School of Medicine

September 4

12:00 - 1:00

Patrick McTernan, PhD
LSUHSC-New Orleans

T-bet , Inflammation, and Alcohol: Aging the Immune Response

September 11

12:00-1:00

Timothy Foster, PhD
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Mechanistic Roles of the Serotonin 2A Receptor in Aging-and-Inflammation-Associated Diseases: A Through the Looking Glass View of the Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics

September 18

12:00-1:00

Marcas Bamman, PhD

Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Multidimensional Biocircuitry of Inter-Individual Exercise Response Heterogeneity

September 25

12:00-1:00

John Del Rosario, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine 

Mechanisms of Adaptive and Maladaptive Plasticity in Peripheral Somatosensation in Mice and Humans: A Tale from an Ion Channel Prespective

October 2

12:00-1:00

Nii Addy, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine

Addressing Substance Use and Mood Disorders with Neuroscience, Advocacy, and Social Justice Tools

October 9

12:00-1:00

Jennifer Manuzak, PhD
Tulane Primate Research Center

Impact of SIV/P. fragile Co-infection on Mucosal Immunity and the Maternal/Fetal Interface in Rhesus Macaques

October 16

12:00-1:00

Eden Gallegos, BS
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Molecular Mechanisms of Alcohol and Metabolic Stress Mediated Hepatic Dysfunction

October 23

12:00-1:00

James Zadina, PhD
Tulane University School of Medicine

Endomorphin Analogs for Treatment of Paid and Opioid Use Disorder

October 30

12:00-1:00

Nicholas Harris, BSE
LSUHSC-New Orleans 

From Puff to Pour: Cardiovascular Characterization of a Mouse Model of Dual Nicotine Vaping and Chronic Plus Binge Alcohol Use

November 6

12:00-1:00

Oren Rom, PhD, RD
LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine

Cardiometabolic and Liver Diseases at the Interface Between Amino Acid and Lipid Metabolism: Studies in Humans, Nonhuman Primates and Mice

November 13

12:00-1:00

Ezgi Ozcan, PhD
LSU AgCenter

Microbiota-Targeted Therapeutic Dietary Interventions in Neurological Diseases

November 20

12:00-1:00

Stephanie Lee, BS
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Alcohol-Cannabinoid System Interactions in the Context of Pain and AUD

December 4

12:00-1:00

Steffy Manjila, PhD
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Neuroanatomical Organization and Functional Roles of the Oxytocin System

December 11

12:00-1:00

Elizabeth Avegno, PhD
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Mesoamygdala Circuits in Alcohol Response