Neonatal Infectious Diseases/Immunology 1

Friday, April 28, 2023

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Location: Convention Center: 152 A

CE: Live CME: 1.50

Moderator(s)

Jennifer Bermick, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Pediatrics
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
William Golden, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Disclosure(s):

Jennifer Bermick, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

William C. Golden, MD, FAAP: MJH Life Sciences: Advisory Committee (Ongoing); National Board of Medical Examoners: Consultant (Ongoing); Wolters Kluwer: Consultant (Ongoing), Intellectual Property including patent beneficiary and royalties (Ongoing)

Presentations:

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Group B Streptococcus antibodies and placental antibody transfer ratios among persons presenting for childbirth 2019-2021
Presenting Author: Dustin D. Flannery, DO, MSCE (he/him/his) – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET

Increasing the Breadth of Antiviral Immune Responses in a Vaccine for Prevention of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Through Generation of a Recombinant, Replication-Incompetent, Live-Virus Vaccine
Presenting Author: Christine E. Tanna (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota Medical School
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM ET

Single cell analysis reveals sex differences in placental immune development within the mid-gestation
Presenting Author: Suganthinie (Anthi) Velagala, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Alteration in DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells After Covid-19 Infection During Pregnancy
Presenting Author: Suhita GAYEN NEE' BETAL, PHD (she/her/hers) – Nemours Children's Health at Thomas Jefferson University
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Group B Streptococcus surface immunogenic protein (Sip) promotes biofilm formation, increases adhesion to human fetal membranes, and dampens macrophage cytokine production
Presenting Author: Kathyayini Gopalakrishna, MBBS, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Placental interferon signaling triggers chronic histiocytic intervillositis (CHIV) in SARS CoV-2 placentitis
Presenting Author: Nitin Arora, MD MPH (he/him/his) – University of Alabama School of Medicine