Speaker: Lockhart B. McGuire Professor, Director of Hematovascular Biology Center, University of Virginia Topic: "Clonal Hematopoiesis and Cardiovascular Disease: New Mechanisms, New Therapeutic Opportunities"
Speaker: Xander Wehrens, MD, PhD, Professor, Director of Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor University Topic: "Remodeling of calcium release unit proteins in Heart Failure"
Speaker: Rong Tian, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Director of the Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, University of Washington Seminar Title: "Metabolic Modulation of Cardiac Remodeling" My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms regulating cell metabolism and energetics. A long-term goal of my laboratory is to understand the role of mitochondria and metabolism … Read more
Speaker: Melina Kibbe, MD, Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, UNC Seminar Title: "When Mice are Men: Sex Bias in Surgical Research" Objectives: To explain the sex differences that exist with diseases processes. To explain the sex disparity that exists in the development and evaluation of drugs, devices, and medical therapies. … Read more
