Morning Session - DOHAD

Moderator: 
Paolo F. Rinaudo, MD, PhD
UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA

8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks
Paolo F. Rinaudo, MD, PhD
UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA

8:30 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.

Introduction to DOHAD: History, Evidence and Implications
Kent L. Thornburg, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

9:20 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

BREAK

9:50 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Epigenetics mechanisms in DOHAD
Robert Waterland, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

10:15 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Role of Inflammation in Reprogramming
Michael G. Ross, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Mina Desai, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and LA BioMed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

10:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

The importance of DOHAD for the preconception and early embryo. Does the embryo sense its environment?
Tom Fleming, BSc, PhD
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Live stream Q&A with all speakers from morning session

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon Session - IVF and Long Term Risks

Moderator: 
Emre Seli, MD
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

1:05 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Afternoon Opening Remarks

1:15 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.

How Uterine Stress Affect the Pancreas Beta Cell Function and Reprogramming
Paul Rozance, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

1:40 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.

IVF and New Born Risks
Dmitry Kissin, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

2:05 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

How IVF Can Affect the Placenta: A Mouse Model
Monica Mainigi, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2:30 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.

How IVF Can Affect Human Placenta Function
Margareta D. Pisarska, MD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2:55 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.

BREAK

3:10 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.

IVF and the Offspring: Bovine Model
Marc Andre Sirard, DVM, PhD
Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada

3:35 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Can We Predict the Future? A Mouse Model of IVF and Long Term Risks
Paolo F. Rinaudo, MD, PhD
UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Live stream Q&A with all speakers from afternoon session