Hello DOHaD community,
Two upcoming opportunities to share! One next week and one to mark on your calendar…
1) Trainee Tuesday Seminar Series – Tuesday, March 10 (US DOHaD × DOHaD Canada)
Please join us Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM CST for the next Trainee Tuesday seminar, a collaboration between the US DOHaD Society and DOHaD Canada.
Theme: Maternal-placental environment and fetal programming
Featured talks
• Chandan Krishnamoorthy, PhD Candidate (University of Nebraska-Lincoln): Palmitoleate protects against Zika virus-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis in neuronal cells and in fetal brains of humanized STAT2 knock-in mice
• Candy Ding, Assistant Professor (Wayne State University School of Medicine): Maternal Viral Infection Reprograms Offspring Neutrophil Immunity in a Sex-Specific Manner
Zoom link: Meeting ID 941 2021 4013 | Passcode 859058
2) Save the Date: 9th Annual DOHaD Canada Meeting – June 2-3, 2026
DOHaD Canada’s 9th Annual Meeting will take place June 2-3, 2026 at Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) with the theme “From Womb to Well-Being: Biological and Psychosocial Pathways in DOHaD.”
This meeting may be of particular interest to trainees and early-career investigators in Michigan and upstate New York, given the location in southwest Ontario.
Keynotes: Richard Pilsner (Wayne State University) and Simone Vigod (University of Toronto)
Abstract deadline: March 1
Meeting website: https://www.dohad.ca/annual-meeting2026
Abstract submission: https://redcap.link/dohad2026
We hope to see you next Tuesday, and we also encourage trainees to consider submitting an abstract and attending the DOHaD Canada meeting in June!
Sincerely,
The US DOHaD Society Trainee Representatives