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
CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW!!                             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 3George 'Gef' Farmer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Anatomy
University of North Texas
Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX
Impaired Forebrain Inhibition: Contribution to Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Mediated Hypertension 
April 10No Seminar - TRICS 
April 17Mykel D. Green, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Science and Engineering
Tulane University
Characterizing Bone Health and Biomaterials for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Sickle Cell Disease
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
Krüppel-Like Factors: Three Fingers in Control of Kidney Health and Disease
May 8Brent Myers, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor 
Department of Biomedical Sciences 
Colorado State University 
Fort Collins, CO

RESCHEDULED - Sept 25th

Cortical-brainstem circuitry mediating sex-specific chronic stress integration

May 15 - August 14SUMMER BREAKNo Seminars
 

FALL 2025

 
August 21  
August 28Dr. Zheng Dong, PhD 
Charbonnier Endowed Chair, Regents' Professor
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University
Senior Career Scientist, Director of Research Development
Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center
Augusta, GA
 
September 4No Seminar - AHA Hypertension MeetingNo Seminar
September 11Helen E. Collins, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Center for Cardiometabolic Science
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
 
September 18  
September 25Brent Myers, PhD
Associate Professor 
Department of Biomedical Sciences 
Colorado State University 
Fort Collins, CO
Cortical-brainstem circuitry mediating sex-specific chronic stress integration
October 2No Seminar - Fall Break (Oct 2-5)No Seminar
October 9  
October 16  
October 23  
October 30Oguz Kanca, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular & Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
 
November 6  
November 13Rudy Ortiz, PhD 
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
School of Natural Sciences
University of California Merced 
Health Sciences Research Institute
Merced, CA
 
November 20  
November 27No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break (Nov 24-30)No Seminar
December 4Adam J. Rossano, MD, PhD
Instructor of Psychiatry
Neurodevelopment and Psychosis Section University of Pennsylvania SOM  
Philadelphia, PA
 
December 11Luke Dunaway, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Robert M Berne Cardiovascular Research Center University of Virginia SOM  
Charlottesville, VA