PREBIC - North America Symposium (Webinar)
Date: June 18, 2021
Time :
USA 1:00–3.00 PST,
3:00-5.00 CST,
4:00-6.00 EST
Organizer & Moderator :
Amy Murtha, MD
Professor and Chair of the University of California San Francisco Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences PREBIC NA, Chairperson
Event Schedule
Time (PST) |
Session |
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13:00 - 13:05 (PST) | Introduction Amy Murtha, MD |
13:05 - 13:15 | Opening Remarks Roberto Romero, M.D., D.Med.Sci. Chief, Perinatology Research Branch Director, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Intramural Division, NICHD, NIH, DHHS |
13:15 - 13:45 | Environmental Exposures and Preterm Birth Amy Padula, PhD, MSc Associate Professor, Clinical Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
13:15 - 14:15 | Our Ancestors' Ghosts: Transgenerational Programming of Preterm Birth Risk Gerlinde Metz, PhD Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada |
14:15 - 14:45 | Maternal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Leads to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: The Placenta as a Possible Driver of the Effects. Liping Feng, MD Associate professor, Integrated Toxicology and Environmental health program, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC |
14:45 - 15:00 | PREBIC NA Program announcements & Closing Remarks. Amy Murtha, MD PREBIC NA, Chairperson |