Speaker: David Lee, MD. Cardiology Fellow, University of North CarolinaTopic: Optimal Therapies and Digital Health in Peripheral Artery Disease: There's an App for That
Dr. Machineni is a new faculty member in Endocrinology. This lecture will cover the complexity of weight regulation, the biological basis of heterogeneity of response to various treatments for obesity, the role of treatment response predictors and offer a pragmatic approach to medical management of obesity. At the New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center, he … Read more
Anyone who uses sedation to accomplish procedures or surgery must adhere to NPO guidelines. UNC Hospital recently approved contemporary NPO guidelines for all procedural sedation. This lecture will detail what those are and why we have them. Ann Bailey is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics. She also serves at Associate Chief Medical Officer of UNC … Read more
Speaker: Adam Caldwell, MD, Chief Fellow, UNC CardiologyTopic: Genetics of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Speaker: Kari North, PhDTopic: Genetic Diversity Turns a New PAGE in Our Understanding of Complex Traits Presentation Preview: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have laid the foundation for many downstream investigations, including the biology of complex traits, drug development, and clinical guidelines. However, the dominance of European-ancestry populations in GWAS creates a biased view of human … Read more
In 2015, there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide, with the majority of deaths occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to the human burden of malaria, the economic burden is vast. It is thought to cost African countries more than $12 billion every year in direct losses. For more than a decade, Drs. Juliano and … Read more
Speaker: Timothy Haystead, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of MedicineTopic: Defining Novel Therapeutic Targets for Cardiovascular Disease through Chemical Biology
David Wohl, MDWilliam Fischer, MDSevere acute viral infections are one of the world's most common causes of hospitalization and mortality with worse outcomes disproportionately affecting resource-constrained countries. In the past 15 years we have witnessed the emergence or re-emergence of several viral pathogens that threaten global public health including SARS, pandemic H1N1 Influenza, MERS-CoV, and … Read more
Speaker: Szymon Wiernek, MD, PhD, Fellow, UNC CardiologyTopic: Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with End-stage Renal Disease
Speaker: Ming Cui Gong, PhD, MD Professor of Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky College of MedicineTopic: Disrupted Circadian Rhythms of Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Diabetes