Center for Perinatal Discovery

We are pleased to announce our 5th Annual Symposium on Comparative Perinatal Biology. Featuring keynotes by @BNHorowitzMD and @amy_boddy. Registration is open now! perinataldiscovery.ucsd.edu/2024-symposium…

A wonderful introduction by Chair Dr. Steven Gonias and Dr. Omonigho Aisagbonhi from Dept. of Pathology for Dr. Mana Parast @CPD_UCSD as the last recipient of the 2022 Health Sciences Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Award!

The 3rd Annual Symposium registration is still open, now with a virtual attendance option! Register now: forms.gle/8N4VZNYMvt69fa…

Congratulations, @DrPantham, @kathleenfisch!

Well-deserved award for #DrLouiseLaurent. We are proud of her her leadership as Vice Chair of Translational Research in our department.

The 3rd Annual CPD Symposium will be in-person this year at Sanford Consortium on June 25, 2022, on the topic of "Preterm Birth". Register here: forms.gle/8N4VZNYMvt69fa…

We are looking forward to Dr. Sandra Leibel's presentation at our next virtual monthly seminar: “Stem Cells and Lung Organoids to Study Patient Specific Human Lung Development and Disease." Please email us at perinataldiscovery@health.ucsd.edu if you are interested in attending!

Learn more about the ways scientists are trying to better understand preeclampsia and preterm birth, highlighting interviews from our own Drs. Parast and Laurent: leaps.org/researchers-ar…

What an honor to have Kntrice Coleman share her story of having #COVID while pregnant and the importance of vaccination during pregnancy at today’s #MaternalHealthDayofAction

Our #MFM faculty leading the way in #COVID research. Kudos to #DrLouiseLaurent @CPD_UCSD 🎉

Some pregnancy-related complications, like #Preeclampsia, can lead to other serious problems like #preterm birth and even death. Visit your doctor regularly during pregnancy. Learn the urgent warning signs (bit.ly/3m22AXA) that can indicate serious problems. #HearHer

“I'm happy knowing that if I got COVID, my chances of survival are greater, and my baby has a fighting chance" -Jasmine, pregnant and vaccinated Pregnant, breastfeeding, trying?🤰 Experts @drcynthiagyamfi @ucsdcbb @Dr_LarsBode on what COVID means for you go.ucsd.edu/3xdoR8Z

Throughout November, #PrematurityAwarenessMonth, we raise awareness of the infant health crisis of preterm birth. Help us end preventable preterm birth: bit.ly/3nSYKji

#Preterm birth remains an important challenge. Through the work of #PQCs, we're advancing health outcomes for mothers and babies by identifying health care processes that need improvement and quickly making the necessary changes. bit.ly/3kjHe4F #PrematurityAwarenessMonth

CPD faculty member, Dr. Priya Pantham, is a recipient of Preeclampsia Foundation Canada's 2021 Vision Grant for her project, "Integrated Analysis of Placental and Extracellular RNA in Preeclampsia with HELLP". Congratulations, @drpantham! @preeclampsia preeclampsia.org/the-news/resea…

Check out @starlegacyfdn's Pregancy Research Project. Partnered with the University of Michigan, this study and will be looking at data to improve stillbirth and neonatal death prevention and bereavement care. youtube.com/watch?v=yj4Vye…

October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month. Please consider these ways to get involved, and remember October 15 as World Pregnancy & Infant Loss Day: starlegacyfoundation.org/awareness-mont… #NeverBeStill @starlegacyfdn

"How Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of the Placenta" from @scifri is a great segment to get you acquainted with placenta research. sciencefriday.com/segments/place…

We have just released our first CPD Community newsletter, highlighting the three perspectives of Clinician, Researcher, and Patient on the topic of Assisted Reproduction, IVF, and Embryo Donation. Please take a moment to check it out here: perinataldiscovery.ucsd.edu/_files/cpd-new…

Pregnancy isn’t the nursery rhyme we think it is. In a way, it’s almost like a tiny war. And right on the front lines of that battle is a character that not a single person on the planet would be here without. Meet the placenta. wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radio…