Hilary Kenny, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Chicago Title: “Modeling the Ovarian Cancer Microenvironment to Understand the Biology and New Treatments for the Disease” Host/Lab: Fuh View more information on Dr. Kenny’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Paul Campagnola, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor, Medical Physics Department University of Wisconsin, Madison Title: “Imaging and Modeling Collagen Alterations in Ovarian Cancer” Host/Lab: Fuh View more information on Dr. Campagnola’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Jesus Santiago-Borges DBBS Pre-Doc Trainee Department of Allergy and Immunology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Role of anti-FimH mucosal antibodies in modulating gut colonization by UPEC” Host/Lab: Kau Anne Rosen, MA Research Lab Supervisor Department of Allergy and Immunology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Secretory Leukocyte […]
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Michelle Oyen, PhD Associate Professor Director, Center for Women’s Health Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Preterm birth: A view from Engineering” Host/Lab: England View more information on Dr. Oyen’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Hari Eswaran, PhD Professor and Vice Chair of Research Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “A non-invasive maternal-fetal physiology monitoring tool: SARA” Host/Lab: Wang View more information on Dr. Eswaran’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Kristine Wylie, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Division of Infectious Diseases Washington University in St. Louis Title: “The Virome and Reproductive Health” Host/Lab: Wylie View more information on Dr. Wylie’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » James Duncan, PhD Associate Professor Department of Cancer Targets and Mechanism, Institute for Cancer Research Fox Chase Cancer Center Title: “Exploring resistance to PROTAC therapies in cancer” Host/Lab: Khabele View more information on Dr. Duncan’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Drew Schwartz, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Washington University in St. Louis Title: “The role of the gut microbiome in infant sepsis” Host/Lab: Kau View more information on Dr. Schwartz’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Cynthia Ortinau, MD Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Maternal-Fetal Pathways to Brain Dysmaturation in Congential Heart Disease” Host/Lab: Wang View more information on Dr. Ortinau’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Yiqi Lin PhD Candidate Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Alya Purple: Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Whole Human Uterus Simulation” Host/Lab: Wang
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Heather Lawson, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Genetics Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Diet and Sex Mediate Parent-of-Origin Effects on Metabolic Traits” Host/Lab: Frolova View more information on Dr. Lawson’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Sophia George, PhD Associate Professor Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences Division of Gynecologic Oncology University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Title: “Hereditary Gynaecologic Cancers – A focus on Black women and where do we go from here.” Host/Lab: Khabele View more information on Dr. George’s research […]
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Bisiayo Fashemi, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Developing Patient-Derived and Murine Organoid Models of Ovarian Cancer” Host/Lab: Khabele View more information on the Khabele lab’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Peinan Zhao, PhD Instructor Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Quantitative Cervical Elastography: measure cervix stiffness to predict preterm birth” Host/Lab: England View more information on Dr. Zhao’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD Associate Professor Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Wayne State University Title: “Cellular Immune Mechanisms in the Pathophysiology of Preterm Labor and Birth” Host/Lab: England View more information on Dr. Gomez-Lopez’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Song Hu, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Light + Sound: Photoacoustic Microscopy of Microvascular Function and Tissue Energy Metabolism” Host/Lab: Zhao View more information on Dr. Hu’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Abby Green, MD Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Mutagenic Deaminases in Ovarian Cancer Progression” Host/Lab: Mullen View more information on Dr. Green’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Valene Garr Barry, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Wearables Approach to Chronic Hypertension and PreEclampsia (WATCH PE) – Progress & Current Findings” Host/Lab: Zhao View more information on Dr. Garr Barry’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Polina Lishko, PhD Professor Department of Cell Biology and Physiology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “The role of bioelectricity in female reproductive health” Host/Lab: Santi View more information on Dr. Lishko’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Sarah Cilvik, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology and Department of Pathology-Comparative Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine Title: “Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Developmental Programming in Nonhuman Primate Pregnancies at Advanced Maternal Age” Host/Lab: Frolova View more information on Dr. Cilvik’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Sadie Wignall, PhD Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biosciences Northwestern University Title: “Stabilizing a dynamic structure: Mechanisms that promote spindle integrity during female meiosis” Host/Lab: Santi View more information on Dr. Wignall’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Toni Frolova, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate in Uterine Contractility” Host/Lab: Frolova View more information on Dr. Frolova’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Amanda Compadre, MD Gynecologic Oncology Fellow (PGY-5) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “RAD51 foci as a biomarker predictive of platinum chemotherapy response in ovarian cancer” Host/Lab: Mullen View more information on Dr. Compadre’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Maximillian Lyon PhD Candidate Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “SLO3: New discoveries pave the way for non-hormonal contraceptive development” Host/Lab: Santi
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Erin Reinl, PhD Instructor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Trinidi Prochaska WU Student Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Oxytocin receptor variants and their function in the myometrium” Host/Lab: England
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Leyao Wang, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor Division of Allergy and Immunology Washington University in St. Louis Bailey Quinn Bioinformatics Research Assistant Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Does the maternal microbiome seed the neonatal microbiome?” Host/Lab: Wang
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Shweta Bhagwat, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Sialidases on Mammalian Sperm Mediate Deciduous Sialylation during Capacitation” Host/Lab: Santi
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Yukihide Ota, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Role of RAD52 in BRCA1/2 mutant ovarian cancer” Host/Lab: Khabele
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Carmen Sandoval Pacheco, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Subunit 6 of the COP9 signalosome promotes tumorigenesis in mice through stabilization of MDM2 and is upregulated in human cancers” Host/Lab: Mullen
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Adrienne Scott, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Bioengineering Approaches for Placental Research” Host/Lab: Oyen
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Francesca Bonetta-Misteli PhD student Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Madison Carlgren Clinical Research Coordinator Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Development of a wearable optical device for maternal health monitoring”
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Mary Mullen, MD Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Alexandra Rutz, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Title: “In Vitro Bioelectronic Monitoring of Therapy Response in 3D, Patient-Derived Ovarian Cancer Tumor Models”
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Hannah Gruensfelder, BS Master’s Thesis Student, O’Brien Lab Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Wearable Hemodilution Sensor to Detect Postpartum Hemorrhage” Grace Whitter Undergraduate Researcher, England Lab Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Slo2.1 Expression in Smooth Muscle Tissue”
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Rowan Karvas, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Developmental Biology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Developing a Physiomimetic placental organoid model to study human maternal-fetal communication” Host/Lab: Theunissen
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Virginia Winn, MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Stanford University Title: “Preeclampsia and Cardiovascular Health” Host/Lab: England View more information on Dr. Winn’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Chenyang Lu, PhD Fullgraf Professor, Director, AI and IoT for Medicine Institute Department of Computer Science & Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Precision Medicine with AI and Wearables” Host/Lab: Zhao View more information on Dr. Lu’s research »
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Sicheng Wang Graduate Research Assistant Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Noninvasive High-Resolution Electrophysiological Imaging System in Human Electrically Excitable Organs – from System Development to Clinical Finding” Host/Lab: Wang
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Sumegha Mitra, PhD Associate Professor, Research Track Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Harnessing Oncogenic Stress Mediated Survival Mechanisms to Target Ovarian Cancer” Host/Lab: Khabele Lab
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Liz Mallott, PhD Assistant Professor Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Contributions of the gut microbiome to host phenotypic plasticity in primates” Host/Lab: England Lab Website: https://mallott-lab.github.io/
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Michael Silverman, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Title: “Leveraging early-life microbes to prevent autoimmune diabetes” Host/Lab: Kau Lab Learn more about Dr. Silverman’s research here>>
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Meng Wu, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Microbiology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “The gut complement system: A microbiome induced sentinel for combating pathogens and sparing commensals” Host/Lab: Kau Lab Learn more about Dr. Wu’s research here>>
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Priyanka Verma, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Oncology Washington University in St. Louis Title: “Base damage repair as a unique vulnerability in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma” Host/Lab: Mullen Lab Learn more about Dr. Verma’s research here>>
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Alexa Michele Sassin, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Baylor College of Medicine Date: Friday, January 5, 2024 at 9:00 am CST Title: “Trust Your Gut: Evaluating the Relationships Between Testosterone Treatment, Western Style Diet, and the Microbiome of a Nonhuman Primate Model of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome […]
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Casey M. Cosgrove, MD Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Gynecologic Oncology The Ohio State University College of Medicine Date: Friday, January 19, 2024 at 9:00 am CST Title: “WAY Beyond Type 1 and Type 2: Endometrial Cancer Molecular Classification and Beyond” Host: Maggie Mullen, MD
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Kang Chen, PhD Associate Professor with Tenure Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Wayne State University Date: Friday, February 2, 2024 at 9:00 am CST Title: “New Insights into the maternal-fetal immune regulation of infant allergies” Host: Yong Wang, PhD
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Jesus Santiago-Borges Graduate Research Assistant – Kau Lab DOM – Allergy & Immunology Washington University on St. Louis Date: Friday, February 9th, 2024 at 9:00 am CST Title: “Uropathogenic E. coli Niche-Occupancy Determines the Effects of Mucosal Vaccine Against FimH” Host: Andy Kau, PhD
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Nicole Gilbert, PhD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Division of Infectious Disease Washington University on St. Louis Date: Friday, February 16th, 2024 at 9:00 am CST Title: “Microbial Antagonism and Synergy in the Reproductive and Urinary Tracts“ Host: Sarah England, PhD
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Emily Feldstein Undergraduate Student Center for Reproductive Health Sciences Washington University in St. Louis Date: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 at 9:00 am CST Title: “Quantitative Pathology Analysis Using Machine Learning Methods” Host/Lab: Peinan Zhao, PhD
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Arpita Vyas, MD, DCH Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Washington University in St. Louis Date: Friday, March 1st, 2024 at 9:00 am CST Title: “Gestational Hyperandrogenism in Cardiometabolic Programming” Host: Toni Frolova, MD, PhD
Hybrid Register for Zoom link » Ripla Arora, PhD Associate Professor Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology Michigan State University Date: Friday, January 26, 2024 at 9:00 am CST Title: “Illuminating the (uterine) path: from embryo movement to implantation” Host: Sarah England, PhD