10th Annual Meeting of the U.S. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Society
openNIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Developmental Origins of Health and Diseases (DOHaD) hypothesis, which posits that early-life events or
exposures determine the health outcomes across the life span, is foundational to the U.S. DOHaD Society.
The U.S. DOHaD Society has held annual meetings since its inception in 2016. These meetings bring together
investigators from a wide array of disciplines who otherwise may not be likely to interact. Our membership
includes clinicians, scientists and trainees across a wide array of specialties including developmental biology,
nutrition, environmental toxicology, cancer, stress, and endocrinology. Such individuals span institutions
geographically across the U.S. including Universities, companies/corporations, and government agencies (NIH,
EPA, NIEHS). The annual meeting provides a critical opportunity for members to share knowledge and recent
advancements on how environmental toxicants, nutrients, pharmaceutical agents, pathogens, gut microbiota,
stress, and emerging factors influence developing fetuses and newborns, and thereby contribute to their health
and disease across the life span. Presentations and discussions explore how environmental factors may lead
to harmful effects in subsequent generations. The major goals of the U.S. DOHaD Society's annual meeting
are to foster multidisciplinary interactions, promote collaborations on applicable scientific and clinical topics,
and provide opportunity for trainees (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical residents/fellows, and
junior faculty) to interact with world-renown experts to facilitate the development of future scientists and career
opportunities in the field. The past eight conferences have been enormously successful, with significant growth
in membership and attendance during each subsequent meeting. Such successes provide impetus for
continued and permanent annual meetings. The 10th will be held at North Carolina State University (Raleigh,
NC) and the theme will be “The Exposome and DOHaD Science”. In short, the strength of the U.S. DOHaD
Society lies in its ability to integrate an impressive range of science among individuals in varying levels of their
education and careers.
Up to $25K
health research