NBDPN 2008 Annual Meeting Abstracts

NBDPN 2008: Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research, and Prevention

Annual Meeting Presentations

Monday, February 11, 2008
8:00-8:45AM	*Welcoming Opening Session:* NBDPN Samara Viner-Brown (RI), Phil Cross (NY), Amy Case (TX) NCBDDD, CDC Edwin Trevathan (CDC), NCBDDD Director March of Dimes Alan Fleischman (MOD), Senior Vice President and Medical Director
8:45AM-11:00AM	National Birth Defects Prevention Study: Exploring the Risk Factors (Synopsis) Moderator: Margaret (Peggy) Honein (CDC) Speakers: Jennita Reefhuis (CDC), Anna-Maria Siega-Riz (NC), Marcia Feldkamp (UT), Cynthia Cassell (NC), Kristin Fowles (UT)
11:00AM-12:00PM	Enhancing Effectiveness through Partnerships (Synopsis) Larry Edmonds (GA)

1:30PM–3:00PM

Concurrent Breakout Session A

1) What Editors Would Like You to Know Before You Submit Your Manuscript to a Peer-Reviewed Journal
Moderator: Russell Kirby (AL)
Speaker: Mark Klebanoff (NIH)

2) Educating Policy Makers about Birth Defects (Synopsis)
Moderator: Carolyn Mullen (MOD)

3:30PM–5:00PM

Concurrent Breakout Session B

1)Data Linkage Tools: Survey Results and Discussion (Synopsis)
Moderator: Craig Mason (ME)
Speakers: Peter Langlois (TX), Ying Wang (NY), Russell Kirby (AL), Lisa Marengo (TX)

2) Ready for Prime Time: Prevention Strategies Focusing on Infections and Maternal Smoking (Synopsis)
Moderator: Joe Mulinare (CDC)
Speakers: Sonja Rasmussen (CDC), Margaret (Peggy) Honein (CDC), Dottie Schell (PA)

3) Current Approaches to Stillbirth Surveillance (Synopsis)
Moderator: Russell Kirby (AL)
Speakers: Uma Reddy (NIH), Wes Duke (CDC), Paul Romitti (IA), Adolfo Correa (CDC)

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
8:00AM-9:50AM	*Plenary Session:* *Defects of the Ventral Wall and Related Complexes* Moderator: Angela Lin (MA) Embryology of Ventral Wall Defects Thomas Sadler (MT) Omphalocele and Gastroschisis – Clinical and Epidemiological Perspectives Cynthia Moore (CDC) Complex Patterns of Ventral Body Wall Defects: Cloacal Exstrophy /OEIS Complex, Bladder Exstrophy and Related Malformations Kim Keppler-Noreuil (IA)
10:10AM-11:45PM	*Plenary Session continues:* Moderator: Angela Lin (MA) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Barbara Pober (MA) Amniotic Band Syndrome and Limb-Body Wall Complex Stuart Shapira (CDC) Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Ventral Wall Defects Jan Byrne (UT)
1:30PM–3:00PM	*Concurrent Breakout Session C* 1) Defects of the Ventral Wall: Emerging Risk Factors (Synopsis) Moderator: Angela Lin (MA) Speakers: Sonja Rasmussen (CDC), Marcia Feldkamp (UT) 2) Passive Surveillance- Doing More with Less (Synopsis) Moderators: Maggi Gallaher (NM), Devaiah Muccatira (ND) Speakers: Carol Stanton (CO), Phil Cross (NY), Trish Wilson (IL), Civillia Hill (WA) 3) Training Tools for Ventral Wall Defects: Coding Goes Belly Up (Synopsis) Moderator: Linda Jackson (AR) Speaker: Angela Scheuerle (TX)

3:30PM-5:00PM

Concurrent Breakout Session D

1) Electronic Medical Records (Synopsis)
Moderator: Debra Musa (NY)
Speakers: Dan Rode (DC), Andrew Barbash (MD), Ann Phelps (TX)

2) Brainstorming Collaborative NBDPN Projects (Synopsis)
Moderators: Craig Mason (ME)
Speakers: Julianne Collins (SC), Russell Kirby (AL), David Law (TN), Cara Mai (CDC), Russel Rickard (CO), Sheree Boulet (CDC)

3) Pregnancy Drug Registries (Synopsis)
Moderator: Jan Cragan (CDC)
Speakers: Tina Chambers (CA), Karen Feibus (FDA), Jan Cragan (CDC)

5:00PM-7:00PM

Poster Session Reception and Awards

Poster Abstracts

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
8:00AM – 9:30AM	*Concurrent Breakout Session E* 1) Environmental Public Health Tracking and Birth Defects (Synopsis) Moderator: Jane Correia (FL) Speakers: Nick Jones (CDC), Suzanne Gilboa (CDC), Miland Palmer (UT) 2) Moving from Guidelines to Standards: Concepts and Pitfalls (Synopsis) Speakers: Brad McDowell (IA), Lowell Sever (WA)
10:00A –11:00AM	*Plenary Session: Making Babies Isn’t Always Easy: Implications of Infertility* (Synopsis) Moderator: Charlotte Druschel (NY) Speaker: Germaine Buck Louis (MD)
11:00AM-12:15PM	*Future of NBDPN /Strategic Planning* Moderator: Samara Viner-Brown (RI), Craig Mason (ME) *Awards Ceremony* Moderator: Carol Stanton (CO)
1:00PM-1:30PM	Closing Plenary Session Moderator: Judy Major (NC) Speakers: Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent for the News Hour with Jim Lehrer and parent of a child with Spina Bifida
1:30-1:45PM	Adjourn meeting Complete conference evaluation Samara Viner-Brown (RI)

NBDPN 2008: Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research, and Prevention

Annual Meeting Presentations

Monday, February 11, 2008

8:00-8:45AM

8:45AM-11:00AM

11:00AM-12:00PM

1:30PM–3:00PM

3:30PM–5:00PM

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

8:00AM-9:50AM

10:10AM-11:45PM

1:30PM–3:00PM

3:30PM-5:00PM

5:00PM-7:00PM

8:00AM – 9:30AM

10:00A –11:00AM

11:00AM-12:15PM

1:00PM-1:30PM

1:30-1:45PM