13th Annual Cardiovascular Research Institute Symposium
The Cardiovascular Research Institute of Baylor College of Medicine will host the 13th Annual Research Institute Symposium.
Date: April 8, 2026 from 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Cullen Auditorium
The Symposium will feature Alfred L. George, Jr., M.D. as the distinguished national keynote speaker. Dr. George serves as Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and is Director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics.
The Symposium will also feature distinguished Texas Medical Center keynote speaker James F. Martin, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Martin is the Vivian L. Smith Chair in Regenerative Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, where he serves as Vice Chairman of the Department of Integrative Physiology. He is also Director of the Cardiomyocyte Renewal Laboratory at Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine.
Confirmed Speakers
- Michael Bround, Ph.D.
- Mark Herman, M.D.
- Gabriel Loor, M.D., FACC, FCCP
- Bradley McConell, Ph.D.
- Francesca Polverino, M.D., Ph.D.
- Christina Tringides, Ph.D.
- Huaizhu Wu, M.D.
- Bing Yu, Ph.D.






