Parturition and Myometrium Satellite

SESSION I

Moderators:

Rachel Tribe, PhD
Professor of Maternal and Perinatal Science,
Department of Women and Children's Health
King’s College London
Director - PREBIC European Branch

David MacIntyre, PhD
Director of Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide
Professor of Reproductive Systems Medicine, Imperial College London

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Vaginal microbiome: player or bystander in preterm birth
Michal Elovitz, MD
CEO, Nuttal Women’s Health

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Microbe-host signaling in the female reproductive tract
Hannah Zierden, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Session II

Moderators:

Suhas G. Kallapur MD
Chief, Divisions of Neonatology and Developmental Biology
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Pathology and Immunology
Center for Reproductive Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine

10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Placental dysfunction, fetal growth restriction and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth
Gordon C S Smith, MD PhD DSc FMedSci
Professor & Head of Department, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cambridge University

10:40 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

BUMP omics: unifying expression analysis across uterine sites for profiling spontaneous labour
Pei Lai, PhD
Research Associate, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
Imperial College London

11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Multi-Omics Studies of the Myometrium in Human Parturition
Huishu Liu, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Guangzhou Medical University

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

LUNCH BREAK

Session III

Moderators: 

Jennifer Herington, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Mark Johnson, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, MRCOG
Clinical Chair in Obstetrics, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
Imperial College London

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

A genomics approach uncovers transcription factors that regulate myometrial contraction-associated gene expression
Jennifer Mitchell, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell and Systems Biology
University of Toronto

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Oxytocin and TRPV4: Partners in human myometrial contraction
David Cornfield, MD
Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery
Stanford University

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Exploring Pathways to Enhance Oxytocin Signaling in the Myometrium
Erin Reinl, PhD
Instructor, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 

Novel tocolytic approaches for the management of preterm labor using combination and dual-ligand therapies
Scott Barnett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
University of Nevada-Reno

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

COFFEE BREAK

Session IV

Moderator:

Dilly OC Anumba, MBBS FWACS FRCOG MD LL.M
Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sheffield
Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health
Faculty of Health
The University of Sheffield

Christine O’Brien, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Instructor of Radiology
Center for Women’s Health Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Digital Twin Models for Preterm Birth Prediction
Kristin Myers, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University, New York, New York, United States

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Preterm birth related to the cervix: an opportunity for improved treatment
Michael House, MD
Professor, Tufts Medicine
Principal Investigator, Mother Infant Research Institute
Tufts Medical Center