Innovative Approaches to Studying the Placenta
and Its Impact on Offspring Health”

55_^th Annual Meeting

September 12－14, 2025
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Friday, September 12, 2025

3:30 – 7:00 pm

Check-In & Registration
Location: Colorado Gallery

5:00 – 6:30 pm

Welcome Reception
Location: Grand Rivers Terrace

6:30 pm

Welcome Dinner
Location: Grand Rivers Ballroom

7:15 pm

Welcome: Paul Rozance, MD, PRS President
Location: Grand Rivers Ballroom

7:30 pm

Mead Johnson Nutrition Speaker
Julie Baker, PhD
Understanding Pregnancy Through the Eyes of Evolution
Moderator: Paul Rozance, MD

Paul Rozance & Julie Baker 2025 Fri — Paul Rozance, MD, and Julie Baker, PhD

Saturday, September 13, 2025

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast Buffet
Location: Mountain View Restaurant

Morning Session – Location: Colorado Ballroom

8:00 – 9:00 am

**New** PRS Associate Member Rapid-Fire Speaker Series
Moderator: Jacqueline Parchem, MD

PRS 2025 Rapid Fire Speakers — **PRS Associate Member Rapid-Fire Speakers (L-R):** David Coggin-Carr, MD, PhD, Margeaux W. Marbrey, PhD, Sarah Wernimont, MD, PhD, Amélie Collins, MD, PhD, Catherine Buck, MD, Jane Stremming, MD, Stephanie Gilley, MD, PhD, Ananth Kumar Kammala, PhD, Stephen McCartney, MD, PhD.

9:00 – 9:45 am

NIH – NICHD Speaker
Karen Young, MD
Disrupted Placenta-Lung Crosstalk: Role in the Development of BPD and PH
Moderator: Arlin Blood, PhD

Karen Young and Arlin Blood 2025 PRS 2 6P6A1530 copy — Karen Young, PhD and Arlin Blood, PhD

9:45 – 10:00 am

Questions and Answers

10:00 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 10:50 am

PRS-PSANZ Mont Liggins Early Career Award Speaker
Emily Whalen, MD, PhD Candidate
Exploring Sulforaphane as a Potential Therapeutic for Preeclampsia
Moderator: Stephanie Wesolowski, PhD

Emily Whalen 2025 — Emily Whalen, MD-PhD Candidate

Emily Whalen and Stephanie Wesolowski 2025 PRS — Emily Whalen, MD-PhD Candidate

10:50 – 10:55 am

Questions and Answers

10:55 – 11:15 am

NIH-Mead Johnson Nutrition PRS Young Investigator
Rachel Leon, MD, MSCS, PhD
Molecular and Functional Placental Signatures in Fetal Congenital Heart Disease
Moderator: Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD

Rachel Leon, MD 2025 PRS 6P6A1639 2 — Rachel Leon, MD, PhD

Rachel Leon and Lisa Joss-Moore PRS 2025 3 6P6A1654 copy — Rachel Leon, MD, PhD and Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD

11:15 – 11:20 am

Questions and Answers

11:30 – 12:30 pm

Lunch Buffet
Location: Mountain View Restaurant

Afternoon Session – Location: Colorado Ballroom

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Business Meeting

1:30 – 1:50 pm

NIH-Mead Johnson Nutrition PRS Young Investigator
Adam Crosland, MD/MPH, FACOG
Impact of Prenatal Substance Use Exposure on Offspring Health: Use of Translational Models of Emerging Substances
Moderator: Andrea Edlow, MD

Adam Crosland 2025 PRS6P6A1677 copy 3 — Adam Crosland, MD, MPH

Adam Crosland and Andrea Edlow 2025 PRS 6P6A1706 — Adam Crosland, MD, MPH and Andrea Edlow, MD

1:50 – 1:55 pm

Questions and Answers

1:55 – 2:15 pm

NIH-Mead Johnson Nutrition PRS Young Investigator
Mariana Sponchiado, DVM, PhD
Swine Models Using Gene Editing for the Study of Reproduction
Moderator: Andrea Edlow, MD

Mariana Sponchiado 2025 — Mariana Sponchiado, DVM, PhD

Mariana Sponchiado and Andrea Edlow 6P6A1759 — Mariana Sponchiado, DVM, PdD and Andrea Edlow, MD

2:15 – 2:20 pm

Questions and Answers

2:30 pm

Load buses for PRS Group Outing

3:00 – 9:00 pm

PRS Team Building Activity and Evening Event
Location: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Dinner and PRS Member Speaker
Terry Morgan, MD, PhD
Why do Spiral Arteries Spiral – Saga of the Faucet and the Hose
Moderator: Courtney Townsel, MD

Terry Morgan PRS 2025 6P6A2255 — Terry Morgan, MD, PhD

Sunday, September 14, 2025

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast Buffet
Location: Mountain View Restaurant

Morning Session – Location: Colorado Ballroom

8:00 – 8:45 am

Liley Lecture
Theresa Powell, PhD
Maternal-Placental-Fetal Cross Communication: How Metabolic Signals, Nutrients and Exosomes Determine Pregnancy Outcomes and Life-long Health for Parent and Child
Moderator: Paul Rozance, MD

Theresa Powell 2025 PRS 6P6A2434 copy 2 — Theresa Powell, PhD

Paul Rozance & Theresa Powell 2025 2 6P6A2457 copy — Paul Rozance, MD and Theresa Powell, PhD

8:45 – 9:00 am

Questions and Answers

9:00 – 9:45 am

PRS Member Speaker
Sarah Cilvik, MD, PhD
Longitudinal In Vivo Assessment of Placental Structure and Function: A Translational Nonhuman Primate Model to Evaluate Pregnancy Health and Developmental Origins of Cardiometabolic Diseases
Moderator: Irina Buhimschi, MD

Sarah Cilvik 2025 — Sarah Cilvik, MD, PhD

Sarah Cilvik & Irina Buhimschi 2025 Sunday 2 6P6A2566 copy — Sarah Cilvik, MD, PhD and Irina Buhimschi, MD

9:45 – 10:00 am

Questions and Answers

10:00 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 11:15 am

University of Colorado Speaker
Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri, PhD
The Placenta: Key Determinant of Offspring and Maternal Metabolic Physiology
Moderator: Sean Limesand, PhD

Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri PRS 2025 6P6A2594 copy 2 — Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri, PhD

Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri and Sean Limesand PRS 2025 — Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri and Sean Limesand

11:15 – 11:30 am

Questions and Answers

11:30a – 12:15 pm

PRS Member Speaker
Teri Hernandez, PhD, RN
The Carbohydrate Threshold in Pregnancy: Maternal Fuels, Placental Glucose, and Offspring Metabolic Flexibility
Moderator: Stephanie Wesolowski, PhD

Teri Hernandez 2025 2 6P6A2708 copy — Teri Hernandez, PhD, RN

Stephanie Wesolowski & Teri Hernandez 2025 Sunday 2 6P6A2776 copy — Stephanie Wesolowski , PhD and Teri Hernandez, PhD, RN

12:15 – 12:30 pm

Questions and Answers

12:30 pm

Closing Remarks. Adjournment

2025 Leadership

President	Paul Rozance, MD
Secretary/Treasurer	Stephanie Wesołowski, PhD
President Elect	Sean Limesand, PhD
Past President	Irina Buhimschi, MD
Basic Science	Kristen Boyle, PhD Arlin Blood, PhD
Obstetrics	Karin Fox, MD, M Ed Courtney Townsel, MD, MSC
Pediatrics	Krithika Lingappan, MD, PhD, MS Sarah Cilvik, MD, PhD
Diversity & Inclusion	Jackie Parchem, MD
Associate Member Representative	Sarah Wernimont, MD, PhD
Membership Committee Chair	Krithika Lingappan, MD, PhD, MS
Director of Pre-Meeting Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop	Lisa Joss-Moore, PhD