Perinatal Biology Symposium Scientific Committee

Michelle Baak, MD                                michelle.baack@usd.edu

                       Prof & Chair, Pediatrics, Univ of South Dakota School of Med; Sanford Research

                       Expertise: Mitochondrial dysfunction in DOHaD; Lipids & oxidative stress

Derris Devost-Burnett, PhD                    ddb362@msstate.edu

                       Assoc Prof, Dept Animal & Dairy Sci, Mississippi State University

                       Expertise: Prenatal programming of growth & development; Metabolic flexibility

Folami Ideraabdullah, PhD                     folami@email.unc.edu

                       Assoc Prof, Dept. Genetics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

                       Expertise: Environmental modulation of fetal epigenome, Vitamin D, Pesticides

Allison Meyer, PhD                                meyerall@missouri.edu

                       Assoc Prof, Div Animal Science, University of Missouri

                       Expertise: Maternal nutrient restriction/offspring metabolic efficiency; Beef cattle

Sathish Kumar Natarajan, PhD               snatarajan2@unl.edu       

                       Assoc Prof, Dept Nutritional Sci, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

                       Expertise: Placental trophoblast lipotoxicity during maternal obesity, Zika virus

Cetewayo Rashid, PhD                           cetewayo.rashid@uky.edu

                       Asst Prof, Pharm & Nutritional Sci, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

                       Expertise: Parental environmental chemical exposure

Sarah Reed, PhD                                   sarah.reed@uconn.edu

                       Assoc Prof, Animal Sci Dept, University of Connecticut

                       Expertise: Maternal nutrition - muscle growth & development; Inflammation

Rebecca Simmons, MD                           rsimmons@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

                       Prof, Center for Res, Reprod & Women's Health, Univ Pennsylvania School of Medicine

                       Expertise: Programming of metab dysfunction; Epigenetics; Mitochondrial function

Emily Su, MD                                        emily.su@cuanschutz.edu

                       Prof, Div MFM & Reprod Sci, Univ Colorado of Med

                       Expertise: Placental angiogenesis in severe fetal growth restriction

Stephanie Wesolowski, PhD                    stephanie.wesolowski@cuanshutz.edu

                       Assoc Prof, Dept Pediatrics, University of Colorado College of Medicine

                       Expertise: Metabolic fetal programming; Diabetes risk factors