MCH 2018 - Nature Conference on Maternal and Child Health

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Category health; fertility; medicine; metabolism; immunity

Deadline: March 20, 2018 | Date: March 22, 2018-March 24, 2018

Venue/Country: Guangzhou, China

Updated: 2018-02-27 19:54:01 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Maternal and Child Health

Presented by: Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center | Nature

March 22-24, 2018

Conrad Guangzhou | Guangzhou, China

This conference will facilitate discussion of current challenges that clinicians are facing to improve maternal and child health, from conception to early years. During the meeting, we will discuss the clinical importance of maternal foetal interactions such as nutritional impacts on health and metabolism, transmission of infectious diseases and the role of microbiomes. Finally, we will explore new approaches to the study and treatment of developmental disorders in the era of precision medicine.

SESSION TOPICS

• Preconception health/fertility

• Maternal health and maternal-fetal interactions

• Children developmental disorders

• Children infectious and immunity disease

• Genomic science and precision maternal child health

ORGANIZERS

Huimin Xia, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, China

Kang Zhang, University of California, San Diego, USA

Francesca Cesari, Nature, UK

I-han Chou, Nature, USA

Nathalie Le Bot, Nature, UK

For more information and to register, visit:

nature.com/natureconferences/mch2018