33rd Annual Meeting
Hayes Mansion
San Jose, California
Welcome – PRS President Bryan Richardson, MD
NICHD Speaker
Robert A. Brace, PhD – Are We Beginning to Understand the Physiological Regulation of Amniotic Fluid Volume?
Liley Lectureship and Award Winner
Richard Harding, PhD – The Sub-Optimal Intrauterine Environment: Implications for Postnatal Respiratory Function
March of Dimes Speaker
Janet Rossant, PhD – Molecular Genetics of Placenta Development in the Mouse
Mead Johnson Speaker
Steve Krawetz, PhD – Opportunities for New Discoveries in the Post-Human Genome Sequencing Era: Can We Reprogram Our Genome
CIHR Speaker
Michael Meaney – Maternal Care, Gene Expression and Brain Development
Ross Abbott Speaker
David Edwards, MD – Brain Damage in Extremely Preterm Infants: Is It What You Think It Is?
Invited Guest Speakers
Sandra T. Davidge, PhD – Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Cell Dysfunction in Preeclampsia
William Hay, MD – A Look Back at the PRS and Perinatal Research
Jacob Canick, PhD – Prenatal Serum Screening for Down Syndrome: Why Does it Work?
Yoel Sadovsky, MD – Molecular Determinants of Gonadal and Adrenal Development and Function
Leadership 2002
President – Bryan Richardson, MD
Secretary-Treasurer – Lowell E. Davis, MD