2023 Workshop Highlights - Perinatal Research Society

THE 2023 WORKSHOP AND PRS ANNUAL MEETING WERE HELD SEPTEMBER 29 – OCT 1 AT THE GRAND SUMMIT HOTEL AT CANYONS VILLAGE PARK CITY, UTAH

2023 PRS YIGWW Participants in Park City, Utah — *2023 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop Participants & Faculty*

2023 Young Investigator Workshop Participants

Participant	Position	University
April Adams, MD	Assistant Professor	Baylor College of Medicine
Liliana Aguayo, PhD	Assistant Professor	Emory University
Florencia Anunziata, PhD	Postdoc	University of California San Diego
Mariana Brewer, MD	Assistant Professor	Hofstra University/Northwell
Kathryn (Kathy) Burge, PhD	Assistant Professor	University of Oklahoma
Kameelah Gateau, MD	Assistant Professor	University of Southern California – Keck
Alison Goulding, MD	Assistant Professor	Baylor College of Medicine
Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu, PhD	Postdoc	University of Iowa
Thomas Hays, MD	Assistant Professor	Columbia University Medical Center
Ashraf Kharrat, MD	Assistant Professor	University of Toronto
Matthew Kielt, MD	Assistant Professor	Ohio State University
Jacquelyn Lajiness, MD	Assistant Professor	Indiana University
Margeaux Marbrey, PhD	Assistant Professor	Duke University
Thiago Martins, PhD	Assistant Professor	Mississippi State University
Molly McAdow, MD	Assistant Professor	Yale University
Carmen Monthe-Dreze, MD	Instructor	Harvard University
Sebastian Ramos, MD	Assistant Professor	Tufts University
Ayodeji Sanusi, MD	Assistant Professor	University of Alabama Birmingham
Lydia Shook, MD	Assistant Professor	Harvard University
Ina Stelzer, PhD	Assistant Professor	University of California San Diego
Mancy Tong, PhD	Assistant Professor	Yale University
Vivian (Luaces) Valcarce, MD	Assistant Professor	University of Alabama Birmingham
Timothy Wen, MD	Fellow	University of California San Francisco
Alicia White, MD	Assistant Professor	University of California – Anschutz

2023 Faculty Advisors

Advisor	Position	University
Director: Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD	Professor	University of Utah
Co-Director: Kurt Albertine, PhD	Professor	University of Utah
Andrea Edlow, MD (Workshop Graduate)	Associate Professor	Harvard University
Sonnet Jonker, PhD	Associate Professor	Oregon Health & Science University
Robert Lane, MD	Professor	University of Missouri Kansas City
Jamie Lo, MD	Associate Professor	Oregon Health & Science University
Jason Vaught, MD (Workshop Graduate)	Associate Professor	Johns Hopkins University
David Weinberg, PhD	Program Officer/Project Lead	NICHD

Memories

Pre-meeting Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop includes didactic sessions.

Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop welcomes perinatal scientists from across the country.

The Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop includes a number of didactic session. Lisa Joss-Moore leads one of these sessions.

Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD, Director of the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop presents a didactic session.

Drs Margeaux Marbrey & Liliana Aguayo-Markes at PRS Pre-meeting - Sunrise in Park City, Utah

Margeaux Marbrey, PhD & Liliana Aguayo-Markes,PhD at sunrise in Park City, Utah

The PRS pre-meeting workshop includes eating meals with faculty members.

Workshop attendees and faculty members gather at lunch.

At PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop, Thiago Martins, PhD edits his grant proposal.

Thiago Martins, PhD edits his grant proposal while attending the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop.

Molly McAdow, MD at PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop.

Molly McAdow, MD working on a grant application.

Carmen Monthe-Dreze, MD, practices her presentation during the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop.

Carmen Monthe-Dreze, MD, practices her presentation at the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop.

Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu, PhD meets with Marisa Long, MD, PhD (Faculty member).

Drs Mariana Brewer (left) and Sonnet Jonker (Workshop Faculty) review Brewer's grant application at PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop

Mariana Brewer, MD (left) consults with Workshop Faculty Member and 2023 PRS President Sonnet Jonker, PhD on her grant application at PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop

During the PRS YIGWW, Mancy Tong, PhD meets with workshop faculty member, Robert Lane, MD.

PRS Workshop attendee, Mancy Tong, PhD meets with Robert Lane, MD to evaluate her grant proposal.

Rick Skaar (Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition)& Kurt Albertine, PhD, Faculty Co-Dir, PRS YIGWW in Park City, Utah

Rick Skaar (Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition)& Kurt Albertine, PhD, Co-Director, meet at PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop in Park City, Utah

April Adams, MD is one of three invitees to practice her talk for the PRS Annual Meeting.

April Adams, MD practices her invited presentation for the PRS Annual Meeting.

Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD celebrates the PRS YIGWW.

Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD, Director of the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop is an enthusiastic faculty advisor at the pre-meeting workshop.

Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop attendees listen to speaker as one aspect of workshop.

Mariana Brewer, MD, Daniel Wen, MD, Lydia Shook, MD and Ayodeji Sanusi, MD (send row) listen to speaker at the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop.

As part of the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop, Thomas Hays, MD consults with workshop faculty member and Co-Director, Kurt Albertine, Phd.

Thomas Hays,MD consults with Workshop Co-Director, Kurt Albertine, PhD on his grant proposal.

PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop: Faculty Andrea_Edlow, MD (left) advises Florencia Anunziata, PhD on her grant application.

Andrea_Edlow, MD (left) advises Florencia Anunziata, PhD at PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop

PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop attendee, Jacquelyn Lajiness questions speaker, along with Kathryn Burge, PhD and Ayodeji Sanusi, MD.

Jacquelyn Lajiness, MD, questions a speaker during a presentation at the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop. Kathryn Burge, PhD (left) and Ayodeji Sanusi, MD also attended session.

Drs Kameelah Gateau & April Adams in Park City, Utah at the 2023 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop in Park City, Utah

Kameelah Gateau, MD, MS and April Adams, MD attend the 2023 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop

As part of the YIGWW, attendees, Sebastian Ramos, MD and Kathy Burge, MD edit grant proposals.

Sebastian Ramos, MD and Kathy Burge, PhD attend the PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop and edit grant proposals.

As one of three young investigators selected to present his or her research at the PRS meeting, Serena Gumusoglu, PdD, gives a talk to other workshop attendees.

Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu, PhD, practices her presentation for for the PRS meeting. Three young investigators are selected each year.

Dr. David Weinberg presents NICHD information at PRS Grant Writing Workshop.

NICHD's David Weinberg,PhD speaks at the 2023 PRS Young Investigators Grant Writing Workshop.

YIGWW attendees enjoy dinner with PRS President and Workshop Faculty Member Sonnet Jonker.

2023 PRS President Sonnet Jonker, PhD, enjoys dinner with (clockwise from left: Mancy Tong, PhD, Margeaux Marbrey, PhD, Timothy Wen, MD, Alicia White, MD, Liliana Aguayo-Markes, PhD, Ina Stelzer, PhD.

Young Investigator Cassady Presidential Award