Invited Speakers

Akram Alshawabkeh

Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Environmental Contamination and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Puerto Rico

Brianne Connizzo

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 

Sex Differences and Hormonal Influence in Tendon Extracellular Matrix Remodeling

Çağrı Çevrim

Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

A New Model to Study Menstruation in Health and Disease

Catherine M. Klapperich

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA

When the Technical is the Political: Bringing our Whole Selves to Engineering Design

Fabrisia Ambrosio

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Modeling menopause: mechanistic insights into female aging trajectories of the musculoskeletal system

Gilda Barabino

President and Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Olin College, Needham, MA

Rouzbeh Amini

Associate Professor Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Multi-Scale Assessment of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Cardiovascular Tissues During Late Gestation

Shelly Peyton

Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 

Tissue-Inspired Synthetic Biomaterials to study Breast Cancer