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Oral Concurrent Sessions

Oral Concurrent Session 4 - Basic and Translational Science

Friday, January 31, 2025
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM  
Location: Aurora Ballroom A, Lobby Level
CE: 0

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Novel Neural Extracellular Vesicle miRNA Biomarkers Identify Suboptimal Response to Cooling in Neonatal Encephalopathy

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Sarah T. Mehl, MD (she/her/hers) – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

    Coauthor: Baharan Fekry, PhD – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

    Coauthor: Lierni Ugartemendia, PhD – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

    Coauthor: Dhanashree Rajderkar, MD – University of Florida

    Coauthor: Nikolay Bliznyuk, PhD – University of Florida

    Coauthor: Shaveka Gaskins – University of Florida

    Coauthor: Michael D. Weiss, MD – University of Florida College of Medicine

    Coauthor: Laura Goetzl, MD – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

  • 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM  
    3D-printed humanized feto-maternal interface tests exosomal delivery of anti-inflammatory Interleukin-10 (IL-10) to reduce infection-associated inflammation

    Submitting Author: Leah Saylor, DO, N/A – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Coauthor: Rahul Cherukuri, BS – Texas A&M University

    Coauthor: Ananth Kammala, Pharm D – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Coauthor: Marc Ferrer, PhD – National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute of Sciences

    Coauthor: Cristina Antich Acedo, PhD – National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute of Sciences

    Coauthor: Arum Han, PhD – Texas A&M University

    Coauthor: Lauren Richardson, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Presenting Author: Ramkumar Menon, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch

  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM  
    Decoy peptide to (pro)renin receptor as a potential therapeutic target for preeclampsia: a translational study

    Presenting Author: Michelle Harris, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health Temple Medical Center

    Coauthor: Ahmed F. Pantho, BS – Artemis Biotechnologies LLC

    Coauthor: Kelsey R. Kelso, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health Temple Medical Center

    Coauthor: Jessica C. Ehrig, MD – Baylor Scott and White Health

    Coauthor: Ram R. Kalagiri, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health Temple Medical Center

    Coauthor: Niraj Vora, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health Temple Medical Center

    Coauthor: Thomas J. Kuehl, PhD – Artemis Biotechnologies LLC

    Coauthor: Steven R. Lindheim, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health Temple Medical Center

    Submitting Author: Mohammad N. Uddin, PhD – Baylor Scott & White Medical Center and Texas A&M School of Medicine

  • 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Longitudinal changes in epigenetic aging in pregnant versus non-pregnant people: a prospective cohort study

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Danielle M. Panelli, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

    Coauthor: Nicole Gladish, PhD – Stanford University

    Coauthor: Nicola C. Perlman, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

    Coauthor: Andres Cardenas, PhD – Stanford University

    Coauthor: Katherine Bianco, MD – Stanford University

  • 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Lactobacillus crispatus mitigates Group B Streptococcus-induced inflammation in the cervicovaginal epithelium

    Presenting Author: Briana Ferguson, BA (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Aaron Loder, BA – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

    Coauthor: Lauren Anton, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

    Submitting Author: Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Expression of CD300E in human myometrium and its impact on parturition

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Meera M. Thakkar, MD, MPH – University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine

    Coauthor: William E. Ackerman, IV, MD (he/him/his) – University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine

    Coauthor: Guomao Zhao, BS – University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine

    Coauthor: Zoe B. Strong, BA – University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine

    Coauthor: Elizabeth Feoktistov – University of Illinois at Chicago

    Coauthor: Ekaterina Snegovskikh – University of Illinois at Chicago

    Coauthor: Catalin S. Buhimschi, MBA, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine

    Coauthor: Irina A. Buhimschi, MD, MSc – University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine

  • 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM  
    Personalized models of fetal brain development as biomarkers of offspring neurodevelopmental outcomes after maternal SARS-CoV-2

    Submitting Author: Lydia L. Shook, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Coauthor: Liam T. McCrea, N/A – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Coauthor: Olyvia Jasset, N/A – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Coauthor: Steven D. Sheridan – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Coauthor: Roy H. Perlis, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenting Author: Andrea G. Edlow, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM  
    The Placental Vascular Transcriptome in Pregnancies Resulting in Low vs. Normal Birth Weight Neonates

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Samantha Carson, MD (she/her/hers) – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Morgan E. Wasickanin, MD – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Emily Sheikh, MD, PhD – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Hillary Kinsman, BS – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Lydia Bettridge, BS – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Katherine E. Free, BS – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Jennifer Damicis, BS – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Robert Walton, MD – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Peter Napolitano, MD – University of Washington

    Coauthor: Nicholas Ieronimakis, PhD – Madigan Army Medical Center

  • 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Commonly Used Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAIDs) in Obstetrics & Associated Placental Cytotoxicity

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Ana Collins-Smith, BS, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Medical Branch

  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM  
    Evaluating Semaglutide in Human Fetal Neural Stem Cells: Could Early Exposure Impact Neurodevelopment?

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Morgan E. Wasickanin, MD – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Samantha Carson, MD (she/her/hers) – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Hillary Kinsman, BS – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Katherine E. Free, BS – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Jennifer Damicis, BS – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Emily Sheikh, MD, PhD – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Robert Walton, MD – Madigan Army Medical Center

    Coauthor: Irina Burd, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

    Coauthor: Peter Napolitano, MD – University of Washington

    Coauthor: Nicholas Ieronimakis, PhD – Madigan Army Medical Center