The Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (www.ossdweb.org) is convening its third annual scientific meeting from June 4-6, 2009 in Toronto, ON, Canada. The program includes Jeanne T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D. as the Keynote Lecturer and Virginia M. Miller, Ph.D. as the Capstone Lecturer. The rest of the program is composed of seven symposia and two poster sessions. Symposia topics include sex differences in: pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and drug development; childhood obesity: manifestations and mechanisms; sex chromosomes and autoimmunity; progenitor and stem cells: implications for tissue injury, repair, and regeneration; cerebral vascular biology and stroke; knee osteoarthritis; and cognition. The deadline for poster abstract submissions is March 16, 2009. Visit www.ossdweb.org to view the full agenda and register. Contact Viviana Simon, Ph.D. (viviana@ossdweb.org) for additional information.