2008
Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence
Thursday Seminar Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| January 10 |
S. Michal Jazwinski, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director of the Tulane Center for Aging
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
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From Hypertensive Yeast to Vascular Status and Healthy Aging. |
| January 24 |
Edward W. Inscho, PhD
Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology
Director of the MD/PhD Program,
School of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia,
Augusta, GA. |
Renal vascular impairment in hypertension. |
| February 7
NO MEETING |
Happy Mardi Gras!
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| February 21 |
Jeff M. Sands, MD
Juha P. Kokko Professor of Medicine and Physiology,
Director, Renal Division & Associate Dean for
Clinical and Translational Research,
Emory University Renal Division, Atlanta, GA. |
Regulation of Urea Transport by Vasopressin. |
| March 6 |
Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, PhD, FAHA, FASN
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology
Louisiana State University
School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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ACE-Independent Pathways in Diabetic Renal Vascular Disease. |
Mon, March 10**
Joint Seminar:
THRCE & Tulane
Physiology Department |
Jia Long Zhuo, MD, PhD
Ass. Prof. of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine,
Senior Staff Investigator, Laboratory of Receptor & Signal Transduction,
Division of Hypertension and Vascular Research,
Department of Medicine,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI. |
Novel Roles of Intracellular Angiotensin II in Kidney Proximal Tubule Cells. |
| March 13 |
John C. McGiff, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pharmacology
New York Medical College, New York, NY. |
EETs and HETEs: From Rat to Man. |
| Fri, March 14** |
Norman Rosenblum, MD
Associate Chair of Paediatrics (Research),
Professor of Paediatrics and Physiology, University of Toronto,
Senior Scientist, Division of Nephrology,
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto , Ontario, Canada. |
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Control Ureteric Branching and Nephron Number. |
March 20
NO MEETING |
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| April 3 |
L. Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor & Chair Physiology,
Director, Center of Biomedical Research,
Excellence in Hypertension & Renal Biology,
Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
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CASCADE OF PRESSURE NATRIURESIS MECHANISM: How does it happen and what does it mean?
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| April 17 |
Jiang He, MD, PhD
Joseph S. Copes Chair and Professor,
Department of Epidemiology,
Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
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Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure |
| May 1 |
M. A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH
Associate Provost for the Health Sciences & Associate Dean,
Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Family & Community Medicine,
Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
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Cancelled; rescheduled to July 24th |
| May 8 |
Anupam Agarwal , MD
Director, Division of Nephrology,
Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham , AL.
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Adaptive responses in renal and vascular injury: Role of heme oxygenase-1 |
| May 15 |
Naomi Deirdre Fisher, MD
Director of Hypertension Specialty Clinic,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
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The Role of Renin Inhibition in Pursuit of Optimized RAS Blockade: Evidence from The Kidney.
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Mon, May 19**
Joint Seminar:
THRCE & Tulane
Physiology Department
|
William J. Arendshorst, PhD
Professor,
Dept of Cell & Molecular Physiology,
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
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Regulation of Renal Vascular Reactivity by a Novel Calcium Signaling Mechanism: ADP Ribosyl Cyclase and Ryanodine Receptors.
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| May 29 |
Joseph Francis, PhD
Associate Professor, Comparative Biomedical Sciences,
School of Veterinary Medicine,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
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Role of inflammatory molecules in hypertension |
| June 5** |
Mark C. Chappell, PhD
Associate Professor,
Hypertension & Vascular Disease Center,
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Section of
Molecular Medicine,
Wake Forest School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, NC.
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Sex, Salt and the Renin-Angiotensin System: Studies in the Congenic mRen2.Lewis Strain |
| June 26 |
Thomas W Gettys, PhD
Professor & Chief
Experimental Obesity Division
Pennington Biomedical Research Center , Baton Rouge , Louisiana . |
Discovery of a novel splice variant of PPAR gamma co-activator 1 alpha and identification of its unique role in adaptive thermogenesis. |
| July 10 |
Walter Lee Murfee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical engineering
Tulane School of Medicine , New Orleans , LA.
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Understanding how Microvascular Networks grow in the adult:
The structure of the Microcirculation during hypertension. |
| July 24 |
M. A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH
Associate Provost for the Health Sciences & Associate Dean,
Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Family & Community Medicine,
Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA. |
Medication Adherence: Update from the Cohort Study of Medication Adherence among Older Adults-CoSMO. |
Aug 7
NO MEETING |
Biennial Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program Symposium
Washington , D.C. |
Aug 14
Special THRCE event: Seminar sponsored by Merck |
Willa A. Hsueh, MD
Director, Diabetes Research Center,
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute,
Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College,
Chief, Division of Diabetes, Obesity & Lipids,
Dept. of Medicine, Houston, TX.
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The Role of Osteopontin in Diabetic Nephropathy: a possible Therapeutic Target. |
| Mon, Aug 18**
Joint Seminar:
THRCE & Tulane
Physiology Department |
Ulrich Hopfer, MD, PhD
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
Cleveland, OH. |
Role of Solitary Cilia In Renal Epithelial Function. |
Aug 21 |
Mark P. de Caestecker, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
S-3223, Medical Center North, Nashville , TN. |
The regulation and fate of renal progenitor cells during embryonic development and cancer. |
| Sept 4 |
Special THRCE event: International Speaker
Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo & Universidad del Zulia,
Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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Seminar cancelled due to Hurricane Gustav.
Rescheduled to January 22nd, 2009. |
Sept 18
NO MEETING |
62nd High Blood Pressure Research Conference 2008,
Atlanta, GA
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| Oct 2 |
N. D. Vaziri, MD, MACP
Professor of Medicine, Physiology & Biophysics, Chief Division of Nephrology and Hypertension,
Schools of Medicine and Biological Sciences,
University of California, Irvine, CA. |
Interplay of oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Intra-renal angiotensin system in Progression of CKD. |
Oct 16
NO MEETING |
Jackson Cardiovascular-Renal Meeting
at
University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson , MS
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| Oct 30 |
Samir El-Dahr, M.D., PhD
Professor & Chair of Pediatrics,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Gene-Environment Interactions in Kidney Development. |
Tues,
Nov 4** |
Shoji Kagami, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Departments of Pediatrics,
The University of Tokushima,
Tokushima, Japan |
Involvement of angiotensin II-TGF-b pathway in progressive glomerular injury. |
Nov 6
NO MEETING |
American Society of Nephrology Renal Week, 2008
Philadelphia, PA |
Fri,
Nov 14** |
Genevieve Nguyen, MD, PhD, FAHA
Institut National de la Sanité et de la Recherche Medicale,
College of France,
Paris, France. |
The (pro)renin receptor; a receptor and much more. |
Nov 27
NO MEETING |
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| Dec 11 |
Eric Lazartigues, PhD, FAHA
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
LSUHSC, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. |
Snowfall in South Louisiana!
Seminar rescheduled to Jan 8th, 2009 |
Dec 25
NO MEETING |
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