June 1, 2019
Salt Lake City, Utah
9AM-9PM
Meeting agenda and information regarding abstract submission follows:
Air Pollution Harms Reproductive Health
Saturday, June 1, 2019, Swaner Forum, Level Five, Natural History Museum of Utah, Rio Tinto Center, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City Utah
9:00 AM: Brief Opening Remarks: Phyllis Leppert, MD, PhD, and Mark Leppert, PhD
9:10 AM: Opening Plenary: From Beijing to Rochester: Lessons learned about air pollution impacts on pregnancy outcomes and challenges for public health
David Q. Rich, ScD, MPH, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Public Health Sciences and Department of Environment
9:40 AM: Types of pollution: PM 2.5, PM 10, ozone, toxic chemicals: what are the pollutants and what are the effects on humans?
Brian Moench, MD, President of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
10:00 AM: Neighborhood-scale air-quality in the Salt Lake City Air Shed
Kerry Kelly, PhD, University of Utah Department of Chemical Engineering, Associate Director, Utah Air Quality, Health and Society
10:10 AM: Effects of poor air quality on ovarian function
Sarah Berga, MD, University of Utah, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine
10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:50 AM: Effects of air pollution on spermatogenesis
Douglas Carrell, PhD, University of Utah, Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine,
How air pollution affects sperm count and other parameters
11:20 AM: Studies on a novel epigenetic mechanism of intergenerational effects of air pollution using a mouse model
Qi Chen, PhD, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology
11:40 AM: Environmental and gene interaction, effects of exposure on pregnancy outcomes
Amy Padula, PhD, MSc, UCSF, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment
12 Noon: Impact of gestational month specific exposure to air pollution on birth weight
Junfeng Zhang, PhD, Duke University, Nicholas School of Environment, Global and Environmental Health
12:20 – 1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM: Poster Session
2:30 PM: The Geneva Steel Mill closure in Utah Valley study: health outcomes of preterm Infants and intergenerational effects
Michelle Debbink, MD, PhD, University of Utah, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
2:50PM: Environmental effects on offspring: PM 2.5 and the developing brain
Judith T Zelikoff, PhD, New York University, Langone Medical School, Department of Environmental Medicine
3:10 PM: Exposome paradigm in reproductive studies: why it matters
Jeanette Stingone, MPH, PhD, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
3:30PM: Coffee Break
4:00 -5:00PM: Public Session: Why is air quality important to reproductive health? What can we do about it?
4 to 4:30 PM: Why poor air quality effects men’ s reproductive health or healthy sperm make healthy children
James M. Hotaling, MD, University of Utah, Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine
4:30 to 5:00 PM: Why air pollution harms women and why it negatively impacts reproductive health, pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes
Matthew Peterson, MD, University of Utah, Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine
5:00 PM: Visit the adjacent Native Voices Gallery, an exhibit of art objects including cradle boards and children’s items crafted by members of all of Utah’s five Native Tribes. Virgil Johnson, Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of Goshute will talk about the exhibit and the importance of a healthy environment to the health of parents, infants and children among native people.
Swaner Forum and Terrace, Level Five
6:00PM-6:30PM: Hors d’oeuvres, wine and cheese
Opportunity to meet with presenters
6:30PM -9:00PM: Dinner
Call for Abstracts
Abstracts of scientific studies regarding the effects of poor air and environmental quality pertaining to all aspects of reproductive health, including but not limited to spermatogenesis, oogenesis, ovulation, embryology, fetal development, maternal health during and following pregnancy, outcomes of offspring at birth and later in adolescent and adult life and paternal health should be submitted by May 10, 2019 to Phyllis C. Leppert, MD, PhD at
Abstracts should be limited to 350 words and must include a concise statement of the rationale of the study, methods and statistics used, results and conclusions. The scientific advisory and planning committee will review all abstracts and will notify the corresponding author of acceptance of the abstract by May 10, 2019. A few selected abstracts will be chosen to be presented as short oral “lightening” presentations. All other selected abstracts will be presented as posters. All posters will be up on poster boards throughout the full day meeting. There will be a one- hour poster session where the responsible scientist must be at the poster.
Scientific Advisory and Planning Committee: Sarah Berga, MD, Professor and Director of the Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine; Kirtly Jones, MD, Emerita Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine; Mark Leppert, PhD, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Genetics University of Utah; Phyllis Leppert, MD, PhD, Professor Emerita of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine
Registration
The fee to register for scientific talks (9:00AM-4:00PM):
- $15. 00 for students, residents, fellows;
- $30.00 for scientists and physicians and concerned citizens.
The fee to register for scientific talks and evening events (9:00AM-9:00PM):
- $50.00 for students, fellows, residents:
- $100.00 for scientists, physicians and concerned citizens.
The 4:00PM to 5:00PM session is free for all persons (scientists, physicians and interested citizens).