2021 Videos

Opening Remarks

Welcome Introductions and Opening Remarks

  • Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE, Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute 
  • Lloyd B. Minor, MD, Stanford School of Medicine 
  • Paul King, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford 
  • Cynthia Brandt, PhD, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

Keynote Address

Keynote Presentation: Global Priorities in Reproductive Health Technologies
Moderators: Anthony Oro, MD, PhD

  • Kelle Moley, MD, Deputy Director of Reproductive Health Technologies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Session 1: Emerging Maternal and Prenatal Health Discoveries

Moderators: Virginia Winn, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology; PhD, Trung Pham, MD, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Nima Aghaeepour, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, “Artificial Intelligence-Driven Taxonomies of Maternal and Neonatal Adverse Outcomes”

Moderators: Virginia Winn, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology; PhD, Trung Pham, MD, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Stephen Luby, MD, Professor of Medicine; Director of Research for the Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford School of Medicine, "The Remarkable Impact on Child Health of Reducing Microbiological Contamination of Drinking Water"

Moderators: Virginia Winn, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology; PhD, Trung Pham, MD, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Danielle Panelli, MD, Instructor in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford School of Medicine, "Cellular Aging in Pregnancy”

Session 2: Scientific Advances in Diversity, Health Equity, and Social Justice

Moderators: Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, Pediatrics and Medicine; Kara Meister, MD, Otolaryngology 

  • Suzan Carmichael, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford School of Medicine, “Social Determinants and Severe Maternal Morbidity”

Moderators: Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, Pediatrics and Medicine; Kara Meister, MD, Otolaryngology 

  • Erica Cahill, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford School of Medicine, “Trauma-Informed Research: Evaluation of the Centering Anti-Racist Education (CARE) Pregnancy Tool”

Moderators: Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, Pediatrics and Medicine; Kara Meister, MD, Otolaryngology 

  • Irene Loe, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford School Medicine, “Promoting Growth Mindset: A School-Based Intervention Targeting Health, Behavior, and Learning in Underserved Communities” 

Groundbreaking Research from Rising Scientists (MCHRI Early Career Investigators and Trainees)

Moderators: Elizabeth Burgener, MD, Pediatrics; Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Shalmali Bane, PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, "Variability in risk factors for maternal and infant health and perinatal outcomes in Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Individuals giving birth in the California"

Moderators: Elizabeth Burgener, MD, Pediatrics; Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Julia Bratic, MD, MPH, Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, "Pediatric Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients Show Strong Humoral and Cell-Mediated Responses to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine"

Moderators: Elizabeth Burgener, MD, Pediatrics; Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Nicholas Cecchi, PhD Candidate, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford Schools of Engineering and Medicine, "Factors Associated with the Magnitude of Head Impacts in High School American Football Identified via Instrumented Mouthguards"

Moderators: Elizabeth Burgener, MD, Pediatrics; Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Aya Shibuya, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, "Targeting Nemo-Like Kinase with small molecules for potential therapy of Diamond Blackfan Anemia" 

Moderators: Elizabeth Burgener, MD, Pediatrics; Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Yousi (Josey) Oquendo, MSE, Medical Student, Stanford School of Medicine, "Evaluation of deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using mobile device based surface topography" 

Session 4: Innovations in Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine

Moderators: Melissa Mavers, MD, PhD, Pediatrics; Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Casey Gifford, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, "Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Complex Genetics and Congenital Heart Disease"

Moderators: Melissa Mavers, MD, PhD, Pediatrics; Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Mark Skylar-Scott, PhD, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford School of Engineering, " Towards 3D Bioprinting a Fontan Biopump"

Moderators: Melissa Mavers, MD, PhD, Pediatrics; Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD, Pediatrics

  • William Goodyer, MD, PhD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, "Leveraging Single-Cell RNA Sequencing with Optical Imaging for Targeted Real-Time Visualization of the Cardiac Conduction System”

Visionary Leadership Award

Moderator: Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE

  • Award Recipient: Yvonne Maldonado, MD, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity, Taube Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology and Population Health

Closing Remarks

Moderator: Anthony Oro, MD, PhD