. Despite these differences, women are still underrepresented in many medical studies, leading to gaps in evidence-based treatment. Professor Seeland is committed to researching these gender-specific differences and advancing prevention strategies. At Magdeburg University Medical Centre, she will establish a university outpatient clinic for gender-sensitive medicine and prevention in order to integrate innovative treatment approaches into practice and further improve care.
About the person
Prof Dr med Ute Seeland studied human medicine in Berlin, Marburg and Göttingen and most recently worked at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin before moving to Magdeburg in March 2024. She is a specialist in internal medicine, habilitated at Charité in the field of gender-sensitive medicine and is Chairwoman of the German Society for Gender-Specific Medicine (DGesGM e.V.). Her scientific focus is on the cardiovascular and socio-cultural risk factors that lead to premature vascular ageing and functional diseases.
About the Margarete Ammon Foundation
Founded in 2002, the Margarete Ammon Foundation is dedicated to promoting the common good and supporting creativity and invention in the fields of science, technology, ecology and culture. The foundation supports selected charitable projects of third parties, but also realises its own projects. One of the focal points of its activities is the promotion of research in the field of human medicine, particularly with a focus on gender-sensitive medicine.
Endowed professorships are financed by third-party donors and help to promote innovative fields of research in a specific specialism.