Fall 2017: Seminar Series
Last semester the WCVI welcomed several distinguished speakers for our Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute Seminar Series. Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fall 2017 Seminars
Date |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
| September 19, 2017 |
Christopher O’Donnell, MD Harvard Medical School and Framingham Heart Study |
“Cardiovascular Genomics in Disease and Health: the Road from Genomic Discoveries in Populations to Gene Function to Clinical Application” |
| September 26, 2017 |
*T32 Grant Trainee* Jason Nasse, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Mentor: Carmela Abraham, PhD) |
“The Anti-Aging Protein, Klotho, and Its Role in Cardiovascular and Neurodegenerative Diseases” |
| October 3, 2017 |
Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD University of Pittsburgh |
“Insights Into Vascular Calcification Through the Study of Rare Disease” |
| October 24, 2017 |
Pilar Alcaide PhD Tufts University School of Medicine |
“Exploring the Role of T Cells as Orchestrators of Maladaptive Cardiac Remodeling and Heart Failure” |
| October 31, 2017 |
George King, MD Harvard Medical School Joslin Diabetes Center |
“Insulin’s Effect on the Arterial Wall: Differential Actions on Restenosis and Atherosclerosis” |
| November 14, 2017 |
Silvia Corvera, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School |
“Human Adipose Tissue Development and Adipocyte Specialization” |