“Translation Through Collaboration”
51st PRS Annual Meeting
September 10-12
Sirata Beach Resort
St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
Friday, Sept 10th | |||
5:30 pm | Welcome Reception Followed by Dinner | ||
7:00 pm | Welcome by PRS President, Irina Burd, MD, PhD
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7:30 pm |
Liley Award Winner: Rebecca Simmons, MD | “Perinatal Research: Life in the Fast Lane, Life in the Slow Lane”
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Saturday, Sept 11 | |||
8:00 – 8:45 am | Burroughs Wellcome Fund Speaker: Louis Muglia, MD, PhD, President & CEO, Burroughs Wellcome Fund | “The Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Perinatal Research: Mission, Priorities and Opportunities”
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9:00 – 9:45 am | Johns Hopkins Dept of Gynecology & Obstetrics Speaker: Paul Rozance, MD |
“Uncovering a Novel Fetal to Maternal Signaling Pathway for the Homeostatic Regulation of Intrauterine Growth through Collaborative Science” ![]()
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10:15 – 11:00 am |
March of Dimes Speaker: Laura Ensign-Hodges, PhD Remote Presentation | “Nanomedicine for Preterm Birth Prevention” ![]()
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11:15 am – 12 pm |
Mead Johnson Nutrition Speaker: David Aronoff, MD Remote Presentation | “Host-microbe Intonations in the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Chorioamnionitis”
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12: 15 – 12:35 pm | Burroughs Wellcome Fund PRS Early Career Speaker: Leena Kadam PhD | “Senescence Pathways in Trophoblast Differentiation”
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1:30 – 2:30 pm | Business Meeting | ||
2:30 – 2:50 pm | Meade Johnson Nutrition PRS Early Career Speaker: Sarah Wernimont, MD, PhD |
“Mitochondrial Macronutrient Flux and Regulation of Syncytiotrophoblast Differentiation” ![]()
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3:00 – 3:20pm | Mead Johnson Nutrition PRS Early Career Speaker: Vivek Shukla, MD | “Advanced Machine Learning Based Prediction of Perinatal Outcomes”
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Sunday, September 12 | |||
8:00 – 8:45 pm |
NICHD Presentation: Nahida Chaktura, MD Remote Presentation | ![]() | |
9:00 – 9:45 am | Burroughs Wellcome Fund Speaker: Courtney Townsel, MD |
Title: Immunoperinatology: Placental determinants of neonatal health and disease ![]() | |
10:15 – 11:00 am | March of Dimes Speaker: Les Myatt, PhD, FRCOG | “Sexual Dimorphism of Placental Function: Relationship to Fetal Development and Pregnancy Outcomes”
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11:15 am – 12:00 pm | PRS Member Speaker: Laura Goetzl, MD, MPH | “Translational Potential of Neuronally-Derived Exosomes: Call for Collaboration”
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2021 Memories
















