Year 2017
Tulane Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence (THRCE) Thursday Seminar Schedule

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

January 12

Juan Carlos Velez, MD
Ochsner Medical Center,
New Orleans, LA.

Aminopeptidase A and its Implications for Intraglomerular Angiotensin Homeostasis.

January 26

Suttira “Joy” Intapad, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Rescheduled to March 9, 2017.

MONDAY,
February 6 **

Special THRCE Seminar
Co-Sponsored by the Dept. of Physiology

Kusal K Das, PhD
Faculty of Medicine,
Lab. of Vascular Physiology & Medicine,
Professor, Department of Physiology,
BLDE University,
Shri B.M. Patil Medical College,
Bijapur, Karnataka, India.

Oxygen sensing and Lead toxicities: Molecular interactions, cell signaling and antioxidant defense

February 9, 2017

Special THRCE Seminar
Co-Sponsored by the Dept. of Physiology

Professor M. S. Biradar, MD
Dean, Faculty of Medicine,
Principal, BLDE University,
Shri B.M. Patil Medical College,
Bijapur, Karnataka, India.

Hypertension- Indian scenario

February 23, 2017

Nazih L Nakhoul, PhD
Research Associate Professor,
Departments of Medicine & Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Renal Ammonia Transporters

WORLD KIDNEY DAY

March 9, 2017

Special THRCE Seminar in honor of
WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2017


Suttira “Joy” Intapad, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Developmental Programming of Hypertension: Does Size Matter?

March 23, 2017

Zubaida Saifudeen, PhD
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Pediatrics, Section of Nephrology,
Tulane Cancer Center Contributing Member: Genetics Program,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

P53, Growth Factors and a Dash of Glucose: A Recipe for Building a Kidney.

March 30 **

Thomas M. Coffman, MD
Professor, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disorders Programme
Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore,
James R. Clapp Professor of Medicine,
Professor of Cell Biology & Immunology,
Director, Cardiovascular Research Center,
Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, NC.

Vascular actions of AT1 Angiotensin Receptors in Hypertension.

April 6
NO MEETING

NO MEETING
Traded this THRCE date with non-THRCE Seminar date, March 30 2017
 

May 18
Time: 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Room# 4700

Ihor V. Yosypiv, MD
Associate Professor,
Department of Pediatrics,
Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Foxd1 is an upstream regulator of the renin-angiotensin system during metanephric kidney development.

June 1

No Seminar Scheduled

No Seminar Scheduled

June 15

Vecihi Batuman, MD, FACP, FASN
Professor,
Department of Medicine,
Section of Nephrology & Hypertension,
Director, Medicine Service Line, SLVHCS,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Kidney Injury From Paraproteins - The role of Inflammatory Pathways.

June 29

Federico J. Teran, MD
Nephrologist,
Department of Nephrology,
Section of Nephrology and Hypertension,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Seminar Rescheduled to August 24

July 13

Ryosuke Sato, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physiology,
Director, Molecular Core Facility,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Intrarenal angiotensinogen regulation in diabetes mellitus and the effects of an SGLT2 inhibitor.

July 27

Dewan S.A. Majid, MD, PhD
Professor,
Department of Physiology,
Director, Mouse Phenotype Core Facility,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Evidence for pro-hypertensive effect of Interleukin-10 in Angiotensin II induced salt-sensitivity

August 10

Hongbing Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics,
New Orleans, LA.

Rescheduled to January 11, 2018

August 24

Federico J. Teran, MD
Nephrologist,
Department of Nephrology,
Section of Nephrology and Hypertension,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

The Impact of NaDC1 on Urinary Acid Base Parameters and Blood Pressure.

 

September 7

Efrain Reisin MD, FACP, FASN, FASH
Victor Chaltiel Professor of Medicine,
Chief, Section of Nephrology and Hypertension,
Louisiana State University Health Science Center,
New Orleans, LA.

Obesity Hypertension and the Kidney:A fourty year Retrospective.

September 21

Sarah Lindsey, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Assistant Director: Mouse Phenotype Core,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Estrogen Receptor Signaling in Arterial Stiffness.

October 5

Kenneth D. Mitchell, PhD, FAHA, FASN
Professor,
Department of Physiology,
Director, Medical Education,
Director, DeBakey Scholars Program,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

ANG II-Dependent Hypertension: An Unexpected Journey.

October 12 **

David W. Ploth, MD
Distinguished Professor,
Endowed Chair: Williams,
Department of Medicine,
Division f Nephrology,
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Unexpected Prevalence of CKD, Diabetes, and Hypertension in Rural Tanzania.

October 19

Prerna Kumar, PhD
Instructor,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Sodium Butyrate & Retinoic acid Attenuate Renal Inflammation & Fibrosis in Npr1 Haplotype Mice.

November 2

Edgar A. Jaimes, MD
Chief of Renal Service, Department of Medicine,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

Hypertension, Renal Disease and Cancer.

November 3 **

Akira Nishiyama, MD, PhD
Chairman & Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Kagawa University Medical School,
Kagawa, Japan.

(pro)renin receptor as a therapeutic target of cancer.

November 16

Jing Chen, MD, MMSc, MSc
Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Lowering Blood Pressure with Anti-inflammatory Agents: A Crazy Idea or an Evolving Paradigm?

November 30

T. Cooper Woods, PhD
Associate Professor,
Departments of Physiology & Medicine,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

MINEing Non-Coding RNA Interactions in Atherosclerosis.

December 14
NO MEETING

Happy Holidays!

December 28
NO MEETING

TULANE CLOSED FOR WINTER HOLIDAYS

January 11, 2018

Hongbing Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics,
New Orleans, LA.

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and kidney development.

December 28
NO MEETING

Date conflicts with medical student PBL sessions

February 8, 2018

Benard Bogola, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 
Department of Pharmacology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

TBA

**Not our normally scheduled day**

     

Thursday Conferences are held in the Tulane Medical School Building, Room 4700 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm unless otherwise stated.