INVITED TALKS

Jennifer L. Bailit , M.D.

Risk Management. University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC

 

 

Patrick M. Catalano , M.D.

Fetal Development in the Infant of the Woman with Diabetes. Diabetes Special Interest Group Meeting. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 23 rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Workgroup on Optimizing Pregnancy Outcomes in Minority Populations. National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda , MD

Deviant Fetal Growth and Growth Promoters ( Leptin , Insulin and IGFS). Controversies in Diabetes-in-Pregnancy Care at the North American Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group Meeting, Little Rock, AR

Gestational Diabetes and Insulin Resistance: Role in Short- and Long-Term Implications for Mother and Fetus. Grand Rounds Lecturer/Visiting Professor for Residency Research, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

Infants of Diabetic Mothers – What is the Phenotype?. Keynote Lecturer, International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group First Congress and Second Scientific Meeting, Sant Salvador – Comarruga , Tarragona, Spain

Maternal Metabolic Adaptation to Pregnancy. International Postgraduate Course on Advances in Diabetes & Pregnancy, Comarruga , Tarragona, Spain

Clinical Aspects of Insulin Resistance in Pregnancy. Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, Fremantle , Australia

TNF-alpha and Diabetic Pregnancy. Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, Fremantle , Australia

Fetal Growth and Diabetic Pregnancies. Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, Fremantle , Australia

 

James F. Clapp , M.D.

Feto -placental responses to diet and exercise. Lecture, Sports Institute of South and Central America, Berlin

The clinical significance of antenatal nuchal cords. Lecture, Berlin

The effects of maternal exercise on feto -placental growth. Lecture, Berlin

Exercise during pregnancy. Lecture, Giessen

Metabolic effects of high and low glycemic diets. Lecture, Burlington, VT

The clinical Significance of antenatal nuchal cords. Lecture, Berlin, Germany

The clinical Significance of antenatal nuchal cords. Lecture, Giessen , Germany

The effects of maternal exercise on feto -placental growth. Lecture, Berlin, Germany

 

Sylvie Hauguel -de Mouzon , Ph.D.

Inflammatory status in human pregnancy with GDM: crucial role of placental genes. 63th Annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association Lecture, New Orleans, LA

 

John P. Kirwan, Ph.D.

Diet, leptin and exercise effects on skeletal muscle metabolism (Symposium Title), Exercise training effects on skeletal muscle insulin signaling). American College of Sports Medicine, National Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Effects of Exercise and Diet on Insulin Resistance and Obesity in Elderly Men and Women . Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA

Energy metabolism: nutrition, substrate utilization and regulation (Symposium Title), Insulin signaling, exercise and cellular integrity (Presentation Title). Biochemical Society 679 th Annual Meeting, Colchester , England

Exercise and Diet: Effects on Insulin Resistance and Obesity in Elderly Men and Women . Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Age, Exercise and Diet: Effects on Insulin Resistance and Cell Signalling . Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics Retreat, CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland

Exercise and Diet: Effects on Insulin Resistance and Obesity in Elderly Men and Women . Dept. of Nutrition Seminar, CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland

Age, Exercise and Diet . Mini- Med School Seminar Series, CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland

Insulin signaling, exercise and cellular integrity. Graduate Exercise Physiology Seminar, School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport, Kent State University, Kent, OH

 

 

Brian M. Mercer, M.D.

Prevention of neonatal GBS sepsis in the 21 st Century. Hillcrest Hospital Grand Rounds, Cleveland

Antibiotics in Pregnancy. Nemacolin Woodlands Neonatology conference, Nemacolin , PA

Premature Rupture of the Membranes. Grand Rounds University Hospitals of Cleveland, CWRU, Cleveland

Preterm birth; when to and when not to intervene. Antibiotics in pregnancy: What works, what doesn't. Management of preterm pPROM . Louisianna State ACOG Conference, New Orleans LA

Management of pPROM at 32-34 weeks. Fairview Hospital, Ob / Gyn Grand Rounds, Cleveland

Extremes of Prematurity . When to and When Not to intervene. Current Management of preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes. Antibiotics in Pregnancy. Friend or Foe? American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, postgraduate course, Orleans, LA

GBS in Pregnancy: Prevention of intrapartum transmission. Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, postgraduate lecture, La Jolla , CA

Prevention of Neonatal GBS sepsis: Current Status. Third Annual Perinatal Center Conference: Focus on Infection, postgraduate course, Cleveland