Please join Wayne State University's Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES) for their upcoming seminar on October 24, 2024 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EST. The seminar will be offered in person and virtually, and is free to attend; registration is required. The Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants prior to the seminar. To register, click on the registration button.

 

The guest speaker will be Dr. Jiahui Ding. She will present, "Understanding Placental Response to Environmental Stressors: Insights into Fetal Immune Development."

 

 

The placenta plays a crucial role in modulating fetal immune development during pregnancy, particularly in response to environmental stressors such as infections and toxins. This talk will explore how the placenta responds to these challenges, focusing on the mechanisms of immune regulation and the influence on fetal immunity. Emphasis will be placed on the placental response to viral infections/air pollutants and the resulting sex-specific effects on offspring immune programming. Understanding these interactions is key to developing strategies to improve human health outcomes and mitigate long-term immune-related disorders.

 

Dr. Jiahui Ding is an Assistant Professor in the C.S Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Ding completed her M.D. in 2013 from Hubei University of Chinese medicine in China. In 2018, she received her Ph.D. in reproductive science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Ding completed her postdoc training in Yale University and Wayne State University. Her areas of research interest include reproductive immunology and offspring health, mainly focus on how environment stressors such as infection or air pollution affects pregnancy and fetal outcomes, her studies have been published in multiple reputable journals. Dr. Ding is passionate about advancing how air pollution affects fetal development and long-term offspring health, and her work shows great promise in shaping the future of translational environmental health.