Dr. Veena Sangkhae will be discussing endocrine regulation of iron homeostasis in pregnancy and how perturbations in these regulatory mechanisms can result in adverse pregnancy solutions.

Aditya Pimplaskar will be discussing his work in analyzing a broader perinatal depression phenotype in various health system-linked biobanks, ultimately leveraging clinical and genetic data for risk prediction.

Ariel Hart will be discussing findings from their ethnography of a local Black-led birth center as an alternative to dominant allopathic pregnancy, birth and postpartum care.

Dr. Singhal’s passion involves improving outcomes of obesity management via personalized treatments. She directs the FIT for Health pediatric clinic, which provides pharmacological and surgical treatments for children and adolescents

Dr. Smick’s research explores the role of the tumor microenvironment in ovarian cancer, aiming to identify molecular markers for early detection and targeted therapy, and to develop preclinical models for

Gabrielle Rinne will be reviewing findings from her graduate research on the biological, psychological, and social factors before, during, and after pregnancy that influence maternal and child health-relevant outcomes.