OB/GYN Research News New Faculty University of Vermont College of Medicine

University of Vermont
College of Medicine
OB/GYN Research News
New Faculty
Hishalah Zvulon, MD
Women's Reproductive Health Research
(WRHR) Scholar
Brian Nielsen, MD
Women's Reproductive Health Research
(WRHR) Scholar
Newly Awarded Grants
Amanda Hurliman, MD
George Osol, PhD, Mentor
T32 University of Pennsylvania
Fletcher Allen Health Care
www.fletcherallen.org
Neurology
www.med.uvm.edu/neurology
OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences
www.med.uvm.edu/obgyn
Sponsored Projects Administration
www.uvm.edu/spa/
Technology Commercialization
www.uvm.edu/~techtran/
Vermont Cancer Center
www.vermontcancer.org
University of Vermont
College of Medicine
Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences
www.med.uvm.edu/obgyn/
89 Beaumont Avenue
Given C211
Burlington, VT 05405
Phone: 802-656-2272
Fax:
802-656-8771
Reproductive Sciences
Annual Research Retreat
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“A Celebration of Research in
Reproductive Science at UVM”
Thursday, November 17, 7:30-4:00 pm
Medical Education Center 200
Livak Ballroom @ the Davis Center
Sponsored by:
Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences
Thursday, November 4,
7:30 am—4:00 pm
Livak Ballroom At the Davis Center
7:30
8:00
Coffee & Continental Breakfast with
Poster Session
Mark Phillippe, MD, MHCM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Scientific Sessions: 10 minute presentations with
5 minute Q&A
8:15
Ira Bernstein, MD
“Preeclampsia and Arterial Compliance”
8:30
Kelvin Siu-Lung Chan, PhD
“Cerebral Blood Flow Autoregulation in
Pregnancy”
8:45
Stephen Brown, MD
“Disordered Methylation of the Placental
Genome in a Mouse Model of Pregnancy
Failure”
9:00
George Osol, PhD
“Placental Protein 13; Should We Care?”
9:15
BREAK
9:30
Group Picture—Raj Chawla, Photographer
9:45
Mark Phillippe, MD, MHCM
“Pathophysiology of Influenza Infection
During Pregnancy”
10:00 Natalia Gokina, PhD
“The Role of PKC in Impaired Endothelial
Ca²+ Signaling and EDHF-Mediated
Vasodilation of Uteroplacental Arteries
from Diabetic Pregnant Rats”
10:15 Elizabeth Bonney, MD
“Investigations Into Maternal Immunity:
Looking to the Future”
10:30 Kim Luebbers, MSHS, RN, BSN, OCN
Office of Clinical Trials
“Clinical Research Resources and Policy
Updates”
11:00 Kerri Swift, Office of Technology
Commercialization
“Technology Commercialization at UVM”
11:30 BREAK for lunch
Funding Opportunities (questionnaire)
Poster Session
12:00 Michal Elovitz, MD
“Prenatal Inflammation and Adverse
Outcomes: Unraveling the Mechanisms”
1:00
Mark Phillippe, MD, MHCM
Closing Remarks
Grant Writing Session for Fellows and Junior Faculty
Posters on Display
Raj, R, “Epigenetics of Early Pregnancy Failure in
CBA/JxDBA/2 Murine Model of Early Pregnancy
Loss”
Maille, N., Mandala, M, Gokina, N, Osol, G,
“Mechanisms of Resistance Artery Relaxation by
Hydralazine”
Williams, T, Eckenstein, M, Cassavaugh, J,
Lounsbury, K, “Impact of an Aninioacyl-tRNA Synthetase of HIF-1α-Mediated Ovarian Tumor Angiogenesis”
Merril, L, Peterson, A, Malley, SE, Girard, BM, Falls,
W, Hammack, S, May, V, Vizzard, MA, “Role of
Chronic Variate Stress in Bladder Dysfunction in
Female Rats”
Arms, L, Girard, BM, Malley, SE, Corrow, K, Vizzard,
MA, “Expression and Function of CCL2/CCR2 in
Urinary Bladder with Cyclophosphamide (CYP)Induced Cystitis in Female Rats”
1:15
George Osol, PhD
The Grant Writing Process: Formulating
Ideas, Articulating Aims and Defining
Scope
Benvenuto, A, Oppenheimer, K, Sweet, LM,
Phillippe, M, “TLR Signaling Pathway Gene Expression Throughout Pregnancy in the Mouse Uterus”
1:45
Elizabeth Bonney, MD
Funding Sources
Mandala, M, Osol, G, “Effects of Uterine Stretch on
Vascular Remodeling”
2:10
Ira Bernstein, MD
Study Section
2:35
BREAK
Keller, J, Mandala, M, Casson, P, Osol, G,
“Endothelial Dysfunction in a Rat Model of PCOS:
Evidence of Increased Vasoconstrictor Prostanoid
Activity”
2:45
Mark Phillippe, MD, MHCM
Council
3:15
Deb Stephens Fletcher, Cathy RuleyCondon and Carol Gross
InfoEd and Electronic Routing of Grants
3:45
Questions and Answers
 Lunch 
Schedule
Lunch break will be at 11:30. Please
help yourself to a selection of specialty
sandwiches, salads, chips, assorted
beverages and dessert bars.