12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Registration Desk open

Legends Foyer

 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

 Clinical Course I: Infertility and Implantation Failures

Legends I-III

 4:00

TBD, University – Endometriosis / Immune Abnormalities and Treatment

 4:30

Conor Harrity, RCSI University  – RIF and Immunotherapy

 5:00

George Ndukwe, Harley Street Fertility Clinic - PCOS and Immune Response

 5:30

Raymond Anchan, Harvard University – Non-hormonal treatment for endometriosis and immune factors

 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Clinical Fellowship Reunion Reception

 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Registration Desk open

Legends Foyer

 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast for Clinical Course attendees

 Legends Foyer

 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

 Clinical Course II: Laboratory Sciences and RF

Legends I-III

 8:00

Gabriela Gutierrez, University of Buenos Aires – Endometrial Microbiome and Reproduction

 8:30

Aleksander Stanic-Kostic, University of Wisconsin - Flow cytometric analysis of peripheral immune cells in women with RF

 9:00

Svetlana Dambinova, Rosalind Franklin University - Endometrial Gene Expression

 9:30

LiangHui Diao, Shenzhen Zhongshan Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital - - Inspection of endometrial immune cells and their contribution to embryo implantation

 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

COFFEE BREAK

Legends Foyer

 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

 Clinical Course III: Recurrent Pregnancy Losses and Rheumatic Disease in Pregnancy

Legends I-III

 10:15

Joanne Kwak-Kim, Rosalind Franklin University – Chronic Endometriosis

 10:45

Wael Saab, Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health – Criticised But Effective: The IVIG Dilemma in Recurrent Implantation Failure

 11:15

Joshua Milner, Columbia University - Genetic disorders of the immune system: Windows into reproductive immunology?

 11:45

Ricardo Barini, University of Campinas – How to set up a guideline for immunological assessment and management in patients with pregnancy loss and implantation failures?

 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Clinical Course Lunch: CLINICAL LABORATORY USAGE

 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM

 Clinical Course IV: Infection and Pregnancy

Legends I-III

 1:15

Gil Mor, Wayne State University - Infection and Maternal Immune Response

 1:45

Elizabeth Enninga, Mayo Clinic – Chronic Villitis and T Cells

 2:15

Kenneth Moise, University of Texas – RH Sensitization and Immune Treatment

 2:45

Sandra Blois, University of Hamburg – Preeclampsia

 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Executive Council Meeting (ASRI Council & Committee Chairs only)

Champions 3

 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Welcome Remarks & Introduction

Legends I-IV

 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

PL01: TITLE TBD

Chair: Ramkumar Menon

Thirumala Kanneganti, PhD

St. Jude Children's Hospital

Program Chair Lecture

 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION: "Denim & Diamonds"

Legends Foyer

7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Registration Desk open

 Legends Foyer

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

COFFEE (breakfast on your own)

 Legends Foyer

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

PL02: NIAID Strategic Plan : Reproductive Immunology and Women's Health

Chair: David Aronoff

Jeanne Marrazzo, PhD

NIH / NIAID

Presidential Lecture

  Legends I-IV

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

AJRI AWARD LECTURE:  TITLE TBD

Chair: Surendra Sharma

Sarah Robertson, PhD

University of Adelaide

2023 AJRI Award Recipient

Legends I-IV

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

COFFEE BREAK

 Legends Foyer

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

S-01: IMMUNOPATHOLOGY OF ENDOMETRIOSIS

          Chairs:  Joanne Kwak-Kim & Diana Monsivais

Legends I

10:00

Ramakrishna Kommagani, Baylor College of Medicine

10:30

Gregory Burns, Michigan State University - Unraveling Endometriotic Lesions: Epithelium-Macrophage Crosstalk Revealed by Spatial Transcriptomics

11:00

Diana Monsivais, Baylor College of Medicine

11:30

ORAL 1: 

11:45

ORAL 2: 

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

S-02: SEX DIFFERENCES IN REPRODUCTIVE TRACT IMMUNITY

          Chairs: Indira Mysorekar & Marta Rodriguez-Garcia 

Legends IV

10:00

Lydia Shook, Harvard University - Sex differences in Placental Immunity

10:30

Berenice Benayoun, University of Southern California - Sex-dimorphic effects of aging on mouse macrophages

11:00

Sabra Klein, Johns Hopkins University

11:30

ORAL 3: 

11:45

ORAL 4: 

Lunch Pickup

Legends Foyer 

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

LUNCH SESSION: EMPOWERING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE - ADVOCACY FOR POLICY PROGRESS

Rep. Ann Johnson

Texas House of Representatives

District 134

Followed by panel discussion

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

S-03: ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS AND HOW THEY IMPACT PREGNANCY OUTOME AND OFFSPRING HEALTH

          Chairs: Ana Zenclussen & TBD

Legends I

1:30

Nicole Meyer, UFZ Leipzig - Unlocking the secrets of early pregnancy: environmental chemicals, innate immunity and their role in the dynamics of vascular remodeling

2:00

TBD, University 

2:30

Martin Matzuk, Baylor College of Medicine

3:00

ORAL 5: 

3:15

ORAL 6: 

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

S-04: FETAL IMMUNE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND MICROCHIMERISM

          Chairs: Ananth Kumar Kammala & TBD

Legends IV

1:30

Ina Stetzler, University of California San Diego

2:00

Shelly Buffington, Baylor College of Medicine

2:30

Ananth Kumar Kammala, University of Texas Medical Branch 

3:00

ORAL 7: 

3:15

ORAL 8: 

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

COFFEE BREAK

Legends Foyer

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

POSTER SESSION & JUDGING

 Legends V

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

TRAINEE EVENT 

TBD

7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Registration Desk open

 Legends Foyer

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

COFFEE (breakfast on your own)

 Legends Foyer

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

PL03: PROGRAM CHAIR'S SESSION: TITLE TBD

Chair: Indira Mysorekar

Ilhem Messoudi, PhD

University of Kentucky

Keynote Speaker

Legends Ballroom

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

HERR LECTURE: TITLE TBD

Chair: Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz

Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD

Wayne State University

2023 Herr Award recipient

Legends Ballroom 

9:30 AM -10:00 AM

COFFEE BREAK

 Legends Foyer

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

S-05: CERVICOVAGINAL MICROENVIRONMENT

          Chairs: Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz & TBD

Legends I

10:00

Katy Patras, Baylor College of Medicine - New models to study host-microbe interactions in the vaginal microenvironment

10:30

Sujatha Srinivasan, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

11:00

Johanna Holm, University of Maryland SOM

11:30

ORAL 9: 

11:45

ORAL 10: 

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

S-06: ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT

          Chairs: Ana Zenclussen & TBD

 Legends IV

10:00

Aimee Beaulieu, State University of New Jersey

10:30

Ana Zenclussen, UFZ Leipzig - Immunomodulation of maternal adaptive immune cells and their importance for early pregnancy

11:00

Babbette LaMarca, University of Mississippi Mediical Center - The consequences of B lymphocyte activation during preeclampsia and beyond

11:30

ORAL 11: 

11:45

ORAL 12: 

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

LUNCH & ASRI BUSINESS MEETING

Chair: David Aronoff

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

S-07: HIV IN THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT

          Chairs:  Anna Powell & TBD

Legends I

1:30

Jo-Ann Passmore, University of Cape Town

2:00

Name, University 

2:30

Name, University

3:00

ORAL 13: 

3:15

ORAL 14: 

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

S-08:  PREECLAMPSIA: MECHANISMS AND THERAPEUTICS

          Chairs:  Surendra Sharma & Akitoshi Nakashima

 Legends IV

1:30

Nima Aghaeepour, Stanford University - Machine Learning for Integrative Analysis of the Immune System in Maternal and Child Health

1:53

Kristy Pringle, Newcastle University - Novel insights into the renin angiotensin system in preeclampsia

2:16

Surendra Sharma, Women & Infants Hospital - Alzheimer’s Etiology in Preeclampsia

Maria Laura Costa do Nascimento, Catalan Institute of Oncology - Challenges in Low and Middle-Income Countries

3:00

ORAL 15: 

3:15

ORAL 16: 

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

COFFEE BREAK

Legends Foyer

3:45 PM – 5:45 PM

S-09: IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT 

          Chairs:  Melanie Conrad & TBD

  Legends I

3:45

Name, University 

4:15

Name, University

4:45

Melanie Conrad, Charite University of Medicine, Berlin

5:15

ORAL 17: 

5:30

ORAL 18: 

3:45 PM – 5:45 PM

S-10: INNATE IMMUNITY IN PREGNANCY

          Chairs:  Rama Kommagani & TBD

  Legends IV

3:45

Ai-Ris Collier, Harvard University 

4:10

Mancy Tong, Yale University - Preimplantation exposure to viral dsRNA alters placentation leading to adverse pregnancy outcome

5:00

Enitome Bafor, National Institutes of Health - Unchecked IFNγ: Implications for T cell dysregulation in female reproductive immunopathologies

5:15

ORAL 19: 

5:30

ORAL 20: 

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

AJRI Editorial Board Meeting (invitation only)

TBD 

 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Registration Desk open

 Legends Foyer

 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

COFFEE (breakfast on your own)

 Legends Foyer

 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

PL04: GUSDON AWARD SESSION

Chair: Ramkumar Menon

Legends Ballroom

8:00

G1: Name, University 

8:15

G2: Name, University 

8:30

G3: Name, University 

8:45

G4: Name, University 

9:00

G5: Name, University 

9:15

G6: Name, University 

 9:30 AM -10:00 AM

COFFEE BREAK

 Legends Foyer

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

S-11: NUTRITION AND IMMUNITY TO INFECTIONS  DURING PREGNANCY

          Chairs:  David Aronoff & TBD

  Legends I

10:00

Jennifer Gaddy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Pour some sugar on me: the utility of human milk oligosaccharides against perinatal Group B Streptococcus infections

10:30

Lindsey Burcham, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Host metal status contributes to bacterial colonization and inflammation in the vaginal mucosa

11:00

David Aronoff, Indiana University - Folic acid regulation of macrophage behavior

11:30

ORAL 21: 

11:45

ORAL 22:

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

S-12: MODELLING TROPHOBLAST - IMMUNE INTERACTIONS

          Chairs:  Tamara Tilburgs & TBD

  Legends IV

10:00

Soumen Paul, University of Kansas Medical Center - Early Placentation Defects in Trisomy 21, Immune Response and Beyond

10:30

Alexander Beristain, University of British Colombia

11:00

Lauren Richardson, University of Texas Medical Branch - Chorion Trophoblasts Form a Formidable Barrier at the Feto-Maternal Interfaces

11:30

ORAL 23: 

11:45

ORAL 24: 

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

LUNCH SESSION: MECHANISMS OF IMMUNE MEDIATED PATHOLOGIES

          Chairs: Elizabeth Enninga & TBD

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

S-13: THE IMMUNE MILIEU OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT

          Chairs: Sudhanshu Bhushan & Taruna Madan

  Legends I

Tony De Falco, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Exploring the Ontogeny, Development, and Functions of Testicular Macrophages

TBD, University 

TBD, University 

ORAL 25: 

ORAL 26: 

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

S-14: HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AT THE MATERNAL-FETAL INTERFACE

          Chairs:  Bin Cao & Ryan Doster

  Legends IV

1:30

Hana Totary-JAin, University of South Florida - Placental Vigilance: SINE dsRNA Safeguards Against Viral Vertical Transmission

2:00

Bin Cao, Xiamen University 

2:30

Tom Hooven, University of Pittsburgh SOM - New genetic tools to investigate group B Streptococcus chorioamnionitis

3:00

ORAL 27: 

3:15

ORAL 28: 

7:00 PM - 11:00 PM 

ASRI DINNER & AWARDS CEREMONY

"Galactic Gala: Honoring Stellar Scientists"

Legends Ballroom