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Physiology Seminars

Location: On-Campus
Seminar 3:30 – 5:00 pm

'25/'26

Date Room Speaker Title Host
August 21 CRB Auditorium Dr. Annet Kirabo, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics "Immune Mechanisms of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension: From Lipid Metabolism and Oxidation to Vascular Dysfunction" Dr. Gadiparthi N. Rao
August 28 CRB Auditorium Dr. Liya Yin, Professor, University of Arizona, Department of Internal Medicine  “Regulation of Coronary Microcirculation in Cardiovascular Diseases” Dr. Zhongjie Sun
September 4 CRB Auditorium Dr. Liza Makowski, Professor, UTHSC, Department of Medicine, Div of Med Hematology & Oncology "The critical role of the gut microbiome in obesity driven cancer and immunotherapy"  
September 11 CRB Auditorium Jada Williams, PHD Candidate, UTHSC, Physiology "Rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury in sickle cell disease"   
September 18 CRB Auditorium Dr. Masayo Koide, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, Department of Pharmacology "Hyperaldosteronemia: a hidden risk factor for cerebral small vessel diseases?" Dr. Jonathan Jaggar
September 25 CRB Auditorium Dr. John D. Boughter Jr, Professor, UTHSC, Anatomy and Neurobiology "The Neural Organization of Food Neophobia."  
October 2 CRB Auditorium Dr. Frank Park, Associate Professor, UTHSC, Pharmaceutical Sciences "Paradoxical Functions of Cell-Cycle Arrest in Acute Kidney Injury"  
October 9 CRB Auditorium Dr. Weikuan Gu, PhD
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medicine - UTHSC COM
"AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers"  
October 16 CRB Auditorium Dr. Andrew J. Hoisington, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation- University of Colorado Anschutz
"Biological Mechanism in the Gut-Brain Axis Connected to Psychological Health"  
October 23 CRB Auditorium

Dr. John David Symons, PhD
Professor, College of Health, Nutrition and Integrative Physiology School of Medicine, Molecular Medicine Program- University of Utah

"Cerebral endothelial cell autophagy confers intrinsic cytoprotection from acute ischemic stroke in mice."  

 

Oct 17, 2025