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  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session I: Women's Health I
    Location: 124
    Co-Chair: Andrea Joseph, PhD – Syracuse University
    Women's Health
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:04 AM - 10:29 AM EDT
    Drug delivery systems in women's health
    Location: 124
    Invited Speaker: Gustavo F. Doncel, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – CONRAD - Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Women's Health
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    10:29 AM - 10:54 AM EDT
    Translating vaginal films from bench to clinic: Interplay between user preferences and drug delivery considerations
    Location: 124
    Invited Speaker: Sravan Patel, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh & Magee Womens Research Institute
    Women's Health
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:05 AM - 11:16 AM EDT
    Pregnancy-Associated Disease Organ-on-a-Chip Models to Pioneer Targeted Therapies
    Location: 124
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Hagar Labouta, PhD – University of Toronto
    Women's Health
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:27 AM - 11:38 AM EDT
    Genetic modification of bacterial extracellular vesicles for vaginal drug delivery
    Location: 124
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Varunaa Sri Hemanth Kumar – University of Maryland
    Women's Health
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:38 AM - 11:49 AM EDT
    Impact of Cream Composition on Critical Quality Attributes of Miconazole Nitrate Vaginal Creams
    Location: 124
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Zizhao Xu, PhD (he/him/his) – Northeastern University
    Women's Health
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:49 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Enabling the rational development of long-Acting contraceptive levonorgestrel intrauterine systems
    Location: 124
    Oral Abstract Speaker: Ashwin Abhang, M.S. (Pharm.) – University of Connecticut
    Women's Health
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    WIS Networking Reception & Awards
    Location: Terrace Ballroom 3/4 & Foyer
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  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    6:30 PM - 6:40 PM EDT
    Women in Science Award Presentation
    Location: Terrace Ballroom 3/4 & Foyer
    Award Winner: S. Rahima Benhabbour, MSc. PhD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    6:40 PM - 6:50 PM EDT
    Rising Women in Science Award Presentation
    Location: Terrace Ballroom 3/4 & Foyer
    Award Winner: Hagar Labouta, PhD – University of Toronto
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  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session V: Women's Health II
    Location: 124
    Chair: Hannah Zierden, PhD – University of Maryland
    Co-Chair: Christine Allen, Dr. – University of Toronto
    Women's Health
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:04 AM - 10:29 AM EDT
    Nanomedicine approaches for Women's Health
    Location: 124
    Invited Speaker: Laura Ensign, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Women's Health