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  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Accessible Technologies and Sex Differences in Women's Health
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Moderator: Christine O'Brien – Washington University in St. Louis
    Moderator: Maral Mousavi (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT
    Identifying Sex-Specific Angiogenic Regulators of Impaired Adipose Tissue Expansion
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Yingye Fang, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Primary Investigator: Princess Imoukhuede (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Vincenza Cifarelli (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Measuring and mapping flow in lipedema: impact of adipose tissue dysfunction on interstitial fatty acid and fluid transport
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Jennifer Hammel (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Yamilet Macias-Orihuela – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Michael Struss – Temple University
    Co-Author: Caleb Stine – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Evangelia Bellas – Temple University
    Primary Investigator: Jennifer Munson – Virginia Tech
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT
    Sex Dependent Impacts of Exogenous Estrogens in Cell Culture Media on HMSC Metabolism and Proliferation
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: John Bradford – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Kelsey Knewtson, PhD – University of Kansas
    Primary Investigator: Jennifer Robinson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Male and Female Meniscus Cells Exhibit Sex Differences in Response to Estrogen: Implications for Knee Osteoarthritis
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Jennifer Robinson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Kelsey Knewtson, PhD – University of Kansas
    Co-Author: Samuel Hurt – University of Kansas
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT
    Linking Alterations in Circulating Sex-steroid Hormones to Sex-dependent Blood-brain Barrier Dysfunction after Traumatic Brain Injury
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Amberlyn Simmons (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Primary Investigator: Sarah Stabenfeldt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Veronica Pena – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Rachael Sirianni – UMass Chan Medical School
    Co-Author: Heather Bimonte-Nelson – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Christopher Plaisier – Arizona State University
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Disposable Low-Cost Sensor for at-Home Identification of Bacterial Vaginosis
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Melissa Banks, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Co-Author: Farbod Amirghasemi (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Co-Author: Evelyn Mitchell – University of Southern California
    Last Author: Maral Mousavi (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Biomaterials in Women's Health
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Moderator: Kaitlin Fogg, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Moderator: Matthew Bersi – Washington University in St. Louis
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    12:30 PM – 12:45 PM PDT
    Placenta-tropic VEGF mRNA lipid nanoparticles rescue blood pressure and fetal weight in a mouse model of pre-eclampsia during pregnancy
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Kelsey L. Swingle – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Michael J. Mitchell – University of Pennsylvania
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    12:45 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Composite elastin nanofiber-gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels for vaginal tissue engineering
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Samantha G. Zambuto, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Samyuktha Kolluru (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Presenting Author: Annabella Mascot – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Eya Ferchichi (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University
    Co-Author: Silviya Zustiak – Saint Louis University
    Co-Author: Jerry Lowder – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
    Primary Investigator: Michelle Oyen – Washington University in St. Louis
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT
    Engineering a 3-Dimensional Human Placental Tissue Model for High-Throughput Chemical Screening
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Dinithi Samarasekera – University of Illinois Chicago
    Co-Author: Regeant Panday – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Co-Author: Natalia M. Pascuali – University of Illinois Chicago
    Co-Author: Yong Pu – Experimur, A Frontage Company
    Co-Author: Almudena Veiga-Lopez – University of Illinois Chicago
    Primary Investigator: Salman R. Khetani (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Chicago
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Degradable Supramolecular Fibrous Hydrogel as a Medical Device for the Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Steven Caliari, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Beverly Miller, PhD (she/her/hers) – inSoma Bio
    Co-Author: Monique Vaughan – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Raffaella De Vita – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Wiley Wolfe – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: M. Greg Grewal – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: Chris Highley – University of Virginia
    Co-Author: James Gentry – University of Virginia
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    Understanding monocyte recruitment patterns to the maternal-fetal interface in preeclampsia
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Hannah Yankello – Carnegie Mellon University
    Last Author: Christina Megli, MD PhD – University of Pittsburgh
    Primary Investigator: Elizabeth Wayne, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Next Generation and First-in-line 3D Printed Intravaginal Ring for Non-Hormonal Contraception
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Sarah Anne Howard (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
    Co-Author: Rima Janusziewicz – UNC/NCSU Department of Joint Biomedical Engineering
    Co-Author: Ava L. Cohen – UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Primary Investigator: S. Rahima Benhabbour – UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Navigating the Funding and Visibility Landscape in Women’s Health
    Location: 435 (Center, Level 4)
    Moderator: Shreya A. Raghavan – Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering
    Speaker: Kaitlin Fogg, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Speaker: Nicole Hashemi – Iowa State University
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Female Cancers
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Moderator: Jenna Mueller, Dr. – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
    Moderator: María Virumbrales-Muñoz – University of Wisconsin - Madison
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Systems serology profiling of anti-tumor antibodies in high-grade serous ovarian cancer
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Michelle Loui, MS (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Co-Author: Scott D. Taylor – Xencor
    Co-Author: Meera Trisal – University of California, Los Angeles
    Co-Author: Het Desai – University of California, Los Angeles
    Co-Author: Gabriella DiBernardo – UCLA G.O. Discovery Lab
    Co-Author: Sanaz Memarzadeh – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Last Author: Aaron Meyer – University of California, Los Angeles
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Bra Characteristics that Breast Cancer Survivors Associate with their Sense of Normality after Surgery
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Co-Author: Novera Khan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Presenting Author: Yen-Tung Liu, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Krista Nicklaus – The Universty of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Karen Bravo – N/A
    Co-Author: Chi Liu – Xi'an Polytechnic University
    Co-Author: Gregory Reece (he/him/his) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Ashleigh Francis – The University MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Primary Investigator: Mia Markey, PhD (she/they) – The University of Texas at Austin
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Engineering a 3D in vitro model of cervical dysplasia to enable ethyl cellulose-ethanol ablation
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Gatha Adhikari (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Ines Cadena, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Kaitlin Fogg, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Primary Investigator: Jenna Mueller, Dr. – Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    Spheroids to Investigate the Role of Obesity in The Development of Endometrial Cancer
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Laura D. Paredes Cuatin (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at San Antonio
    Primary Investigator: Maria Gonzalez Porras – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: Eric Brey – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: Nameer Kirma – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    Co-Author: Linda Mota – The Univesity of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: David Zhang – The University of Texas at San Antonio
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    Engineering an ex vivo high grade serous ovarian carcinoma 3D culture model for precision-based drug screening
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Kristin Calar – Sanford Research/USD
    Presenting Author: Pilar de la Puente, PhD; MSc. (she/her/hers) – Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Non-destructive Capture of Live Cells from Fallopian Tube Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma Lesions
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Sean M. Parks (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Bert Vandereydt – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Primary Investigator: Kripa Varanasi – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Mechanobiology and Biomechanics in Women's Health
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Moderator: Raffaella De Vita – Virginia Tech
    Moderator: Sara Arena
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT
    The role of biophysical microenvironment in endometrial epithelial cell invasion
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Ayse Nihan Kilinc, PhD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Samantha E. Holt, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Elise Gubbins (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Juan S. Gnecco, PhD (he/him/his) – Tufts University
    Last Author: Linda Griffith, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Pregnancy Hormones Modulate Non-optimal Microbiome-Host Interactions in a Human Endocervix on a Chip
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Anna Stejskalova, PhD – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Abidemi Junaid – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Karina Calderon – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Zohreh Izadifar – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Aakanksha Gulati – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: David Chou – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Ola Gutzeit – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Hassan Rhbiny – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Jasmine Hughes – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Jessica Feitor – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Bogdan Budnik – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Girija Goyal – Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Last Author: Donald E. Ingber – Wyss Institute
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT
    A computational model of a human placentone: simulating uteroplacental hemodynamics
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Armita Najmi, MSc (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University
    Last Author: Noelia Grande Gutierrez (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Microstructure and mechanics of the rat uterosacral ligaments
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Kandace Donaldson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Joseph Thomas (he/him/his) – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author: Yizheng Zhu – Virginia Tech
    Primary Investigator: Raffaella De Vita – Virginia Tech
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT
    Quantifying Hormone-Mediated Traction Forces Generated by Engineered Uterine Smooth Muscle Microtissues
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Antonina P. Maxey, MS (she/her/hers) – Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
    Co-Author: Jaya Travis – Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
    Primary Investigator: Megan L. McCain – Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Ex vivo minoxidil treatment increases elastic fiber production in the murine vaginal wall
    Location: 322 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Niyousha Karbasion – Washington University in St Louis
    Co-Author: Caleb Snider – Washington University in St Louis
    Co-Author: Kristin Miller – The University of Texas at Dallas & University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Primary Investigator: Matthew Bersi – Washington University in St. Louis
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Uterine Pathologies
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Moderator: Stacey C. Schutte, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati
    Moderator: Adrienne K. Scott, n/a – University of Colorado Boulder
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    Characterizing the extracellular matrix transcriptome of endometriosis
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Co-Author: Carson Cook, MS (he/him/his) – Oregon State University
    Presenting Author: Kaitlin Fogg, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Prototype Development of Novel Surgical Tool (SLICE) for Laparoscopic Myomectomy
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Anita Kodali – Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Rahul Ramkumar – Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Nazim Eldes – Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Griffin DiStasi – Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Omar Shaikh – Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Neel Chhaochharia – Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Nancy Fay – 4. Carle Foundation Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    Last Author: Olivia Coiado – Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT
    Development of healthy endometrium and endometriosis models for high throughput phenotypic screening
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Ines Cadena, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Primary Investigator: Kaitlin Fogg, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Molly A. Jenne (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    A Microphysiological System Approach to Studying Lesion-Vasculature Interactions in Endometriosis
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Ellen L. Kan (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Juan S. Gnecco, PhD (he/him/his) – Tufts University
    Co-Author: Roger Kamm – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Primary Investigator: Linda Griffith, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    Biomaterial Tools for Modeling the Interface of Endometriotic Lesions & Healthy Ovarian Tissue
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Hannah Theriault (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Hannah R.C. Kimmel (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Kathryn Clancy – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Gregory Underhill – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Last Author: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Women's Health
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Uterine fibroid cell cytoskeletal organization is affected by altered GPER1/PI3K signaling
    Location: 321 (Center, Level 3)
    Co-Author: Rachel Warwar, M.D. – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Andreja Moset Zupan – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Carolyn Nietupski – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Maricela Manzanares (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Emily Hurley, M.D. – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
    Presenting Author: Stacey C. Schutte, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati
    Women's Health