25th Anniversary Meeting

 

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June 25-27, 2012 -- Minneapolis, MN
25 years of SPER: A Lifetime of Research through the Life Course

This special three-day meeting will feature a look back at accomplishments in the field, special calls for abstracts, award presentations, and a cocktail reception and gala.

Follow this link to download flyer announcing 25th Anniversary meeting.

Proposed Program:

Monday, June 25, 2012
1:00 - 3:00 pm Executive Committee meeting
3:00 - 6:00 pm Advanced Methods Student Workshop
4:00 - 7:00 pm Registration
6:30 - 8:00 pm Welcome reception and debate

Topic: Epidemic of iatrogenic late preterm birth: are the current rates of obstetric intervention justified?

4 invited people: 2 epidemiologists and 2 clinicians on each side along with a moderator.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
7:00 - 10:00 am Registration
7:00 - 7:45 am Roundtable Discussion
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am Welcome Remarks: Enrique Schisterman
8:15 - 8:45 am History of SPER: Germaine Buck Louis
8:45 - 9:00 am Presentation of the SPER Mentoring Award
9:00 - 10:30 am

Plenary I: Female Gynecological Disorders of a Mysterious Etiology

  • Reproductive Health
  • PCOS
  • Fibroids
  • Menstrual disorders like dysmenorrhea
  • Endometriosis
  • Amenorrhea 
10:30 - 10:45 am Morning break
10:45 - 12:15 pm

Plenary II: How to Make a Baby: Fertility and Fecundity

  • Menstrual and Ovarian Cycle Function
  • Conception
  • Time-to-pregnancy
  • Assisted Reproductive Technologies
  • Spontaneous abortion
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch and Poster Session A
(Box lunch included as part of registration)
1:30 - 3:00 pm

Plenary III: Gravid Health

  • GDM
  • Pre-eclampsia & hypertensive disorders
  • Maternal weight gain
  • Nutrition
  • Parturient woman and intra-partum health
3:00 - 3:15 pm  Student Prize Paper Presentation
3:15 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm

Plenary IV: Pregnancy Outcomes

  • Gestation
  • Fetal growth
  • Neonatal mortality
  • Birth defects
  • Birth weight
  • Multiples
  • Pregnancy loss that includes EPL, fetal demise, and still births
TBA SPER 25th Anniversary Gala
Join your friends and colleagues for a festive dinner to celebrate 25 years of SPER.  This exciting event will include an awards ceremony and society retrospective by Past President, Germaine Buck Louis, PhD.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
7:00 - 7:45 am Roundtable Discussion
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 am

Plenary V: Child Development and Behavior

  • Breastfeeding
  • Developmental milestones
  • Developmental disorders
  • Puberty
9:30 - 10:00 am Morning break
10:00 - 11:30 pm

Plenary VI: Exposome

  • Developmental origins of health and disease
11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch and Poster Session B
1:00 - 1:30 pm Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alan Guttmacher (not invited yet)
1:30 - 1:35 pm Presentation of the SPER Rising Star Award
1:35 - 2:00 pm Afternoon Break
2:00 - 3:30 pm

Plenary VII: Methods

  • Statistical - joint models, missing data, correlated outcomes
  • New technologies in measurement
3:30 - 4:45 pm

Methods Forum in Practice

  • Keynote speakers from each plenary
  • Link methods to their applications in the previously covered topics
  • Encourage a dialogue/debate on past/future applications of these methods
4:45 - 5:00 pm Future of SPER and Closing Remarks: Enrique Schisterman
5:00 - 6:15 pm Business meeting
7:00 pm Executive Committee dinner

 

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