Spring 2022 Seminars
The Cardiovascular Research Institute at Baylor College of Medicine conducts a bi-monthly seminar series in the spring and fall of each year. These seminars are open to faculty, students, staff and all interested in cardiovascular research. Please note seminars are held on select Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. CST. Please join us. Email cvri@bcm.edu for seminar details and a calendar invite.
Sharlene M. Day, M.D.
Presidential Associate Professor
Director, Translational Research
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Title: Therapeutics in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: In with the old and in with the new
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Professor Paulus Kirchhof
Director, Department of Cardiology
University Heart and Vascular Center
Eppendorf University Hospital
Hamburg Germany
Honorary Professor, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
Title: Atrial Fibrillation: Anticoagulation, Therapy of Concomitant Conditions, and Rhythm Control
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Ravi Birla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery
Congenital Heart Surgery Division
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Basic and Translational Research
The Center for Congenital Cardiac Research
Texas Children’s Heart Center
Title: Development of 3D Cardiovascular Tissue Models to Study Congenital Heart Disorders
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Shaine Morris, M.D.
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Genetics
Associate Director, Fetal Cardiac Intervention Program
Texas Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Outcome Modeling in Children with Aortas Great and Small
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Kathleen Rubins, Ph.D.
NASA Astronaut
Microbiologist
Scientist at the International Space Station
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Hesham Sadek, M.D., Ph.D.
J. Fred Schoellkopf, Jr. Chair in Cardiology
Professor
Internal Medicine, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
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William T. Pu, M.D.
Director, Department of Cardiology
Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor, Genetics
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Harvard Medical School
Title: Development and function of cardiac dyads
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Jeffrey Saffitz, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Department of Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor, Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Title: Immune Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
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Francesco Ramirez, Ph.D.
Dr. Amy and James Elster Chair of Molecular Biology
Professor, Pharmacological Sciences, Orthopedics
Medicine, Cardiology
Icahn School of Medicine
Title: Molecular pathophysiology of thoracic aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome
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Ronglih Liao, Ph.D., FAHA
Co-Director, Stanford Amyloid Center
Professor, Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
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Julieta Palomeque, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Cardiovascular Research Center
National University of La Plata, Argentina
Title: Impact of Different Models of Metabolic Stress on Cardiac Ca2+ Handling
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