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Agenda

"Wired in the Womb: The Placenta - Brain Partnership"

 

Symposium Introduction

9:00-9:10am - Introduction by CPD leadership

 

Session 1: Inflammation in Pregnancy

9:10-9:30 - Ina Stelzer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, UC San Diego

9:30-9:45 - Susan Powell, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego

9:45-10:00 - Marga Behrens, PhD, Research Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

 

10:00-10:50 - Keynote Speaker 1
"Neurodevelopmental risk after exposure to a complex pregnancy: offering a translational perspective", Serena Banu Gumusoglu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (40 min + 10 min questions)

 

10:50-11:05am - 15 min Coffee Break

 

11:05-11:25 – Placenta: A Primer for Neuroscientists and Emerging Technologies - Sampada Kallol, PhD, Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Pathology, UC San Diego

 

Session 2: Prenatal Stress and Exposures

11:25-11:45 - Susan Powell / Robert Morey, PhD, Computational and Data Science Research Specialist, Department of Pathology, UC San Diego

11:45-12:05 - Elana Elkin, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, San Diego State University

12:05-12:25 - Melissa Campbell, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences, UC San Diego

 

12:25-1:15pm - Lunch Break (50 min)

 

1:15-2:05pm - Keynote Speaker 2
"Protecting the Immature Brain", Terrie Inder, MD, Director, Center for Newborn Research, Radys Children’s Health Orange County; Professor of Pediatrics, UC Irvine (40 min + 10 min questions)

 

2:05-2:15pm - BIO break (10 min)

 

Session 3: Maternal Risk Factors & Birth Trauma

2:15-2:35 - Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, UC San Diego

2:35-2:55 - Catherine Psaras, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

2:55-3:15 - Rita Ryu, MPH, MBA, Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health, UC San Diego | San Diego State University

3:15-3:35 - Lindsey Burnett, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, UC San Diego

 

3:35-3:45pm - Concluding Remarks and Introduction to Poster Session

 

4:00-5:00pm - Poster Session with Refreshments