Kristin M. Klohonatz, Zoe Graskin, Rita Leite, Lauren Anton, Rachel F. Ledyard, Michele R. Hacker, Heather H. Burris, Kristin D. Gerson Cervical mucin expression is associated with preterm birth: molecular determinants of mucus quality in pregnancy. , Poster presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine’s Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: 2026

Lauren Anton, Olha Kholod, Olivia Palmer, Kristin M. Klohonatz, Zoe Graskin, Rita Leite, Britt A. Goods, Kristin D. Gerson Menstrual discs for cervicovaginal cellular phenotyping: a novel methodology to define tissue-specific adaptations in pregnancy. , Poster presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine’s Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: 2026

Olha Kholod, Lauren Anton, Kristin M. Klohonatz, Briana Ferguson, Britt A. Goods, Kristin D. Gerson Gardnerella vaginalis induces biosynthesis of higher order polyamines: mechanisms of an optimal host immune response. , Poster presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine’s Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: 2026

Gregory W. Kirschen, Kristin M. Klohonatz, Lauren Anton, Kristin D. Gerson Gardnerella vaginalis induces lipid peroxidation and superoxide dismutase activity in the cervicovaginal space. , Poster presentation at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine’s Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: 2026

Kirschen GW, Gerson KD. Performance Characteristics of Current Biomarkers for the Prediction of Spontaneous Preterm Birth , Clin Chem, 72: 2025,71-81

Anton L, Kholod O, Phatate R, Ferguson B, Klohonatz K, Goods BA, Gerson KD. Multiomic analysis reveals that polyamines alter G. vaginalis-induced cervicovaginal epithelial cell dysfunction , bioRxiv: 2025

Virkud AV, Tchetgen ET, Schisterman EF, Pineles B, Levine LD, Cole SR, Hinkle SN, Mumford S, Gerson KD, Taylor BD, Blackwell S, Peaceman A, Parry S, Johnson MT, Willis D, Caniglia EC. Clarifying Contradictions: Transportability in 17OHP-C Trials and Preterm Birth Outcomes Using Doubly Debiased Machine Learning , Am J Epidemiol: 2025

Lauren Anton, PhD, Kristin Klohonatz, PhD, Briana Ferguson, Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD Exposure of the Cervical Epithelium to Gardnerella vaginalis and Vaginal Polyamines Alters Macrophage Immune Responses: Evidence for Cellular Crosstalk at the Host-microbial Interface , Poster Presentation at the Society for Reproductive Investigation's Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC: 2025

Gregory W. Kirschen, MD, PhD; Briana Ferguson; Lauren Anton, PhD; Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD Spermine and Spermidine Attenuate Glutathione Oxidation by Gardnerella vaginalis: Antioxidant Potential of Vaginal Polyamines , Poster Presentation at the Society for Reproductive Investigation's Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC: 2025

Kristin Klohonatz, PhD; Briana Ferguson; Lauren Anton, PhD, Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD Indolelactate Mitigates Anaerobe-induced Inflammation in the Cervical Epithelium: Potential Role for Lactobacillus crispatus-derived Lactate Derivatives in Immune Protection , Poster Presentation at the Society for Reproductive Investigation's Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC: 2025