NIH COBRE Grant
"Mentoring in Cardiovascular Biology"
LSUHSC - New Orleans

Cardiovascular Center Seminar Series

The LSUHSC Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research hosts an exciting Cardiovascular Biology Seminar Series! Renowned scientists from prestigious and innovative institutions visit our Center regularly, sharing ideas and inspiring us to become the best. Please take a moment to view the LSU Health Science Center Medical School - Seminar Calendar. These seminars are golden opportunities to learn and visit with other scientists who aspire with similar interests.

2017 Seminar Series Presents

	Kenneth Walsh, Ph.D. Aram V. Chobanian Distinguished Professor Director, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute Division, Cardiovascular Medicine Boston University School of Medicine “Metabolic and Genetic Risk Factors That Contribute to Cardiovascular Disease.”	Tuesday, January 24, 2017 11:00 AM CSRB / RM 563
	Lawrence H. Young, M.D. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine Yale University School of Medicine “Metabolic Signalling in Cardiac Disease.”	Thursday, February 16, 2017 12:00 PM CSRB / RM 563
	Leslie A. Leinwand, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer, BioFrontiers Institute Distinguished Professor Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology University of Colorado “Myosin Myopathies: Pathogenesis and Therapeutics.”	Thursday, March 23, 2017 12:00 PM CSRB / RM 563
	Gerald W. Dorn, II, M.D. Philip & Sima K Needleman Professor Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics Department of Internal Medicine Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis “Mitochondrial Dynamism and Senescence.”	Tuesday, April 25, 2017 11: 00 AM CSRB / RM 563
	Sumanth D. Prabhu, M.D. Professor of Medicine Director, Division of Cardiovascular Disease Director, Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center Mary G. Walters Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine “Heart Failure: An Inflammatory Response to Injury.”	Thursday, May 4, 2017 12:00 PM CSRB / RM 563
	Nazareno Paolocci, M.D., Ph.D. - CANCELLED Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine "Cool, Calm, and Connected: How BDNF/TrkB Signal Heals the Failing Heart.”	Tuesday, June 13, 2017 11:00 AM CSRB / RM 563
	Joseph C. Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Simon H. Stertzer, MD Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Professor of Radiology Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Radiology Stanford University School of Medicine “iPSCs for Cardiovascular Precision Medicine.”	Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:00 PM CSRB / RM 563
	Christopher G. Kevil, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences Department of Pathology Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport “Hydrogen Sulfide Versus Per- and Polysulfides: Metabolite Divergence in Vascular Biology.”	Tuesday, August 8, 2017 12:00 PM CSRB / RM 563
	Mark A. Sussman, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Biology Chief Research Scientist, San Diego State University Heart Institute Department of Biology San Diego State University “Cardiac C-Kit Biology: Revealed to be Relevant.”	Tuesday, September 19, 2017 12:00 PM CSRB / RM 563
	Daniel P. Kelly, M.D. Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor of Medicine Director, Penn Cardiovascular Institute Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania “Deciphering the Metabolic Origins of Heart Failure.”	Thursday, October 19, 2017 12:00 PM CSRB / RM 563
	Rinku Majumder, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology LSU Health Science Center - New Orleans "The Natural Anticoagulant, Protein S, Maintains Hemostasis by Inhibiting the Procoagulant, Factor IX."	Monday, November 20, 2017 12:00 PM CSRB / RM 563
	Douglas L. Mann, M.D. Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology Lewin Professor and Chief, Cardiovascular Division Cardiologist-in-Chief, Barnes Jewish Hospital Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis “Recovery of the Failing Heart: Is it time for a new taxonomy for heart failure?”	Tuesday, December 5, 2017 11:00 AM CSRB / RM 563