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.

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.

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.