“Role of Intrauterine Environment in Shaping Neurodevelopment”

53rd Annual Meeting

September 29 – October 1
Grand Summit Hotel at Canyons Village
Park City, Utah

Friday, September 29, 2023

7:00 pm

Welcome: Sonnet Jonker, PhD, 2023 PRS President

Sonnet Welcome 2023 IMG_0550 2 copy — Sonnet Jonker, PhD

7:30 pm

Oregon Health & Science University Speaker: Charles Roselli, PhD
Programmed for Preference: The Fetal Origins of Same-Sex Attraction in Rams. Moderated by: Misty Good, MD, MS

Misty Good and Charles Roselli MG_0542 copy — *Misty Good, MD, MS (left) and Charles Roselli, PhD*

saturday, september 30, 2023

8:00 – 8:45 am

Liley Award: Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, PhD
Metabolic Drivers of Neurodevelopment – Role for the Placenta-Brain Lipid Axis. Moderated by: Sonnet Jonker, PhD

Perrie O-Tierney-Ginn & Sonnet Jonkers cropped IMG_0586 copy — *Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, PhD* (left) and Sonnet Jonker, PhD

9:00 – 9:45 am

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Speaker: Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD
Nature, Nurture, and the Neuroscience of Parenthood. Moderated by: Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc

Andrea Edlow & Biana Jones cropped IMG_0679 copy — *Andrea Edlow, MS, MSc (left) and Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD*

10:15 – 11:00 am

NIH/NICHD Speaker: Kurt Albertine, PhD
Innovations to Treat Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Moderated by: Irina Buhimschi, MD

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Kurt Albertine, PhD

11:15 – 11:35 am

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Early Career Speaker: Serena “Banu” Gumusoglu, PhD
Preeclampsia and Offspring Brain Development. Moderated by: Kaela M. Varberg, PhD

Banu Gumusogla & Kaela Varberg Cropped IMG_0784 copy — *Serena Gumusoglu, PhD and Kaela M. Varberg, PhD*

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Business Meeting

2:00 – 2:20 pm

Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition PRS Early Career Speaker: April Adams, MD
Characterization of Prenatal Natural History in Down Syndrome Moderated by: Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc

April Adams & Andrea Edlow IMG_0843 — *April Adams, MD and Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc*

2:30 – 2:50 pm

Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition PRS Early Career Speaker: Carmen Monthe-Dreze, MD
Why My Mother’s Pre-Pregnancy Weight Matters: Impact on Offspring Neurodevelopment. Moderated by: Amelie Collins, MD

Carmen Monthe-Dreze & Amelie Collins — *Amelie Collins, MD and Carmen Monthe-Dreze, MD*

3:30 – 5:00 pm

PRS Team Building Activity – Giant Jenga

sunday, October 1, 2023

8:00 – 8:45 am

March of Dimes Speaker: Marisa Spann, PhD, MPH
Maternal Immune Activation and the Developing Human Brain. Moderated by: Laura Brown, MD

Laura Brown & Marisa Spann 2 IMG_1098 — *Laura Brown, MD (left*) and Marisa Spann, PhD, MPH

9:00 – 9:30 am

NICHD Speaker: Monica Longo, MD, PhD
Research Network and Update. Moderated by: Courtney Townsel, MD, MSc

Monica Longo 1 PRS 2023 IMG_1119 — *Monica Longo, MD, PhD*

10:00 – 10:45 am

Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Speaker: Teresa Reyes, PhD
The Importance of Maternal Diet on Cognitive Development: Learning in Animal Models. Moderated by: Jamie Lo, MD, MCR

Jamie Lo and Teresa Reyes 2 2023 IMG_1251 copy — *Jamie Lo, MD, MCR (left) and Teresa Reyes, PhD*

11:00 – 11:45 am

PRS Member Speaker: Arlin Blood, PhD
Go with the Flow: Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow in the Fetus and Newborn. Moderated by: Antonina “Toni” Frolova, MD, PhD

Toni Frolova & Arlin Blood PRS 2023 IMG_1340 — *Antonina Frolova, MD, PhD (left) and Arlin Blood, PhD*

2023 Leadership

President	Sonnet Jonker, PhD
Secretary/Treasurer	Laura Goetzl, MD
President Elect	Irina Buhimschi, MD
Past President	Laura Brown
Basic Science	Helen N. Jones, PhD Stella Goulopoulou, PhD, MS
Obstetrics	Andrea Edlow, MD, MSC Jamie Lo, MD, MCR
Pediatrics	Misty Good, MD, MS Tara Randis, MD, MS
Diversity & Inclusion	Courtney Townsel, MD, MSC
Associate Member Representative	Antonina (Toni) Frolova, MD, PhD
Membership Committee Chair	Steven McElroy, MD
Director of Pre-Meeting Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop	Lisa Joss Moore, PhD