Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence
2007 & 2008
Thursday Seminar Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
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* Year 2007 * |
January 4
NO MEETING
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| January 18 |
L. Lee Hamm, MD, FACP
Huberwald Professor & Chair, Interim Dean, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. |
Regulation of Sodium Transport from the Collecting Duct Lumen. |
| February 1 |
Thomas D. Giles, MD
Professor, Dept of Medicine, Section of Cardiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Redefining Hypertension. |
| February 8** |
Robert W. Schrier, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine,
University of Colorado School of Medicine,
Denver, CO. |
Renal and Cardiovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Role of Blood Glucose, RAS and Blood Pressure. |
February 15
NO MEETING |
Happy Mardi Gras!
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March 1
NO MEETING |
18th Annual TUHSC Research Day |
| March 15 |
Samir El-Dahr, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatrics,
Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Cancelled |
| March 29 |
Dewan S.A. Majid, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Nitroso-Redox Imbalance: Tipping the Scale toward Salt-Sensitive Hypertension. |
| April 12 |
Philip Kadowitz, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Analysis of Responses to Angiotensin (1-7) |
| April 26 |
Vecihi Batuman, MD
Chief, Medicine Services, SLVHCS,
Professor of Medicine,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Salt and Hypertension: Is there a controversy? |
| May 17** |
Wenzheng Zhang, PhD
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX. |
Dot1a-AF9-SGK1 Regulate ENaCa Transcription in Aldosterone Signaling. |
| May 24 |
Samir El-Dahr, M.D., PhD
Professor & Chair of Pediatrics
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Chromatin Remodeling and Renal Development. |
| June 7 |
L Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor & Chair of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Angiotensin II Dependent Hypertensive Renal Injury: Is it due to ANG II or Blood Pressure Associated Paracrine Factors?
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| June 21 |
Fady Botros, PhD
Instructor, Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
The role of heme oxygenase in the regulation of renal afferent arteriolar vasoactivity. |
July 5
NO MEETING |
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| July 19 |
Dan T. Lackland, PhD
Professor & Director of Graduate Training and Education, Department of Biometry & Epidemiology,
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC.
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Racial and Geographic Disparities in Hypertension and Diabetes-Related Conditions in the Southeast. |
| August 2 |
Lydia A. Bazzano, MD, PhD, MPH
Assisstant Prof of Epidemiology,
Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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The Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Blood Pressure in Persons with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. |
| August 16 |
Douglas Slakey, MD, MPH
Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Kidney Transplant at Tulane: Where We've Been, Where We're Going. |
| August 30 |
Michael J Ryan, PhD
Asst. Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center,
Department of Physiology & Biophysics,
Jackson, MS. |
The Pathophysiology of Hypertension in a Mouse Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. |
| September 13 |
Christine Maric, PhD, FAHA, FASN
Director, Diabetes Research
Center for the study of Sex Differences,
Georgetown University Medical Center,
Washington, DC.
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Sex hormones in the pathophysiology of diabetic renal disease. |
September 27
NO MEETING |
61st Annual Fall Conference & Scientific sessions of the Council for High Blood Pressure Hypertension Meeting
Tucson, Arizona |
| October 11 |
Tino M. Unlap, PhD
Asst Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
What Role Does the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Play In Mediaiting the Effects of Oxidative Stress in Hypertension? |
| October 25 |
Eric D. Lazartigues, PhD, FAHA
Asst Professor,
Dept of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Louisiana State University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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ACE2 in the central regulation of cardiovascular function: a matter of balance. |
| November 8 |
Dinko Susic, MD, PhD
Hypertension Research Lab, Division of Research,
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA |
Role of AGEs in cardiovascular aging. |
November 22
NO MEETING |
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| December 6 |
Efrain Reisin, MD
Chief, Section of Nephrology, Professor of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Metabolic Syndrome,Obesity and the Kidney connection. |
December 20
NO MEETING |
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* Year 2008 * |
| 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 |
| 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
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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 |
TBA |
TBA |
| 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 12 |
TBA |
TBA |
| 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. |
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