Prebic North American Branch meeting
October 17-19, 2022
Galveston, Texas, USA
Meeting Details
PREBIC Meeting Venue – Open Gates, Galveston, TX 2419 Sealy Avenue, Galveston, TX 77555.
https://www.utmb.edu/events/suf/facilities/open-gates
Program : PREBIC meeting and workshop begins at 9.00 am on Oct 17th and ends at noon on the 19th, 2022
Contact Information
If you have any questions, please contact the local organizing committee and we are
happy to help!!
1. Ramkumar Menon – ram.menon@utmb.edu
(Ph – 615-335-5564)
2. Lauren S. Richardson - lestaffo@UTMB.EDU
3. Brandie Taylor - bradtayl@UTMB.EDU
4. Elizabeth Bonney - elizabeth.bonney@med.uvm.edu
Grand Galvez Hotel - Phone: (409) 765-7721
More Information
Event Schedule - Monday, October 17, 2022
| Time
(Timezone) |
Session |
|---|---|
| 7.00 – 8.00 (Timezone) | Breakfast at the Grand Galvez Hotel |
| 8.00 – 8.15 | Galvez to Open Gates Shuttles |
| 8.30 – 8.40 | Welcome address
Elizabeth Bonney, MD, PREBIC President |
| 8.40-8.50 | PREBIC NA - Presidential Address Amy Murtha, MD Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, New Brunswick, NJ |
| 8.50-9.00 | Program and housekeeping
announcements Drs. Lauren Richardson and Brandie Taylor PREBIC NA organizers The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX |
Session # 1Moderators: Rachel Tribe, PhD & Bo Jacobsson, MD, PhD |
|
| 9.00 -9.20 | “Integrating social frameworks to promote equity
in preterm birth research” Ashley V. Hill DrPH, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 9.20-9.40 | “Leveraging millions of electronic health
records to quantify preterm birth risk and
heterogeneity” Tony Capra, PhD Associate Professor, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, CA (Via ZOOM) |
| 9.40-10.00 | “Inflammation prior to Microbial Invasion of the
Amniotic Cavity in an NHP model of
Ureaplasma Intrauterine Infection”
Meredith A. Kelleher, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Reproductive & Developmental Sciences Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR |
| 10.00-10.20 | 'Studying the initiation of inflammation in the
human fetal membranes in normal pregnancy:
Will this approach help us to understand it in preterm birth?' Claire Kendal-Wright, PhD Associate Professor of Biology, Senior Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs Chaminade University of Honolulu, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Honolulu, HI |
| 10.20–10.40 | Discussion (all session # 1 speakers) |
| 10.40- 11.00 | Coffee Break |
Session # 2Moderators: Egle Prewit, MD, PhD & Marian Kacerovsky, MD, PhD |
|
| 11.00 – 11.20 | "Exosome-based therapeutics for Placental
Inflammation and Preterm Birth in Rodent and
Non-Human Primate Models" Chulhee Choi, MD, PhD C.E.O., ILIAS Biologics Incorporated, Daejeon, Korea |
| 11.20-11.40 | “Seeking Approval for Preterm Birth Drug
Therapy: Can We Overcome the Challenges?”
Sandra Reznik, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY |
| 11.40- 11.50 | Young investigator Presentation "Zika virus and the trophoblast: Tug-of-War between viral infection and cellular rescue". Rafael Tomoya Michita, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory of Prof. Indira Mysorekar, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 11.50–12.00 | Arrest of mouse preterm labor until term
delivery by combination therapy with atosiban and
mundulone, a natural product with tocolytic efficacy'
Shajila Siricilla, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Pediatric Neonatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA |
| 12.00-12.10 | SARS CoV2 in the placenta: Disrupting placental
homeostasis”
Deepak Kumar, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory of Prof. Indira Mysorekar, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 12.10-12.20 | “Everything, from Everywhere, All at Once: The
Potential Role of Human Placenta-derived
Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles in the Training of Fetal Immunity”
Manuel S. Vidal, Jr. MD, PhD Student, University of the Philippines Manila - College of Medicine, Manila, Visiting Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX |
| 12.20 – 12.40 | Discussion (All session # 2 speakers) |
| 12.40 – 12.45 | Young Investigator meeting - Announcement
Egle Prewit, MD, PhD Dept of OBGYN, University of Texas Health San Antonio, TX |
| 12.45-1.45 | Lunch |
| 1.45- 1.50 | Introducing new journal - Placenta and
Reproductive Medicine
Nanbert Zhong, MD, PhD, PREBIC Executive Council Member |
| 1.50-2.00 | Announcing working groups and expectations
Sam Mesiano, PREBIC Secretary/Treasurer |
| 2.00 – 3.15 | Working groups meet |
| 3.15-3.30 | Coffee break |
| 3.30-5.00 | Working groups meet |
| 5.05 – 6.00 | Wine & Cheese reception |
| 6.00 – 6.15 | Shuttles from Open Gates to Grand Galvez Hotel |
Event Schedule - Tuesday, October 18, 2022
| Time
(Timezone) |
Session |
|---|---|
| 7.00 – 8.00 (Timezone) | Breakfast at the Grand Galvez Hotel |
| 8.00 – 8.15 | Galvez to Open Gates Shuttles |
Session # 3Moderators: Laura, Goetzl, MD & Leslie Myatt, Ph.D |
|
| 8.30-8.50 | “The IL-1 system in pregnancy complications:
what’s missing for therapeutic intervention”
Sylvie Girard, PhD Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Dept of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, MN |
| 8.50 -9.20 | “RNA profiles reveal signatures of future health
and disease in pregnancy”
Morten Rasmussen, PhD Head of Research, Mirvie, South San Francisco, CA |
| 9.20-9.40 | "Elucidating the role of prolactin in the onset
of human labor" Claudia Verónica Zaga Clavellina, PhD Department of Cellular Physiology, Institute of National Perinatology, Lomas Virreyes, Mexico |
| 9.40-10.00 | “Dietary Patterns in Pregnancy and Perinatal
Health” Stefanie N. Hinkle, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 10.00 – 10.20 | “Preterm Birth: NICHD research
priorities.” Nahida Chakhtoura, MD MsGH Chief, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD (Via ZOOM) |
| 10.20 – 10.40 | Discussion (All session # 3 speakers) |
| 10.40-11.00 | Coffee Break |
Session # 4Moderators: Mehmet Genc, MD, PhD & Lauren Richardson, PhD |
|
| 11.00 – 11.20 | “The Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Perinatal
Research: Mission, Priorities, and
Opportunities”
Louis J. Muglia, MD, PhD President and CEO, Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Via ZOOM) |
| 11.20 – 11.40 | “Myometrial Myocyte-Macrophage Crosstalk and
Myometrial Contraction during Labour: new
Insights and Mechanisms of Regulation”
Oksana Shynlova, PhD Associate Professor, Departments of OBGYN and Physiology, University of Toronto, Research Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON |
| 11.40–12.10 | Young investigator Forum |
| 11.40-11.50 | “Role of the Fetal Membranes in the Control of
Parturition”
Angela DeTomaso PhD student, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
| 11.50 – 12.00 | “Modeling an ascending infection by Ureaplasma
parvum and its inflammatory and cell
signaling response at the feto-maternal interface”
Giovana Fernanda Cosi Bento 5th Year PhD student, Department of Pathology, The Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Botucatu, Brazil, & Dept of OBGYN, The University of Texas Medical Branch |
| 12.00-12.10 | “Spatial profiling of immune markers within the
Chorioamniotic membranes during an
experimental Group B Streptococcus infection in a nonhuman primate model”
Gygeria Manuel Graduate Student, University of Washington and Morehouse School of Medicine, Seattle, WA |
| 12.10-12.35 | Discussion (All session # 4 speakers) |
| 12.35-12.45 | PREBIC NA Group Photo |
| 12.45-1.45 | Lunch |
| 1.45 – 3.15 | Working groups meet |
| 3.15-3.30 | Coffee break |
| 3.30-5.00 | Working groups meet |
| 5.00 – 5.15 | Shuttles from Open Gates to Grand Galvez Hotel |
Event Schedule - Wednesday, October 19, 2022
| Time
(Timezone) |
Session |
|---|---|
| 7.00 – 8.00 (Timezone) | Breakfast at the Grand Galvez Hotel |
| 8.00 – 8.15 | Galvez to Open Gates Shuttles |
Session # 5Moderators: Steve Yellon, PhD, Donna Russel |
|
| 8.30 – 9.00 | “Opportunities and Dead-Ends in Preterm Labor: A
Clinical Perspective”
George Saade, MD Professor, Division Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Preterm Birth Therapeutics: Next Steps
Kristina Adams-Waldorf, MD Professor, Dept of OBGYN and Global Health, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA |
| 9.30-9.45 | Discussion |
| 9.30-9.45 | Summary and future directions Scott Williams, PhD |
| 9.45 – 10.45 | Working group summary reporting |
| 10.45 – 11.00 | PREBIC business Elizabeth Bonney, MD President, PREBIC Global PREBIC NA leadership announcement & Future plans |
| 11.00 | Closing Remarks - New Chairperson Conference adjourns |
| 11.00 | Pickup Box lunches |
| 11.00 – 11.15 | Open Gates Shuttles to Galvez |
Working Groups
1. Integrative physiology of pregnancy and pathways of parturition
Facilitators - S Mesiano and Helen Jones (sam.mesiano@case.edu; Jonesh@ufl.edu)
2. Epidemiology and Defining phenotypes of preterm birth
Facilitators – Brandie D Taylor and Scott M Williams (smw154@case.edu; bradtayl@utmb.edu)
3. Biomarkers of preterm birth and necessity for high-risk screening
Facilitators – Thomas F McElrath/Michael Gravett (tmcelrath@bwh.harvard.edu; gravettm@uw.edu)
4. Clinical interventions and commercialization
Facilitators – Sandra Reznik and Kristina Adams Waldorf (adamsk@uw.edu; rezniks@stjohns.edu )
5. Nutrition and environment
Facilitators - Egle Prewit and Liping Feng (prewite@uthscsa.edu ; feng0007@mc.duke.edu)
1. Integrative physiology of pregnancy and pathways of parturition
Facilitators - S Mesiano and Helen Jones (sam.mesiano@case.edu; Jonesh@ufl.edu)
6. Disparity in Preterm birth
Facilitator – Elizabeth Bonney ( elizabeth.bonney@med.uvm.edu )
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