Physiology Seminar Series

2025

DATESPEAKERTITLE
January 16Allan Alencar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University School of Medicine
CANCELLED
January 23Mykel Green, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University School of Medicine
Characterizing Bone Health and Biomaterials for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Sickle Cell Disease
January 30Jinchong Xu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Human Cerebral Assembloids for Studying APOE-Driven Vascular Resilience
February 6Jan Michael Williams, PhD
Professor  
Director, Graduate Program
Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Early development of obesity-related renal disease: Insulin - Ally or Adversary"
February 13No Seminar - SSCI Conference 
February 20Justine Abais-Battad, PhD
Assistant Professor  
Department of Physiology
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta University 
Augusta, GA
Contribution of Diet and Sex to Gut-Immune-Kidney Crosstalk in Hypertension
February 27Rajesh Mohandas, MD
Chief, Section of Nephrology & Hypertension
Victor Chattel Endowed Professor of Medicine
LSU Health Sciences Center 
New Orleans, LA
Mechanisms underlying excess cardiovascular risk in kidney disease: Both big and small
March 6No Seminar - Spring Break 
March 13Gerardo Gamba MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Nephrology
Molecular Physiology Unit 
Instituto Nacional De La Nutricion Salvador Zubiran (INCMNSZ)  
National University of Medico
Modulation of NCC activity by the calcium-sensing receptor and the KS-WNK1 isoform
March 20Meena S. Madhur, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
John B. Hickam Scholar in Medicine
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Between a ROCK and a Hard Place: Immune modulation in hypertension
March 27Thiago Bruder, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Cell Biology
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
A novel endothelial autocrine mechanism in the regulation of vascular tone and blood pressure
April 3Dr. George (Gef) Farmer 
April 10No Seminar - TRICS 
April 17Dr. John C. Burnett, Jr. 
April 24No Seminar - APS Summit 
May 1Sandeep K. Mallipattu, MD
DCI-Liebowitz Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Renaissance School of Medicine 
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
 
May 8Brent Myers, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor 
Department of Biomedical Sciences 
Colorado State University 
Fort Collins, CO