MD/PhD student
University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine
Sioux Falls, SD, United States
Kyle is a third-year MD-PhD student at University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. She aims to understand how gestational diabetes and its treatment alters transport, storage, and metabolism of fatty acids in the placenta to influence the health of the developing baby. She works with primary cytotrophoblasts from human placenta samples as well as immortalized cell lines to investigate how mitochondria function influences fatty acid uptake, metabolism, and transfer from parent to baby. She is also interested in understanding outcomes of and recommendations for diabetic pregnancies, its prevalence in the community, and pregnancy outcomes in populations disproportionally at risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Kyle joined USD after receiving her Bachelor in Science in chemistry from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington in 2020. In the future, she hopes to continue research that shapes the field of pre/perinatal health as a clinical scientist in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Thursday, September 29, 2022
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM CT