Gynecological Health

Session Chair(s)

• LR

  LaDeirda Monet Roberts
• 

  Anna Stejskalova, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Harvard Medical School/ Wyss Institute
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Pilar de la Puente, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Scientist
  Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine
  Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
• KF

  Kaitlin Fogg, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Oregon State University
  Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST

  Incorporation of the vaginal microbiome into a microphysiological model of the endocervix to study the effects of bacterial vaginosis
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine M. Nelson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Vonetta L. Edwards, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Daniel J. Minahan – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Jacques Ravel, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Jason P. Gleghorn – University of Delaware
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  A Microphysiological Endocervix Model to Study Sexually Transmitted Infections and Host Immune Response
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine M. Nelson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Daniel J. Minahan – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Vonetta L. Edwards, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Ian J. Glomski – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Keena Thomas – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Forrest C. Walker – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Patrik M. Bavoil – University of Maryland School of Dentistry

  Co-Author: Isabelle Derré – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Alison K. Criss, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Jacques Ravel, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Jason P. Gleghorn – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: David Delgado-Diaz
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Evaluating the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in endometrial cell models
  

  Co-Author: Jordan D. Berezowitz (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Breanna Knicely, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky

  Presenting Author: Lauren Mehanna, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Claire E. Rowlands, PhD (she/her/hers) – N/A

  Co-Author: Eva M. Goellner, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky

  Primary Investigator: Brittany Givens, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Regulation of Calcium Handling in Engineered Human Myometrial Tissue by Mechanical Stretch
  

  Presenting Author: Alisa Peshina (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California

  Co-Author: Antonina Maxey – University of Southern California

  Primary Investigator: Megan McCain – Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: Aava Abedinpour (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Spatially Mapping the Mechanical and Structural Properties of the Uterine Fibroid-Myometrium Interface
  

  Presenting Author: Daniella M. Fodera (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Arielle Joasil – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Aidan M. Therien – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Haiqiu Yang – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Johanna L.L Jackson (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Shuyang Fang – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Arnold Advincula – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  Co-Author: Xiaowei Chen, MD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  Co-Author: Christine P. Hendon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Michelle L. Oyen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis

  Primary Investigator: Kristin M. Myers, PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Vaginal reconstruction using perioperative layered autologous tissue expansion, combined with self-assembly tissue engineering
  

  Presenting Author: David Brownell, M.Eng. (he/him/his) – Université Laval

  Co-Author: Anastasia Buch Kjeldgaard – University of Copenhagen

  Co-Author: Mahboobeh Amoushahi – University of Copenhagen

  Co-Author: Nikolai Juul – University of Copenhagen

  Co-Author: Stephane Chabaud, PhD (he/him/his) – CRChu de Québec (HDQ) - Universite Laval

  Co-Author: Stephane Bolduc, MD, FRCSC, FAAP (he/him/his) – Universite Laval

  Primary Investigator: Magdalena Fossum – Karolinska Institutet

  Co-Author: Dennis Rootsi