Medical Pharmacology and Physiology seminars are held 12-1 p.m. Tuesdays.
For the Spring 2025 semester, seminars will be either in-person or via Zoom but not both.
In-person seminars will be held in Acuff Auditorium, MA217 Medical Science Building.
Spring 2025 Seminar Dates and Speakers
January 2025
January 21
Wipawee "Joy" Winuthayanon, BSN, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health, University of Missouri.
“Non-hormonal Contraceptive Development and Immune Regulation in the Oviduct During Pregnancy”
January 28
Randal Buddington, PhD, Professor of Research, Executive Director of Stonewall Research Facility, LSU Health Shreveport
“Leveraging the Preterm Pig Model to Understand the Complications and Consequences of Preterm birth and Enhance Neonatal Care and Outcomes"
February 2025
February 4
Rony Marwan, MD, Division Chief, Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Director of MU Fetal Care Center, University of Missouri
"The Curious Case of Heterogeneity in Stretch Induced Pulmonary Development”
February 25
Charles Brown, PhD, Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri
“Neutrophil Recruitment and Clearance in Joint Inflammation”
March 2025
March 4
Julie Semon, PhD, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Missouri S&T
“Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Differentiating Between the Good and Bad”
March 11
32nd Annual Cardiovascular Day 11am - 12pm at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center, Columbia, MO featuring Meena Madhur, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Director Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Indiana University
“Role of the Immune System in BP Regulation”
March 18
Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia
“Signaling Nanodomains in Vascular Health and Disease”
April 2025
April 1
Gwen Randolph, PhD,Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University
“Mechanisms that Govern the Dissemination of Inflammatory Signals from the Intestine”
April 8
Michael Sturek, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, Chief Scientific Officer, CorVus Biomedical, LLC and CorVus Foundation, Inc.
“Cardiometabolic Disease & Ca2+ Stores: Journeys from the Lab to Ossabaw Island and Beyond”
April 15
Frank Faraci, PhD, 2025 JO Davis Student-Selected Lecturer, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa
“Large and Small Vessel Disease During Hypertension: Implications for Brain Health”
April 22
Praghalathan Kanthakumar, MD, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri
“Urotensin II System in Diabetic Kidney Disease”
April 29
David I. Yule, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center
"Regulation of Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate Receptors: Defining Ca2+ Signals in Time and Space”
May 2025
May 6
Pierre-Yves von der Weid, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
“COX-talk – Modulation of Lymphatic Pumping by Prostanoids During TRPV4 Activation”
