James T. Willerson, M.D. Cardiovascular Sciences Seminar Series

Siddharth Prakash, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine 
UTHealth
McGovern Medical School
Seminar Location: McMillian Auditorium
 

Nicolas Palaskas, M.D.
Associate Professor 
Department of Cardiology 
MD Anderson
Seminar Location: McMillian Auditorium

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

Xiao Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Investigator, McGill Gene Editing Lab
Texas Heart Institute 
Seminar Location: McMillian Auditorium

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
 

Riham Abouleisa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Seminar Location: Kleberg Auditorium
 

Edward Thorp, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Title: Dichotomies of Macrophage Function in Heart 

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 

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

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
 

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
 

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 

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
 

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

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 

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