The CRepHS Summer Journal Club will be held every Friday from 9-10 am in the BJCIH 10th floor conference room in the summer months of June, July and August.

Presentations will include:

  • Senior/junior trainee (data discussion or journal club)- This will ideally be a shared presentation between a senior trainee or mentor and a Grad or undergrad student.
  • Cross-disciplinary (data discussion or journal club)-This will include a joint presentation between a researcher from the Ob/Gyn and Engineering departments and will cover a subject that relates to both presenters expertise.
  • Practice talks
  • Traditional data discussion and article review

Undergraduates are encouraged to participate.

Contact: Lindsey Kent and Samyukta Kolluru


2025 Journal Club Schedule

For Zoom info and to be added to our mailing list, please email Nami Rutherford

DateSpeaker(s)TitleLab
6/6/25Erin Louwagie, PhDComputational approaches to study pregnancy biomechanicsOyen
6/13/25Jordan Escarcega, PhD, Dillon McClintoch, Wendell Choi, and Maxwell HakunRemodeling of Cardiovascular and Urological Systems LabRoccabianca
6/20/25Kiki Bonetta-MisteliQuantitative Estimation of Blood Loss Volume and Cardiovascular Vital Signs for Postpartum Hemorrhage Detection Using A Wireless Wearable DeviceO’Brien
6/27/25Michelina Kierzek, PhDTBDSanti
7/4/25No Seminar
7/11/25Abir HamdaouiConstitutive Modeling of Uterine Wound Healing: Applications to Postpartum Involution and Surgical ScarringBersi
7/18/25Juan Ferreira, PhDActivation of Vasopressin Receptor 1A by Vasopressin and Oxytocin Enhances Myometrial Smooth Muscle Cell Excitability via SLO2.1 Potassium Channel Inhibition.Santi
7/25/25Karen Canseco and Andy LiuMechanical control of ovarian functionAmargant i Riera
8/1/25Elizabeth BuzbeeDevelopment of a laser speckle rheology system for non-contact and low-volume mucus mechanical property determinationO’Brien
8/8/25Shilpita Mitra-BehuraCreating a wearable short-wave infrared device to detect and monitor hemodilution during postpartum hemorrhageO’Brien
8/15/25Shweta Bhagwat, PhDLPS-induced intracellular signaling in spermSanti
8/22/2025Ritu Dave3D cell culture models of uterine contractilityFrolova