Department of Pharmacology Seminar Schedule
Spring 2026
| All talks occur Wednesdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST, Room-CRB114 | |||||
| Date | Guest Speaker and Organization | Contact | Seminar Title | Visit/Zoom | Host |
| 2/4/26 | Dr. Carolina L. Haass-Koffler, Associate Prof. Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown Univ. |
carolina_haass-koffler@brown.edu Faculty Profile |
Central and peripheral Biomarkers in the pathophysiology of addiction medicine. | Visit | Tunstall |
| 3/4/26 | Dr. Markus Heilig, Professor Linköping University |
markus.heilig@liu.se Faculty Profile |
TBD | Zoom | Tunstall |
| 3/18/26 | Dr. Marshall Elam, Professor UTHSC |
melam@uthsc.edu Faculty Profile |
Cholesterol Lowering therapy: Past, Present and Future | Internal | Malik |
| 3/25/26 | Dr. Laura E. O’Dell, Professor Univ. of Texas at El Paso |
lodell@utep.edu Faculty Profile |
TBD | Visit | Dopico |
| 4/8/26 | Dr. Lieselot Carrette, Assistant Professor Univ. California San Diego |
lcarrette@health.ucsd.edu Faculty Profile |
TBD | Visit | Bukiya |
| 4/29/26 | Dr. Giordano de Guglielm, Assistant Professor Univ. California San Diego |
gdeguglielmo@health.ucsd.edu Faculty Profile |
TBD | Visit | Chen |
| 5/06/26 | Dr. Hongkyun Kim, Professor Chicago Medical School |
hongkyun.kim@rosalindfranklin.edu Faculty Profile |
TBD | Visit | Jee |
Fall 2025
| All talks occur Wednesdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST | |||||
| Date | Guest Speaker and Organization | Contact | Seminar Title | Visit/Zoom | Host |
| 8/27/25 | Candidate interview Dr. Fernanda Cardoso, The University of Queensland |
f.cardoso@uq.edu.au Faculty Profile |
Sodium channels at the intersection of pathophysiology and novel therapies in neurological diseases | Chen | |
| 9/24/25 | Dr. Marisa Roberto, Prof., Scripps Research |
mroberto@scripps.edu Faculty Profile |
Neuropeptides & cytokines in Alcohol Use Disorder: A View from the Synapse | Visit | Bukiya |
| 10/08/25 | Dr. Yumei Feng Earley, Prof., University of Rochester |
Yumei_Earley@URMC.Rochester.edu Faculty Profile |
Hypothalamic (pro)renin receptor signaling in blood pressure, blood glucose, and metabolic regulation | Visit | Malik |
| 10/22/25 | Dr. William C. Cushman, Prof. UTHSC |
wcushman@uthsc.edu Faculty Profile |
Breaking Barriers: How Should Hypertension be Managed in 2025? | Local | Malik |
| 10/29/25 | Dr. Wallace B. Thoreson, Prof. Univ of Nebraska |
wbthores@unmc.edu Faculty Profile |
Glutamate release at ribbon synapses of rod photoreceptor cells | Visit | Vaithianathan |
| 11/5/25 | Dr. Anna Klintsova, Prof. Univ of Delaware |
klintsov@udel.edu Faculty Profile |
Behavioral Interventions to Mitigate the Effects of Developmental Alcohol Exposure on Brain Grey and White Matter | Visit | Bukiya / Dopico |
| 12/3/25 | Dr. Christopher M Norris, Prof., Univ of Kentucky |
cnorr2@uky.edu Faculty Profile |
Reactive Astrocyte Signaling in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias | Visit | Liao |
Spring 2025
| All talks occur Wednesdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST | |||||
| Date | Guest Speaker and Organization | Contact | Seminar Title | Visit/Zoom | Host |
| 3/5/25 | Dr. Karen Derefinko, Assoc. Prof., UTHSC, Memphis |
KDEREFIN@tennessee.edu Faculty Profile |
Initial Results from a Sequential, Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial of BuprenoDrphine-Naloxone for Opioid Use Disorder | Intramural | Tunstall |
| 3/19/25 | Dr. Qian Cai, Assoc. Prof., Rutgers University |
qc29@rutgers.edu Faculty Profile |
Autophagy in Alzheimer's Disease | Visit | Liao |
| 3/26/25 | Dr. Todd W. Vanderah, Prof., University of Arizona |
vanderah@arizona.edu Faculty Profile |
Cannabis – What do We Really Know? | Visit | Jones |
| 4/30/25 | Dr. Fang Zheng, Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
zhengfang@uams.edu Faculty Profile |
Canonical transient receptor potential channel 3 in the central nervous system | Visit | Liao |
| 5/7/25 | Dr. Henrique Von Gersdorff, Prof., Oregon Health & Science University |
vongersd@ohsu.edu Dr. von Gersdorff 's research at the Vollum Institute |
Ultrafast vesicle recycling in a retinal inhibitory synapse | Visit | Vaithianathan |
| 5/21/25 | Dr. Luca Della Santina, Assistant Professor, University of Houston |
ldellasantina@uh.edu Faculty Profile |
Early synaptic rearrangements of the inner retina following retinal neurodegeneration | Visit | Vaithianathan |
| 5/28/25 | Dr. Fernanda Laezza, Prof., The University of Texas Medical Branch |
felaezza@utmb.edu Faculty Profile |
Targeting Voltage_Gated Na Channels for Neurotherapeutic Development | Visit | Dopico |
| 6/4/25 | Dr. Lia Zallar, Post-doctoral Fellow, Columbia University |
ljz2116@cumc.columbia.edu | The reciprocal relationship between estrogen, alcohol, and the p450 enzyme aromatase | Zoom | Tunstall |
| 6/11/25 | Dr. Brendan Walker, Prof., University of South Florida |
bwalker@usf.edu Faculty Profile |
Dynorphin/kappa-opioid receptor dysregulation in alcohol dependence & trauma-related co-morbidities | Visit | Dopico |
Spring 2024
Fall 2023