2023 National Contraception Meeting

November 13–16, 2023

Houson, TX, USA

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The National Contraception Meeting provides an annual update on the state of contraception research from grantees from the Contraception Research Branch (CRB) of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Male Contraceptive Initiative, and various scientists in the field. This year’s meeting will highlight multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs). Council scientists presenting at this meeting are developing novel medical device delivery technologies or conducting behavioral science research that could be used to deliver MPTs effectively.

Sessions & Speakers

  1. Tuesday 11/14

    Session 1 | 10:30 –12:15 | 7th Floor of NRI

    Non-hormonal Multipurpose Prevention Technology Intravaginal Ring

  2. Wednesday 11/15

    Poster | 5:15-7:16 pm | 6th & 7 th Floors of the Jan & Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute

    Copper and Zinc Salts in Combination with Lactic Acid Inhibit Viral and Bacterial STI Pathogens (#19)

    Osaretin E. Asowata, Maria L. Visciano, Meropi Aravantinou, Abigail Meyer, José A. Fernández Romero, Caleb Ardizzone,, Alison J. Quayle, Narender Kumar, Dolores J. Lamb, Lisa B. Haddad, and Natalia Teleshova

     

    A Multipurpose ‘CZL’ Vaginal Ring for Non-hormonal Contraception and STI/HIV Prevention (#20)

    Xinyu Zhao, Peter Boyd, Clare McCoy, Yahya Dallal Bashi, Xin Shen, Lisa B. Haddad, and R. Karl Malcolm

     

    The Intravaginal Ring Acceptability Scale (IVR-AS): A New Tool to Improve and Standardize Vaginal Ring Acceptability Measurement Among End-Users (#32)

    Barbara A Friedland, Ann Gottert, Marlena Plagianos, Brady Zieman, Jessica M Sales, Jessica Atrio, Shakti Shetty, Caio Sant’Anna Marinho, Ruth Merkatz, and Lisa B Haddad

     

    Synergistic Inhibitory Effects of Non-Hormonal Intravaginal Contraceptive APIs on Human Sperm Motility (#37)

    Patrick Singer, Lyann Mitchell, Alex Bolyakov, Larisa Kizima, Narender Kumar, Karl Malcom, Natasha Teleshova, Lisa Haddad and Dolores J. Lamb

     

    Acceptability of and Preferences for Long-Acting Injectable Hormonal Contraception Among US Women (#50)

    Ann Gottert, Timothy Abuya, Elizabeth Proos, Isabella Johnson, Nathan H. Dormer, Uli Foley, Grace Saul, Lisa B. Haddad, David R. Friend

     

    What Do Women Want in a Multipurpose Prevention Technology Intravaginal Ring? (#51)

    Sanyukta Mathur, Ann Gottert, Shakti Shetty, Michelle Nguyen, Timothy Abuya, Irene Bruce, Jessica M. Sales, Lisa B. Haddad, Barbara A. Friedland

     

    Synergistic Inhibitory Effects of Non-Hormonal Intravaginal Contraceptive APIs on Human Sperm Motility (#56)

    Patrick Singer, Lyann Mitchell, Alex Bolyakov, Larisa Kizima, Narender Kumar, Karl Malcom, Natasha Teleshova, Lisa Haddad and Dolores J. Lamb

     

    Comparative in vitro Toxicity of Copper and Zinc salts and Lactic Acid in EpiVaginalTM and Cervical Explant Tissue Models (#63)

    Neeharika Verma, Patrick Barnable, Narender Kumar, Dolores J. Lamb, Lisa B. Haddad, and Natalia Teleshova

     

    Does Size Matter? A randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of external diameter on preference, adherence, and acceptability of three different intravaginal rings in 24 US couples (#66)

    Barbara A Friedland, Marlena Plagianos, Irene Bruce, Jessica M Sales, Jessica Atrio, Ann Gottert, Shakti Shetty, Caio Sant’Anna Marinho, Brady Zieman,  Ruth Merkatz, and Lisa B Haddad

     

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