5F: Health Equity SIG: Biomaterials in Women's Health Engineering

Date: Friday, April 11, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: BLVD A
Session Type: General Session

Description

Moderators: 

Samantha Zambuto, University of Kentucky
Erika Moore, University of Maryland-College Park 

Objectives

  • 8:00 AM. 221. Subcutaneous scaffold implants recapitulate the placental microenvironment for prenatal immunosurveillance.Russell Urie, PhD1, Shannon Dame1, Lauren Hesse1, Elizabeth Lombard1, Chengchuan Xiao1, Lonnie Shea1 1University of Michigan

  • 8:15 AM. 222. Placental Delivery of Cytokine Immunotherapy to Attenuate Diet-Induced Inflammation in Obese Pregnancy.Chloe Catelain, MS1, Harsh Joshi, PhD1, Rana Ajeeb1, Wanke Zhao2, Karen Jonscher, PhD2, John Clegg, PhD1 1University of Oklahoma, 2OUHSC

  • 8:30 AM. 223. Developing a Microporous Annealed Particle Hydrogel to Promote Revascularization of Human Ovarian Tissue.Despina Pavlidis, MS1, Monica Wall, MS1, Chloe Fischer, BS1, Maria Jennings, BS1, Brendon Baker, Ph.D.1, Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D.1 1University of Michigan

  • 8:45 AM. 224. Engineering an ECM Sequestering Fibrous Hydrogel to Promote Ovarian Folliculogenesis.Emily Thomas1, Yuhong Lu1, Riley Sauter1, Claudia Loebel, M.D., Ph.D.1, Brendon Baker, Ph.D.1, Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D.1 1University of Michigan

  • 9:00 AM. 225. Design of Self-fitting Vaginal Stents to Balance Retention and Ease of Removal.Ashley Hicks1, Kailey Wilson1, Varsha Kotamreddy1, Melissa Grunlan, Ph.D.2, Courteney Roberts, B.S.2, Nicholas Grammer3, Julie Hakim, MD4, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, PhD3, Taylor Sullivan1 1The University of Texas at Austin, 2Texas A&M University, 3University of Texas at Austin, 4Baylor College of Medicine

  • 9:15 AM. 226. Probing the Role of Lipid Nanoparticle Elasticity on mRNA Delivery to the Placenta.Hannah Safford1, Cecilia Shuler1, Michael Mitchell, Ph.D.1 1University of Pennsylvania

  • 9:30 AM. 227. Characterization of Sex-Based Differences in Integrin-Mediated Endothelial Cell Adhesion and Phenotype.Abbey Nkansah1, Aashee Budwani1,Nicolai Ang1, Nicholas Grammer1, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, PhD1, Josephine Allen, PhD2 1University of Texas at Austin, 2University of Florida

  • 9:45 AM. 228. Chemical Characterization of Nanoparticles Shed from Tampons.Jade White1, AnneMarie Hasbrook1, Claire Edwards1, Kaitlin Fogg, Ph.D.1, Joe Baio, Ph.D.1 1Oregon State University