2024 Annual Clinical & Scientific RRM Posters

IIRRM’s 2024 Annual Conference Poster Special Recognition consisted of 24 poster finalists, whose abstracts were accepted for presentation at the 20th International Clinical & Scientific Congress for RRM in Vancouver, BC, Canada. All abstracts listed below were accepted for poster presentation based on combined scores from their abstract based on research quality, originality and overall impact in the field. 

Congress delegates were then invited to view and discuss with authors their posters and vote for their top poster choice in each category.  A $100 cash prize was awarded for the poster in each category. Please find copies of the e-posters below. Short oral presentations were also given by some of the authors in the main lecture theatre during poster sessions and are included as part of the 2024 recording bundle here.  

Congratulations to the 2024 Poster Presenters & Special Recognition Award Winners!

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Early Practice/Career & Student

Environmental Chemicals Impact the Female Cycle? A Pilot Study to Integrate Environmental Exposures and Cycle Charting Data

Iuliano, Kayla, DrPH, MHS. Dept Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, USA.

Case Report/Case Series

Successful ongoing natural pregnancy and healthy live birth in women with low and very low antimullerian hormone. A case series report.

Valer-Chavez, Gisela, MD. OB/Gyn. Naprotecnología y Fertilidad Natural Peru.
Co-Author: Ither Sandoval, MD Ob/Gyn, President, Peruvian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Clinical & Science Award: (tie)

A biorepository of maternal fluids from a preconception cohort for multi-omics studies of ultra early human pregnancy

Mauricio Hernandez, PhD1
Co-Authors: Stecher, Juan Francisco, MD OB/ GYN1Cristian Vargas, MD1; Guillermo Nourdin, Engr1; Pablo Saldivia1;  Felipe Castro, MSc1; Bárbara Antilef1; Verónica Latapiat, MSc1;  ;. Elard Koch1.

1MELISA Institute, FISAR Foundation, Concepción, Chile.

Live Birth Outcomes and Surgical Interventions in the iNEST Study

Stanford, Joseph1, MD, MSPH., Najmabadi, Shahpar1, MPS, MS, PhD., Otto, Seth1, MStat., Reeder, Matthew1, Jing Wang, Man Hung1, PhD, MEd, MStat. 1University of Utah

All poster presentations
E-Poster (click to enlarge) Presenter Title
Luis Chiva Poster González de Canales, Juan, MD. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellow1. Co-Authors: Luis Chiva, MD, PhD, Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology1 Melania Íñigo, Clinical Microbiologist1; Elena Perugini, Medical Student2, Alfonso Beltrán, Medical Student2; Lourdes Durango, Fertility Nurse1, University Clinic of Navarra, Madrid; Cristina Fernández-Valor, Gynecologist1. 1University Clinic of Navarra, Madrid 2University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona Implication of infectious agents in infertility
Knowledge of OBGYN Residents of Fertility Awareness Based Methods of Family Planning Damba-Cunningham, Emily, DO. PGY-3 OBGYN Residency, Sisters of Charity, Buffalo, NY.
Co-Author: William Nolan, MD, UPMC, Divine Mercy Women’s Health, Carlisle, PA.
Knowledge of OBGYN Residents of Fertility Awareness Based Methods of Family Planning
Evaluation of the in vitro percutaneous absorption and stability of progesterone topical compounded medications Poster Henderson, Catherine, PharmD, Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA)
Co-Authors: Guiyun Song PhD;  Kendice Ip, MS; Dianna Fenerty, BA; Yi Liu, PharmD, PhD, RPh; Daniel Banov RPh, M.S.
Evaluation of the in vitro percutaneous absorption and stability of progesterone topical compounded medications
How do Environmental Chemicals Impact the Female Cycle? Poster Iuliano, Kayla, DrPH, MHS. Dept Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, USA. How do Environmental Chemicals Impact the Female Cycle? A Pilot Study to Integrate Environmental Exposures and Cycle Charting Data
Download slides Makarewicz, Sarah, BSc (Hons.), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Co-Authors: Alexa Frattini, Bsc (Hons.), T. Still University; Logan Waechtler, MPH, MPA1; Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, MSPH.1 1FACTS About Fertility. FACTS Medical School Elective: Transforming Medical Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of FABMs
KorrTra – a correlational study on basal body temperature Makarova, Veronika1 Co-Authors: Petra Frank-Herrmann, MD; Maria-Nefeli Malliou-Becher, MD1 1Department of Gynaecological Endocrinology and Fertility Disorders, University of Heidelberg, Germany KorrTra – a correlational study on basal body temperature
Characterizations and Outcomes of Luteal Phase Supportive Medications for Infertility in a Prospective Observational Cohort Poster Najmabadi, Shahpar, PhD, MPH, MS. 1
Co-Authors: Alexis L. Timpson, PharmD Candidate1; Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH1 1University of Utah
Characterizations and Outcomes of Luteal Phase Supportive Medications for Infertility in a Prospective Observational Cohort    
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Noar, Mark, MD, MPH. Neurogastroenterology Study Institute Co-Authors: John Mathias, MD. Woman’s Hospital of Texas. Ajit Kolatkar, BAMS. Gastrointestinal Myoelectrical Activity (GIMA) Biomarker for Noninvasive Diagnosis of Endometriosis
Live Birth Outcomes and Surgical Interventions in the iNEST Poster Stanford, Joseph1, Shahpar Najmabadi1
Co-Authors: Otto, Seth, MStat.1, Matthew Reeder1, Jing Wang, Man Hung, PhD, MEd, MStat.1 1University of Utah
Live Birth Outcomes and Surgical Interventions in the iNEST Study
Letrozole-increases-ovulation-in-women-with-infertility-being-treated-with-Natural-Procreative-Technology Poster Stanford, Joseph1, MD, MSPH
Co-Authors: Cassandra D. Wilson1, PharmD Candidate1; Shahpar Najmabadi, PhD, MPH, MS. 1University of Utah
Impact of Fertility Medications on Menstrual Cycle Biomarkers in a Multinational Fertility Treatment Cohort  
A-biorepository-of-maternal-fluids-from-a-preconception-cohort-for-multi-omics-studies-of-ultra-early-human-pregnancy Poster Stecher, Juan Francisco, MD OB/ GYN1
Co-Authors: Cristian Vargas, MD1; Guillermo Nourdin, Engr1; Pablo Saldivia1;  Felipe Castro, MSc1; Bárbara Antilef1; Verónica Latapiat, MSc1;  Mauricio Hernandez, PhD1;. Elard Koch1. 1MELISA Institute, FISAR Foundation, Concepción, Chile.
A biorepository of maternal fluids from a preconceptional cohort for multi-omics studies of ultra early human pregnancy
Kegg Poster Tabbaa, Suzanne, PhD1. UCSF (University of California, San Francisco).
Co-Authors: Yifei Dai, PhD1; Jan Rydfors, MD1 Stanford University, Freyja Clinic. 1Lady Technologies
Utility of cervical mucus electrical impedance as an indicator of cervical mucus observations
Enhancing protein biomarker quantification in Cervicovaginal Fluid (CVF) through Data Independent Acquisition proteomics approach Mauricio Alejandro Hernandez Cea Co-Authors: Vargas, Christian, MD1, Pablo Saldivia1; Guillermo Nourdin1, Engr; Juan Francisco Stecher, MD, OB/GYN1; Felipe Castro1, Bárbara Antilef1; 1MELISA Institute, FISAR Foundation, Concepción, Chile. Enhancing protein biomarker quantification in Cervicovaginal Fluid (CVF) through Data Independent Acquisition proteomics approach
    Poster Session Directory: Clinical Case Reports, Case Series
E-Poster (click to enlarge) Presenter Title
Professor-V.Artyomenko-Vancouver-PCOS-and-Obesity-updated.png Artyomenko, Volodymyr, MD, PhD, DSc. Odessa National Medical University, Odessa, Ukraine Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Obesity Clinical and Laboratory Specialties: A Challenge to Fertility Preservation in Women of Reproductive Age
'Silent' Abortion and Vaginal Microbiome - Therapy Pathway. Clinical case Artyomenko, Volodymyr, MD, PhD, DSc. Odessa National Medical University, Odessa, Ukraine “Silent” Abortion and Vaginal Microbiome – Therapy Pathway. Clinical case
Successful pregnancy using oral DHEA in 39 year old with 5 recurrent pregnancy losses Poster Barco, Cynthia, MD. Co-Author: Ulrika Drevniok, RN(C), MScA Successful pregnancy using oral DHEA in 39 year old with 5 recurrent pregnancy losses  
Various clinical presentations of impaired endometrial receptivity Horodenchuk, Zoreslava, MD, PhD. Various clinical presentations of impaired endometrial receptivity – a series of 3 cases
Successful ongoing natural pregnancies and healthy live births in women with low and very low antimullerian hormone levels Poster Valer-Chavez, Gisela, MD. OB/Gyn. Naprotecnología y Fertilidad Natural Peru.
Co-Author: Ither Sandoval, MD Ob/Gyn, President, Peruvian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Successful ongoing natural pregnancies and healthy live births in women with low and very low antimullerian hormone levels in a private practice setting in Lima-Peru. A case series report.
Undiagnosed maternal Triple X Syndrome Poster Valer-Chavez, Gisela MD. OB/Gyn. Naprotecnología y Fertilidad Natural Peru. Co-Author: Ither Sandoval, MD Ob/Gyn, President, Peruvian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Undiagnosed maternal Triple X Syndrome mosaicism as a contributing cause of IVF failure and long term infertility in a private practice setting in Lima-Peru. A case report.
Restorative Reproductive Medicine as a treatment in RPL patients with inherited thrombophilic disorders and coexisting chromosomal polymorphisms in Peru Poster Valer-Chavez, Gisela MD. OB/Gyn. Naprotecnología y Fertilidad Natural Peru. Co-Author: Ither Sandoval, MD Ob/Gyn, President, Peruvian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Restorative Reproductive Medicine as a treatment in RPL patients with inherited thrombophilic disorders and coexisting chromosomal polymorphisms in Peru.