Pregnancy and Fertility

Session Chair(s)

• 

  María Virumbrales-Muñoz, MS, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  UW SMPH OB-GYN Department
  Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• KF

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

  Assistant Professor
  Oregon State University
  Corvallis, Oregon, 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

  FINITE DEFORMATIONS OF THE PREGNANT ENTIRE MURINE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT UNDER INFLATION
  

  Presenting Author: Aileen C. Suarez (they/them/theirs) – Virginia Tech

  Primary Investigator: Raffaella De Vita, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Kristin M. Myers, PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Kristin S. Miller, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Dallas; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: Steven Abramowitch, PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  HeraHealth: Revolutionizing Postpartum Care through an Innovative Blood Loss Monitoring Application
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Engineering VEGF mRNA lipid nanoparticles to treat pre-eclampsia during pregnancy
  

  Presenting Author: Kelsey L. Swingle, BSE (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

  Last Author: Michael J. Mitchell (he/him/his) – Mitchell Lab, University of Pennsylvania
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Biomechanical and Microstructural Characterization of Postpartum Uterine Involution in the Mouse
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail Fisk – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Savannah Chatman – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Niyousha Karbasion, MS. (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: John Engelbach – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Neil – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Joel Garbow – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Matthew R. Bersi, PhD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Brain Functionality Changes with Perinatal Anxiety Symptomatology
  

  Presenting Author: Maigh Attre – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago

  Co-Author: Suzanne Alvernaz, BS (she/her/hers) – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Wenzel – Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago

  Co-Author: Catherine Conway – Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago

  Co-Author: Olusola Ajilore – Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago

  Co-Author: Pauline Maki, Phd – Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, and OB/GYN, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago

  Primary Investigator: Alex Leow – Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago

  Last Author: Beatriz Penalver Bernabe, PhD;MS (she/her/hers) – Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Medicine, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Subcutaneous implants recapitulate the placental microenvironment for prenatal immunosurveillance
  

  Presenting Author: Russell R. Urie, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Shannon Dame (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Lauren Hesse, BSE – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Lombard – University of Michigan

  Primary Investigator: Lonnie D. Shea, PhD – University of Michigan