Sex Differences in Health and Disease

Session Chair(s)

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  Brian Aguado

  Assistant Professor
  University of California San Diego, United States
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  Caymen Novak, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Michigan-Dearborn
  Wixom, Michigan, United States

Track Chair(s)

• NR

  Nimmi (Nirmala) Ramanujam
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  Mykel Green, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Tulane University
  Destrehan, Louisiana, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

  Sex Differences Between Two Major Macrophage Cell Lines in 2D and 3D Cultures Reveal Divergent Functional Responses to 17β-Estradiol (E2)
  

  Presenting Author: Erika Moore, PhD – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Alison Veintimilla – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Margaret McCarthy – University of Maryland of Medicine
• 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

  Estrogen deficiency modulates the local tissue response after stroke in a photothrombotic stroke model
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea S.K Jones, PhD – Duke University

  Co-Author: Cara S. Smith – Duke University

  Co-Author: Emma C. Whitehead – Duke University

  Last Author: Tatiana Segura – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Tatiana Segura – Duke University

  Co-Author: Abigail Clement

  Co-Author: Martina Peroni

  Co-Author: Cierra Min
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

  Elucidating the role of sex and inflammation on post-ACL tear outcomes and post-traumatic osteoarthritis development
  

  Presenting Author: Giselle Kaneda – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Lea Zila, n/a – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Julia Sheyn, n/a – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Dave Huang – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Lihong Huo – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Natasha Schimmoeller – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Natasha Trentacosta – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Bert Mandelbaum, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Caroline Jefferies – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Wafa Tawackoli – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Co-Author: Melodie F. Metzger, PhD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  Last Author: Dmitriy Sheyn – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

  Spatial and Single-Cell Profiling Reveal Sex-Linked Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Calcified Aortic Valves
  

  Presenting Author: Talia Baddour, PhD candidate – UC San Diego

  Primary Investigator: Brian A. Aguado – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Van Ninh

  Co-Author: Rayyan Gorashi

  Co-Author: Rene Peña

  Co-Author: Kevin King
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PDT

  Sexual Dimorphism in Preeclampsia-Associated Endothelial Dysfunction Revealed by 3D Vascular Modeling
  

  Presenting Author: María Virumbrales-Muñoz, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Ana Sofia Peraza Muñuzuri – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Yalmarie Numan-Vazquez – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Aishwarya Rengarajan – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Last Author: María Virumbrales-Muñoz, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Primary Investigator: María Virumbrales-Muñoz, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

  Determining sex differences in drug combinations targeting aortic valve myofibroblast activation using a digital medicine platform
  

  Presenting Author: Brandon J. Vogt – UCSD

  Primary Investigator: Brian A. Aguado – University of California San Diego

  Co-Author: Peter Wang

  Co-Author: Megan Chavez

  Co-Author: Peng Guo

  Co-Author: Ed Kai-Hua Chow

  Co-Author: Dean Ho