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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Spring 2026

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
02/06/2026 Dr. Roussel's top specialties include plasminogen activator, stroke and endoplasmic reticulum. Benoit D Roussel, PhD Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) Jeremy Wood, PhD
02/13/2026 Available
02/20/2026 Available
02/27/2026 Peripheral Artery Disease: Challenging Assumptions and Fighting for Recognition Aaron Aday, MD, MSc Vanderbilt University Medical Center Mary Sheppard, MD
03/06/2026 Available
03/13/2026 Dr. Qian's lab is interested in developing innovative approaches to regenerate or repair an injured heart. Li Qian, PhD UNC School of Medicine Xu Xiao, PhD
03/20/2026 UK Spring Break
03/27/2026 Dr. Rayner's research program focuses on how inflammation is dysregulated in both atherosclerotic vascular disease and other metabolic diseases. Katey Rayner, PhD University of Iowa Heart Institute Ryan Temel, PhD
04/03/2026 Dr. Dawson’s research is focused on elucidating the physiologic and molecular mechanisms controlling bile acid homeostasis and their relationship to the pathogenesis of disease. Paul Dawson, PhD, FAASLD Emory University School of Medicine Nate Helsley, PhD
04/10/2026 FCPS Spring Break
04/17/2026 No Seminar
04/24/2026 When Defense Turns Destructive: The Paradox of Serum Amyloid A Preetha Shridas, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc

Fall 2026

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