Meeting Program 2024

“Environmental Influences on Perinatal Health and Disease”

54th Annual Meeting

September 13 – 15
Renaissance Hotel
Providence, Rhode Island

Friday, September 13, 2024


3:30 – 5:30 pm

Check-In & Registration
Location: Symphony Foyer, Renaissance Hotel


6:00 pm

Welcome Reception/Dinner
The Pavilion at Grace: 300 Westminster Street (Offsite)


7:15 pm

Welcome: Irina Buhimschi, MD, 2024 PRS President

Irina Buhimschi, MD

7:30 pm

Liley Lecture: Judy Aschner, MD
Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes: A Focus on the Most Vulnerable
Moderated by: Irina Buhimschi, MD

Irina Buhimschi, MD and Judy Aschner, MD

Saturday, September 14, 2024


7:00 – 8:00 am

Breakfast
Location: Symphony B (Buffet in Foyer)


Morning SessionLocation: Symphony A


8:00 – 8:45 am

University of Illinois Speaker: Almudena Veiga-Lopez, DVM, PhD
The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, Placental Target for Emerging Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Moderated by: Karin Fox, MD

Karin Fox, MD, Almudena Veiga-Lopez, DVM, PhD, Irina Buhimschi, MD

8:45 – 9:00 am

Questions and Answers


9:00 – 9:45 am

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Speaker: Mercedes Bravo, PhD
Environmental Exposures and Perinatal Health: Understanding Exposure Mixtures and Windows of Susceptibility
Moderated by: Lydia Shook, MD

Irina Buhimschi, MD, Mercedes Bravo, PhD, Lydia Shook, MD

9:45 – 10:00 am

Questions and Answers


10:00 – 10:15 am

Break


10:15 – 11:00 am

NIH/NICHD Speaker: Lauren Aleksunes, PhD, PharmD
Future Threats: Mycoestrogens, Climate Change, and Perinatal Health
Moderated by: Krithika Lingappan, MD, PhD

Krithika Lingappan, MD, PhD, Lauren Aleksunes, PhD, PharmD, Irina Buhimschi, MD

11:00 – 11:15 am

Questions and Answers


11:15 – 11:35 am

PRS-PSANZ Mont Liggins Early Career Award Speaker: Lindsay Zhou, MD
Feasibility and Safety of Autologous Cord Blood-Derived Cell Therapy in Extremely Preterm Infants: the CordSaFe Study
Moderated by: Laura Goetzl, MD

Irina Buhimschi, MD, Lindsay Zhou, MD, Laura Goetzl, MD

11:35 – 11:45 am

Questions and Answers


11:45 – 1:00 pm

Lunch Break
Location: Symphony B


Afternoon SessionLocation: Symphony A


1:00 – 2:00 pm

Business Meeting


2:00 – 2:20 pm

Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition PRS Early Career Speaker: Sean M. Cullen, MD, PhD
The Role of KHDC3 & Small RNAs in the Epigenetic Inheritance of Obesity & Metabolic Disease
Moderated by: Tina Findley, MD

Sean Cullen, MD, PhD

2:20 – 2:25 pm

Questions and Answers


2:25 – 2:45 pm

Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition PRS Early Career Speaker: Rahul D’Mello, MD, PhD
A Novel MicroRNA-Mediated Mechanism for Placental Resistance to Viral Infections
Moderated by: Amy Valent, DO

Rahul D’Mello, MD, PhD

2:45 – 2:50 pm

Questions and Answers


2:50 – 3:10 pm

Burroughs Wellcome Fund PRS Early Career Speaker: Valene Garr Barry, PhD
A Precision Nutrition Approach to Disparities in Fetal Growth Restriction
Moderated by: Jessica Bradshaw, PhD

Valene Garry Barry, PhD

3:10 – 3:15 pm

Questions and Answers


3:45 – 5:00 pm

PRS Team Building Activity


7:00 pm

Dinner
Location: Symphony B

Sunday, September 15, 2024


7:00 – 8:00 am

Breakfast
Location: Symphony B


Morning SessionLocation: Symphony A


8:00 – 8:45 am

March of Dimes Speaker: Blair Wylie, MD, MPH
Climate Change as a Multiplier of Perinatal Disparities: An Opportunity for Epidemiologists and Lab Scientists to Collaborate
Moderated by: Andrea Edlow, MD

Irina Buhimschi, MD, Blair Wylie, MD, MPH, Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc

8:45 – 9:00 am

Questions and Answers


9:00 – 9:40 am

NIH/NIEHS Speaker:
Thaddeus Schug, PhD
Environmental Exposures and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease


NIH/NICHD Speaker: Andrew Wolfe, PhD
Ins and Outs of Peer Review
Moderated by: Steven McElroy, MD

Thaddeus Schug, PhD
Thaddeus Schug, PhD

9:40 – 9:50 am

Questions and Answers


9:50 – 10:00 am

Break


10:00 – 10:45 am

Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Speaker: Kartik Shankar, PhD
The Nexus of Heat Stress and Maternal Malnutrition: A Hot Topic for Newborn Vulnerability
Moderated by: Kristen Boyle, PhD

Thaddeus Schug, PhD

10:45 – 11:00 am

Questions and Answers


11:00 – 11:45 am

PRS Member Speaker:
Laura Goetzl, MD
Untangling the In-Utero Effects of Cannabis Exposure on the Fetal Brain
Moderated by: Paul Rozance, MD

Laura Goetzl, MD

11:45 – 12:00 pm

Questions and Answers


12:00 pm

Closing remarks, Adjournment, Lunch (on your own)

2024 Leadership

PresidentIrina Buhimschi, MD
Secretary/TreasurerLaura Goetzl, MD, MPH
President ElectPaul Rozance, MD
Past PresidentSonnet Jonker, PhD
Basic ScienceKristen Boyle, PhD
Stella Goulopoulou, PhD, MS
ObstetricsKarin Fox, MD, M Ed
Jamie Lo, MD, MCR
PediatricsKrithika Lingappan, MD, PhD, MS
Misty Good, MD, MS
Diversity & InclusionCourtney Townsel, MD, MSC
Associate Member RepresentativeElizabeth Enninga, PhD
Membership Committee ChairSteven McElroy, MD
Director of Pre-Meeting Young Investigator Grant Writing WorkshopLisa Joss Moore, PhD

2024 Memories