Fall 2024 Seminars
The CVRI is pleased to announce our partnership with the Texas Heart Institute to jointly organize the James T. Willerson, M.D. Cardiovascular Sciences Seminar Series. Together with the Texas Heart Institute, we aim to honor Dr. Willerson's significant contributions to cardiovascular science and medicine. To learn more about Dr. Willerson's legacy, visit the Texas Heart Institute's website.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit will be available to eligible attendees for all seminars. For further details, visit the CME website.
Seminars are open to all who are interested in cardiovascular sciences and are held on select Wednesdays at noon.
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Sept. 11, 2024
Siddharth Prakash, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
UTHealth
McGovern Medical School
Seminar Location: McMillian Auditorium
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Sept. 18, 2024
Nicolas Palaskas, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cardiology
MD Anderson
Seminar Location: McMillian Auditorium
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Oct. 2, 2024
Kurt Prins, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA
Director of Translational Research in Pulmonary Hypertension
Director of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Lillehei Heart Institute
Seminar Location: McMillian Auditorium
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Nov. 13, 2024
Xiao Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Investigator, McGill Gene Editing Lab
Texas Heart Institute
Seminar Location: McMillian Auditorium
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Dec. 4, 2024
Lorrie Kirshenbaum, Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Seminar Location: Kleberg Auditorium
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Dec. 11, 2024
Riham Abouleisa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Seminar Location: Kleberg Auditorium
Spring 2024 Seminars
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Jan. 1, 2024
Edward Thorp, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Title: Dichotomies of Macrophage Function in Heart
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Jan. 24, 2024
Mina Chung, M.D.
Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute
Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Title: Insights from Atrial Fibrillation Genomics: From Beside to Bench and Back again
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Feb. 7, 2024
Anthony Rosenzweig, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiology
Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Institute for Heart and Brain Health
University of Michigan Medical Center
Title: Exercise-Inspired Therapeutic Targets in Heart Failure
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Feb. 21, 2024
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, M.D.
McCredie Professor of Medicine
Department of Leukemia
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Title: Clonal Hematopoiesis, Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Cardiac Disease
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Mar. 6, 2024
Garret FitzGerald, M.D., F.R.S.
Associate Dean for Translational Research
Director, Institute for Translational Medicine, and Therapeutics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Title: Human Phenomic Science: Integrating Experimental Medicine with Data at Scale
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Mar. 20, 2024
Priscilla Sato, Ph.D., F.A.H.A.
Associate Professor Medicine-Cardiovascular Disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Medicine
Title: GRK2 Signaling in Cardiac and Pancreatic Islet Function
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Mar. 27, 2024
Stavros Drakos, M.D., Ph.D., FACC
H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair
Professional of Medicine and Physiology
Medical Director, Cardiac Mechanical Support
Co-Direct, Heart Failure and Transplant Section
Director of Cardiovascular Research, Division of Cardiology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Title: Myocardial Recovery: What Have We Learned and Future Directions
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April 24, 2024
Timothy McKinsey, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine-Cardiology
Associate Division Head for Translational Research
Director, Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation
University of Colorado Denver
Title: Regulation of Cardiometabolic Signaling by an Unusual Post-Translational Modification
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May 8, 2024
Tamer Mohamed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Cardiac Regeneration
Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Identifying the Roadmap of Forced Cell Cycle Induction in Cardiomyocytes
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Mar. 29, 2024
Damien Young, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Drug Discovery (CDD)
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Associate Professor, Pathology and Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Chemical Approaches to Biological Discovery