2024 Workshop Highlights - Perinatal Research Society

THE 2024 WORKSHOP AND PRS ANNUAL MEETING WERE HELD SEPTEMBER 12-15 AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

*2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop Participants & Faculty*

2024 Young Investigator Workshop Participants

Basic Science

Participant	Position	University
Valene Garr Barry, PhD	Postdoc	Washington University – St. Louis
Enrico R. Barrozo, PhD	Assistant Professor	Baylor College of Medicine
Rebecca Kramer Campbell, PhD	Assistant Professor	University of Illinois – Chicago
Lauren Gyllenhammer, PhD	Assistant Professor	University of California- Irvine
Amelia R. Tanner, PhD	Postdoc	University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
María Virumbrales-Muñoz, PhD	Assistant Professor	University of Wisconsin – Madison

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Participant	Position	University
Christine Blauvelt, MD	Clinical Fellow	University of California – San Francisco
Rahul D’Mello, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor	Oregon Health & Science University
Christine Field, MD	Clinical Fellow	The Ohio State University
Kristen Moriarty, MD	Clinical Fellow	University of Connecticut
Katherine J. Swanson, MD	Assistant Professor	University of California – San Francisco
Ophelia Yin, MD	Clinical Fellow	University of Connecticut

Pediatrics

Participant	Position	University
Sean M. Cullen, MD, PhD	Instructor	Weill Cornell Medicine
Lindsay F. Holzapfel, MD, MS	Assistant Professor	University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston
Julia Mayne, MD, MS	Assistant Professor	Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, PhD, MS	Assistant Professor	University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston
Katie Strobel, MD	Assistant Professor	University of Washington – Seattle Children’s
Michelle Yang, MD, MS	Assistant Professor	University of Utah

2024 Faculty Advisors

Advisor	Position	University
Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD, Director	Professor	University of Utah
Kurt Albertine, PhD, Co-Director	Professor	University of Utah
Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc, Co-Director	Associate Professor	Harvard University
Irina Buhimschi, MD	Professor	University of Illinois – Chicago
Judy Aschner, MD	Professor	Hackensack University
Marisa Spann, PhD	Associate Professor	Columbia University
Diana Gumina, PhD	Program Officer	NIH/NICHD

Young Investigator Cassady Presidential Award

Memories

Valene Garr Barry, PhD, Kristen Moriarty, MD, Rahul D'Mello, MD attend the 2024 PRS Young Investigators Grant Writing Workshop, September 11-13, 2024.

PRS 2024 Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop Co-Director Andrea Edlow, MD (L) and Workshop Director Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD, discuss specific content for workshop sessions, September 11-13, in Providence, RI.

Rahul D'Mello, MD, Kristen Moriarty, MD, Enrico Barrozo, PhD gather at the opening dinner for the 2024 PRS Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.

Rahul D'Mello, MD, practices his oral presentation during the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop, September 11-13.

PRS 2024 Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop participants edit and craft their grant proposals, September 11-13, in Providence, RI. (L-R) Workshop Co-Director Kurt Albertine, PhD, (Standing), Enrico Barrozo, PhD, Amelia Tanner, PhD, Michelle Yang, MD, Lauren Gyllenhammer, PhD, Rebecca Kramer Campbell, PhD, Katie Strobel, MD, Maria Virumbrales-Muñoz, PhD

Ophelia Yin, MD, participant in the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop (left), discusses her grant proposal with workshop faculty member, Diane Gumina, PhD.

Marissa Spann, PhD, faculty member for PRS 2024 Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop (left) makes suggestions on a grant proposal of workshop participant, Maria del Mar Romero Lopez, MD.

Maria Virumbrales-Muñoz, Sean Cullen, MD, PHD, Katie Strobel, MD, edit grant proposals during the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop.

Maria del Mar Romero Lopez, MD, updates her grant proposal while attending the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop in Providence, RI.

PRS 2024 Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop participants are led by Workshop Director, Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD in Providence, RI.

PRS 2024 Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop participants, (from left) Lindsey Holzapfel, MD, MS, and Maria del Mar Romero Lopez, MD, listen to advice given by workshop faculty member, Diane Gumina, PhD (right).

Lindsey Holzapfel, MD, MS, Maria del Mar Romero Lopez, MD, Judy Aschner, MD - Faculty, Workshop Director Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD

Workshop Co-Director Kurt Albertine, PhD, (center with hand up) advises participants at the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop, (from left) Sean Cullen, MD, PhD, Katie Strobel, MD, Christine Field, MD, Julia Mayne, MD, MS.

Workshop Co-Director Kurt Albertine, PhD, advises 2024 participants on grant writing September 11-13 in Providence, RI - underlining his focus on grammar with one of his favorite t-shirts.

Judy Aschner, MD, PRS 2024 Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop faculty (and PRS 2024 Liley Award winner) advises workshop participant, Sean Cullen, MD, PhD, on his grant proposal, September 13, in Providence, RI.

Sean Cullen, MD, PhD, Practicing His Presentation During Workshop

PRS 2024 Workshop Participants (L-R) Christine Blauvelt, MD, Ophelia Yin, MD, Maria del Mar Romero Lopez, MD, Valene Garr Barry, PhD, Christine Field, MD, Julia Mayne, MD, MS

Christine Blauvelt, MD, Ophelia Yin, MD, Katherine Swanson, MD, edit their grant proposals during the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop.

Valene Garr Barry, PhD, practices her oral presentation during the 2024 Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop, September 12, in Providence, RI.

Workshop Co-Director Andrea Edlow, MD, presents a session at the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop, September 13, 2024 in Providence, RI.

Amelia Tanner, PhD, edits a grant proposal during the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop in Providence, RI.

Julia Mayne, MD, MS, crafts her grant proposal at the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop in Providence, RI.

Michelle Yang, MD, Lauren Gyllenhammer, PhD, Rebecca Kramer Campbell, PhD, (left to right) attend the 2024 PRS Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop, September 11-13, in Providence, RI.

Ophelia Yin, MD, Michelle Yang, MD, Christine Field, MD, (left to right), participants at the PRS 2024 Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop, gather at the PRS Annual Meeting's Welcome Dinner, on Friday, September 13, in Providence, RI.