Medical Pharmacology and Physiology seminars are held 12-1 p.m. Tuesdays.
For the Spring 2026 semester, seminars will be in-person and via Zoom.
In-person seminars will be held in M525 Medical Science Building.
Spring 2026 Seminar Dates and Speakers
January 2026
January 27
Perwez Alam, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
“Cardiomyocyte Reprogramming: Reversing Senescence to Improve Cardiac Function Regeneration”
February 2026
February 3
Laurel Grisanti, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
“Adrenergic Regulation of Inflammation in the Failing Heart"
February 10
Alexander Staruschenko, PhD, Professor and Director, Hypertension and Kidney Research Center, University of South Florida
"SGLT2 Lipid Metabolism in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension"
February 17
Alejandro Chade, MD, Professor, Medical Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Missouri-Columbia
"The Cardiac Pathophysiology of CKM Syndrome: Models, Targets, Strategies, and Some More"
March 2026
March 3
Navjot Pabla, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, Ohio State University
"Druggable Targets for Acute Kidney Injury"
March 10
Brandi Wynne, MS, PhD, FAHA, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah
“Assault with a Deadly Shaker: How Salt Seasons Inflammation”
March 17
Dhanajay Suresh, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
"Self-Assembled Nanomaterials for Gene Therapy Applications"
March 31
Prasad Katakam, MD, PhD, Professor, Tulane University
“Impact of Hypoglycemia on Mouse Cerebral Microvascular”
April 2026
April 7
Shawn Bender, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathobiology & Integrative Biomedical Science, University of Missouri-Columbia
“TBD”
April 14
Manuel Navedo, PhD, FAHA, Professor, Pharmacology, University of California
"From Channels to Networks: Decoding Mechanisms of Vascular Reactivity in Health and Disease"
April 21
- Charmain Fernando, PhD, Senior Postdoctoral Scientist, Cardiovascular Biology Research, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
"Rethinking Endothelial RIPK3: From Acute Vascular Injury to SSc-ILD"
April 28
- Nicole Hashemi, PhD, Professor, College of Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia
May 2026
May 5
- Smita Saxena, PhD, Professor, NextGen Precision Health Investigator, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Missouri-Columbia
