SY13 - Early Environmental EDC Exposures and Reproductive Health

Saturday, June 13, 2026

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT

Location: Room W179

Symposium Chair(s)

Vasantha Padmanabhan, PhD

Professor emerita (in sevice)
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Emily Hilz, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
UT Austin
Austin, TX, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Vasantha Padmanabhan, MS,PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Emily Hilz, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Robert Sargis, MD,PhD: No relevant disclosure to display

Sonia de Assis, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Our lived environment has wide-ranging human health consequences, including for development and reproduction. This session will highlight metabolic and reproductive defects in multiple tissues and organ systems stemming from diverse environmental exposures

Presentations:

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT

Environmentally-induced sperm RNAs shape placentation and fetal growth
Symposium Speaker: Sonia de Assis, PhD – GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT

EDC Exposures, Obesity, and Environmental Health Disparities
Symposium Speaker: Robert Sargis, MD,PhD – University of Illinois Chicago
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT

PR Regulation of Inflammation and Uterine NK Cells
Symposium Speaker: Dorothy Sojka, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine