Events / Prematurity Think Tank Symposium 2018

Prematurity Think Tank Symposium 2018

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
EPNEC Seminar Room B, 320 S. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110

9:00 am Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, PhD
Orrin H. Ingram Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Tracking the biochemical changes that occur with cervical remodeling
during normal human pregnancy in vivo.

10:00 am Amanda Lewis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Molecular Microbiology
Washington University in St. Louis
Bacterial interactions leading to vaginal dysbiosis, and why it matters for preterm birth.

10:30 am Lori Holtz, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Washington University in St. Louis
The infant gut virome: back to the womb?

11:00 am Ge Zhang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Human Genetics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Integrated genomic analysis in mother/fetus pairs.

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