Program Details

Second Annual UC San Diego Women's Health Symposium

7:45 A.M. Check-in & Registration- Coffee and Pastries Provided

8:30-8:35 A.M: Welcome & Introduction- Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, M.D., M.S.

8:35-8:45 A.M: Research Partnerships Across UC San Diego

8:45-8:55 A.M: Building Research Partnerships Across Health Sciences- John Carethers, M.D.

8:55-9:00 A.M: Goals for Training and Research in Women's Health- Barbara Jung, M.D.

9:00-10:00 A.M: Partnerships in Gynecologic Care

Developing SmartPad for heavy menstrual bleeding- Drew Hall, Ph.D. and Irene Su, M.D., MSCE
Interdisciplinary discovery of a novel molecular target in endometrial cancer- Jason Sicklick, M.D., FACS and Ramez Eskander, M.D.

10:00-10:30 A.M: Flash Talks 1

Development of a non-invasive male fertility assay for testicular sperm retrieval and fertility treatment- Kun Tan, Ph.D.
Injectable biomaterials for women's health- Karen Christman, Ph.D.
Improving early Alzheimers detection in women by integratin multimodal data into clinical decision tools- Iris Broce-Diaz, Ph.D.

10:30-11:00 A.M: Break

11:00-12:00 P.M: Partnerships in Menopause and Aging

Unlocking muscle regeneration: A new frontier in women's pelvic floor health- Alessandra Sacco, Ph.D. and Marianna Alperin, M.D., M.S.
Creating the UC Menopause Collaborative: An opportunity for research and clinical collaboration- Rajita Patil, M.D. and Kathryn Macaulay, M.D.

12:00-1:00 P.M: Lunch: Networking & Brainstorming (Pilot Project Opportunity)

12:45-1:30 P.M: Posters

1:30-2:00 P.M: Poster Pitch Competition

2:00-2:45 P.M: Keynote

How Startups Are Accelerating Innovation in Women's Health with Pita Navarro, Co-founder and CSO of Evvy

2:45-3:45 P.M: Partnerships in Obstetrics

DM in pregnancy and AI- Ben Smarr, Ph.D. and Sandy Ramos, M.D.
Label-free AI-enabled imaging flow cytometry for discovery of subpopulations of extravillous trophoblast from a stem cell-based model of trophoblast differentiation- Yu-Hwa Lo, Ph.D. and Louise Laurent M.D., Ph.D.

3:45-4:05 P.M: Break

4:05-4:55 P.M: Flash Talks 2

Precision pregnancy: Leveraging biomedical informatics in obstetrics- Tim Wen, M.D., M.P.H.
Neural mechanisms of empathy and prosocial behavior in mice- Monique Smith, Ph.D
Social isolation is a biological risk factor in recovery after maternal birth injury- Lindsey Burnett, M.D., Ph.D.
Multidisciplinary care of pregnant women with cardiovascular disease: UCSD registry update- Laith Alshawabkeh, M.D., M.S., FPICS.
Mechanosensory Control of Pregnancy and Parturition- Yunxiao Zhang, Ph.D.

4:55-5:05 P.M: Present poster prize and pilot grant competition announcement

5:05-5:10 P.M: Closing remarks

5:10-6:00 P.M: Reception