Cardiovascular Research Center seminar

Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Current Seminars

Fridays at 9 a.m. in HKRB 150

This forum brings to campus prominent external speakers and provides presentations by University of Kentucky faculty to ensure their research expertise is widely known.

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Previous Cardiovascular Seminar Series Sessions

Fall 2024 Semester

 

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
09/13/2024 Dr. Civelek uses big data analytics to understand the molecular pathways of disease and develops personalized medicine approaches to cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Mete Civelek, PhD University of Virginia Nate Helsley, PhD
09/20/2024 Cardiovascular Research Day
09/27/2024 Dr. Brown is a cardiologist and basic scientist studying transcriptional mechanisms relevant to the pathogenesis of obesity, diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis. Jonathan Brown, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
10/04/2024 FCPS Fall Break
10/11/2024 "Mitophagy, Sex and the Gut Microbiome: Potential Roles in the Formation of Aortic Aneurysms" Morgan Salmon, PhD, MBA University of Michigan Hong Lu, MD, PhD
10/18/2024 "Liver Macrophage Efferocytosis in Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis" Hongxue Shi, MD Columbia University Gregory Graf, PhD
10/25/2024 "Pro-Atherogenic Mechanisms Regulating Cardiovascular Disease by Epsins" Hon Chen, PhD Boston Children's Hospital Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
11/01/2024 Dr. Ansari is a Research Fellow with Dr. Sol Schulman in the Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard. Shabbir Ansari, PhD Harvard Medical School Jeremy Wood, PhD
11/08/2024 "Mechanisms of Cancer-Associated Thrombosis and Bleeding: Focus on Tissue Factor-Positive Extracellular Vesicles" Nigel Mackman, PhD University of North Carolina Congqing Wu, PhD
11/15/2024 "The Undiagnosed Rare Disease Clinic and UDN: Bridging Clinical Care and Research" Erin Conboy, MD Indiana University School of Medicine Mary Sheppard, MD
11/22/2024 Dr. Chen is an expert in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Recently he embarked in successful integration of human genetic discoveries with translational research. Eugene Chen, MD, PhD University of Michigan Ryan Temel, PhD
11/29/2024 Thanksgiving Week
12/06/2024 "Antihypertensive Peptides Derived Food Proteins" Hongbing Fan, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc

Spring 2025 Semester

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
01/31/2025 Available
02/07/2025 Available
02/14/2025 Available
02/21/2025 Available
02/28/2025 Dr. Fan's lab dissects the molecular/cellular mechanisms underlying ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiac remodeling & elucidates how infection/inflammation causes vascular leakage & heart failure. Guo-Chang Fan, PhD University of Cincinnati Xiangan Li, PhD
03/07/2025 Available
03/14/2025 Available
03/21/2025 UK Spring Break
03/28/2025 BAF60s and the Development of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Jifeng Zhang, PhD University of Michigan Hong Lu, MD, PhD
04/04/2025 Available
04/11/2025 FCPS Spring Break
04/18/2025 Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A) Activation as a Novel Approach to Mitigate Cardiovascular Disease Zhiyong Lin, PhD Emory University Hong Lu, MD, PhD