School of Medicine

Department of Physiology

2025 Spring Seminar Schedule

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Spring 2025  

January 16

12:00 - 1:00

Judy Crabtree, PhD, SMB(ASCP)CM
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Clinical Precision Medicine

January 23

12:00-1:00

Danielle Antoine, PhD*
University of Miami

Role of the Gut Microbiome in Prolonged Pain Hypersensitivity Following Neonatal Morphine Exposure

*Had to rescheduled due to weather

January 30

12:00-1:00

Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD, FACS
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Application of Organoid Technology to Model Human Disease

February 6

12:00-1:00

Krisztian Stadler, PhD
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Mitochondrial Substrate Overload, Chronic Kidney Disease and Sexual Dimorphism

February 13

12:00-1:00

Amanda Pahng, PhD
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Investigating the Intersection of Chronic Inflammatory Pain, Fentanyl Misuse, and Fentanyl Adulterants

February 20

12:00-1:00

Taylor Fitzpatrick-Schmidt, PhD
LSUHSC-New Orleans

The Impact of Alcohol on Cognitive Deficits & Pain in the Context of HIV

February 27

12:00-1:00

Rinku Majumder, PhD
LSUHSC New Orleans

A Novel Role of Protein S, a Physiological Anticoagulant, in Blood Coagulation

March 6

12:00-1:00

Natalie May Zahr, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine

Translational Neuroimaging of Alcohol Exposure and Concomitants

March 13

12:00-1:00

Douglas Seals, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder 

John J. Spitzer Lecture

Leveraging Translational Research Approaches to Study the Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Vascular Aging

March 27

12:00-1:00

Tiffany Wills, PhD
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Sex Differences in Adolescent Alcohol-Induced Hyperkatifeia

April 3

12:00-1:00

Joshua Edavettal
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Alcohol-Associated Cardiomyopathy: Pathophysiology, Recovery, and Sex Differences

April 10

12:00-1:00

Lyonna Parise, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Protease-Related Mechanisms Facilitate Alcohol-Induced Stress Susceptibility

May 1

12:00-1:00

Elizabeth Avegno, PhD
LSUHSC-New Orleans

Mesoamygdala Activity Contributes to Anxiety-Like Behavior During Alcohol Withdrawal

May 8

12:00-1:00

Suzanne O. Nolan, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Neuroplasticity in Dopaminergic Microcircuits Across the Lifespan

May 22

1:00-2:00

Lea Vacca Michel, PhD
Rochester Institute of Technology

PREP Symposium Keynote Speaker

Triggering Toxicity: How Antibiotics Enhance the Release of Extracellular Vesicles from Escherichia Coli