Maternal obesity and fetal developmental programming: adiponectin, placental function and microRNAs

Maternal obesity and fetal developmental programming: adiponectin, placental function and microRNAs

Speaker: Dr Owen Vaughan, University of Colorado

Dr Owen Vaughan is an Instructor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Colorado. His work focuses on the role of the placenta in mediating the effects of environmental factors like maternal nutrition, stress, obesity and hypoxia on intrauterine development. He is currently particularly interested in the role of fetal circulating microRNAs as programming mediators and therapeutic targets in pregnancies complicated by maternal obesity. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and undertook postdoctoral training both in Cambridge and UniversityCollege London.