14th Structural Birth Defects Meeting
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA | September 21-23, 2026
Abstract Submission & Registration Open May 1
Questions?
Program Questions: Contact Eric Liao at [email protected].
Registration & Abstract Questions: Contact the Society for Developmental Biology at [email protected].
Upcoming Deadlines
- Abstract Deadline: June 22, 2026
- Registration Deadline: June 22, 2026
- Housing Deadline: August 14, 2026
Structural Birth Defects Steering Committee
| Benjamin Akande, Miami University Ohio | Daryl Armstrong Scott, Baylor College of Medicine | ||||
| Elizabeth J. Bhoj, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Lucia Selleri, University of California, San Francisco | ||||
| Rebecca D. Burdine, Princeton University | Sarah Sheppard, National Institutes of Health/NICHD | ||||
| Ida Chow, Society for Developmental Biology | Weinian Shou, Indiana University School of Medicine | ||||
| Dan Cohn, University of California, Los Angeles | Natasha Shylo Hyson, Rowan University | ||||
| Chitra Dahia, Weill Cornell Medicine | Rolf Stottmann, Nationwide Children’s Hospital | ||||
| †Eric C. Liao, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Aki Ushiki, Washington University in St. Louis | ||||
| *Tony Qu, University of California, San Francisco | *Jennifer Watts, Nationwide Children's Hospital | ||||
| Pedro Sanchez, Cedars Sinai Health Sciences University | Irene Zohn, Children’s National Hospital |
*Trainee representatives
†Local host
Keynote Speakers
Erica E. Davis, PhD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco



