Biomaterials in Women's Health

Moderator(s)

• KF

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

  Assistant Professor
  Oregon State University
  Corvallis, Oregon, United States
• 

  Matthew Bersi, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Presentations:

• 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
  

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

  Primary Investigator: Michael J. Mitchell (he/him/his) – Mitchell Lab, University of Pennsylvania
• 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

  Composite elastin nanofiber-gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels for vaginal tissue engineering
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha G. Zambuto, PhD MPHS (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, Grad student (she/her/hers) – Saint louis University

  Co-Author: Silviya P. Zustiak, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University

  Co-Author: Jerry Lowder – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

  Primary Investigator: Michelle L. Oyen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis
• 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT

  Engineering a 3-Dimensional Human Placental Tissue Model for High-Throughput Chemical Screening
  

  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
• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT

  Degradable Supramolecular Fibrous Hydrogel as a Medical Device for the Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
  

  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, PhD (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Wiley Wolfe – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: M. Greg Grewal – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Christopher B. Highley, PhD – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: James Gentry – University of Virginia
• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  Understanding monocyte recruitment patterns to the maternal-fetal interface in preeclampsia
  

  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
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

  Next Generation and First-in-line 3D Printed Intravaginal Ring for Non-Hormonal Contraception
  

  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