Ben Neely, PhD
Research Chemist National Institute of Standards and Technology
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
“Developing high-throughput and universal bioanalytical pipelines to address grand challenges"
A recording of the seminar presentation can be found here: https://echo360.org/media/9897bb73-30f0-4046-b494-8c8d71fcff3f/public
Kylie Kavanagh, VMS, MPH
Professor, Department of Pathology Section on Comparative Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Tuesday, April 23th, 2024
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
“Obesity and Health: A story of 3 depots”
Natalie Zahr, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine Director of Translational Imaging, SRI International
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
“Blood Marker Correlates of Brain MRI Signal Intensities”
A recording of the seminar presentation can be found here: https://echo360.org/media/564f500a-2788-4ef5-b8d7-7fb93c9b58ca/public
Paula Ramos, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
“Addressing Health Disparities in Precision Medicine for Lupus: Integrating Social and Genomics Data”
A recording of the seminar presentation can be found here: https://echo360.org/media/3aa70bf6-3d52-48a0-9cdb-f7cfca89ebe9/public
Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP
President, Atrium Health Levine Cancer Executive Director, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center Vice Dean for Cancer Programs, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
“How Precision Medicine becomes Personalized Medicine”
A recording of the seminar presentation can be found here: https://echo360.org/media/dcad6084-6ec9-4871-85f9-6cc1b0ce0e07/public
Adam B. Salmon, PhD
Associate Director, Sam & Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
“Cellular resilience as a potential cause and consequence of aging”
A recording of the seminar presentation can be found here: https://echo360.org/media/76aea263-b357-4876-961c-f742a59add64/public
Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD
Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
“Biomarkers and Outcomes for Gerotherapeutic Trials”
A recording of the seminar presentation can be found here: https://echo360.org/media/dc3dc178-3e6d-47f5-8e3f-1a8e9fb23739/public
Teresa M. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics Columbia University
Tuesday, May 16
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
“Emerging Role of Precision Medicine in Pediatric Cardiovascular Diseases”
L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH
Dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Chief Science Officer for Advocate Health.
Tuesday, April 25th 10:00 am – 11:00 am Commons Conference Room
“Fostering Excellence and Equity to Meet 21st Century Challenges in Medicine: Medical School as the Academic Core of our Learning Health System”
A recording of the seminar presentation can be found here: https://echo360.org/media/65013cdd-9fb2-4975-9809-09dedb32c933/public
Dr. Birgit Schilling, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Gerontology
Tuesday, April 11th
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Commons Conference Room
Biomarker of Aging and Age-related Diseases, including cancer, that may determine Disease Progression or Outcome
Carmen de Miguel, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor Division of Nephrology University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tuesday, March 28th, 10:00 – 11:00
Commons Conference Room 1-3
Drew Kiraly, MD, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Tuesday, March 14th, 10:00 – 11:00
Commons Conference Room 1-3
Ana Conesa, PhD
Professor Institute for Integrative Systems Biology Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Tuesday, February 28 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Lindsay Reynolds, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology and PreventionWake Forest University School of Medicine
“Diet and Biological Aging: Slowing Down the Epigenetic Clock”
Tuesday, January 24th 10:00 am – 11:00 am
In Person - Commons Conference Room and Virtual
Doug Easterling, PhD
Professor Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Learning Health Systems: A Disruptive Paradigm for Academic Medicine in Pediatrics
Tuesday, January 24th 10:00 am – 11:00 am
In Person - Commons Conference Room and Virtual
Kari North, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology Director, CVD Genetic Epidemiology Computational Laboratory Gillings School of Global Public Health – UNC Chapel Hill
Thursday, December 2nd 10:00 am – 11:00 am
“The Genetic Epidemiology of Obesity: The Cameron County Hispanic Cohort”
https://echo360.org/media/b5963078-a695-4b72-bc1a-0fddd1a0b621/public
Jamy Ard, MD
Professor – Department of Epidemiology and Prevention WFSOM
“Phentermine – Time for a New Look at an Old Drug”
Thursday, November 18th 10:00 am – 11:00 am
https://echo360.org/media/67d8b3de-1eca-4254-a500-0c2547e27636/public
Shannon Macauley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
WFSOM
Thursday, November 4th
In-Person: Biotech Place Auditorium (Downtown campus)
“Proteomic analysis of exosomes isolated from the brain’s interstitial fluid of live Alzheimer’s mice reflects changes in proteostasis and immunometabolism”
https://echo360.org/media/e9281a52-50cc-43b0-bbc9-99160ddd2ead/public
Anthony Comuzzie, PhD, FTOS
Chief Executive Officer of the Obesity Society
Thursday, October 21st 10:00am – 11:00am
“A View from Above: Working to Further Obesity Research, Treatment, Education, and Prevention.”
https://echo360.org/media/66358c9e-6500-41ad-a73e-7b3b9bfcfe8f/public
Elimelda Moige Ongeri, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
The John R and Kathy R Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences – North Carolina A&T State University
Thursday, October 7th 10:00 am – 11:00 am
“Meprin metalloproteases in acute and chronic kidney disease; insights for development of diagnostic and therapeutic tools.”
https://echo360.org/media/f1b8f976-e9d8-4efe-90fe-fc4cea382ed5/public
Giselle Melendez, MD
Assistant Professor Cardiology - WFSOM
Thursday, September 23th 10:00 am – 11:00 am
“Substance P: A Novel Treatment Strategy to Reverse Cardiac Fibrosis Associated to Diabetic Cardiomyopathy”
https://echo360.org/media/ed7325d3-2b1e-4ca3-973e-1b939c54536d/public
Michael Olivier, PhD
Director, Center for Precision Medicine Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Molecular Medicine, WFSOM
“The Center for Precision Medicine: Where we are and where we want to go”
https://echo360.org/media/2df02f2a-af51-451b-8709-4e6226eda013/public
Rita P. Cervera-Juanes, PhD
Research Assistant Professor Division of Genetics – Oregon National Primate Research Center Oregon Health & Science University
“The dual role of the epigenome in promoting risk for hazardous drinking and alcohol addiction”
https://echo360.org/media/694553b2-38b3-4aea-8237-6354ed0d1d45/public
Andrew South, MD
Assistant Professor Pediatrics-Nephrology, WFSOM
May 6th 2021 10:00AM-11:00AM
“Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Hypertension Across the Life Course? Focus on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System”
Xuewei Zhu, PhD
Assistant Professor Molecular Medicine, WFSOM
April 15th 2021 10:00AM-11:00AM
“Regulation of Macrophage Immunometabolism in Acute and Chronic Inflammation”
https://echo360.org/media/e0ff0bcd-570d-4d5b-8d2a-935cfd821cdc/public
Chia-Chi Chuang Key, PhD
Assistant Professor – Molecular Medicine, WFSOM
Talk Title: “New Players in Cellular Lipid Accumulation”
April 1st 2021 10:00AM-11:00AM
Carl Langefeld, PhD
Professor – Biostatistics and Data Science, WFSOM
Talk Title: “Multi-ancestral Genomic Approach to SLE Precision Medicine”
Thursday, March 18 2021
Genesio Karere, PhD
Assistant Professor Molecular Medicine WFSOM
“MicroRNA Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets”
Thursday, March 1st 2021
https://echo360.org/media/71e13c76-2581-43f3-a356-0e4ec8976c64/public
John Parks, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry Chief – Section on Molecular Medicine Director – Molecular Medicine & Translational Science Graduate Program WFSOM
“FADS-mediated dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in prostate cancer”
Thursday, February 4th 2021
https://echo360.org/media/ec1b6f14-1481-486f-a50a-c9c588006791/public
Nichole Allred, PhD
Associate Professor - Biochemistry Wake Forest School of Medicine
“Genetic Approaches to Understand Cardiometabolic Disease
December 3rd, 2020
https://echo360.org/media/c1db822c-7864-4e75-99fa-5d281914cde4/public
Leah Solberg Woods, PhD
Professor Molecular Medicine, WFSOM
“Do these genes make me look fat? A genetic study of obesity in outbred rats”
Thursday, November 19, 2020 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Zoom Information: https://zoom.us/j/99452473360?pwd=eUhnNEhoMnJNZFVyQjlnTGJjK0loUT09 Meeting ID: 994 5247 3360 Passcode: 001639
Ajay Dharod, MD, FACP
Vice Chair of Informatics & Analytics Assistant Professor of Medicine Internal Medicine, WFSOM
“Leveraging Applied Clinical Informatics to further the Academic Learning Health System”
November 5th, 2020
https://echo360.org/media/576e55ea-3cdf-44c5-a0fb-9264a3f5daf6/public
Gary Rosenthal, MD, FACP
Chair & Professor - Internal Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine
“The Academic Learning Health System: Advancing Healthcare, Science, and the Science of Healthcare” October 22nd, 2020
https://echo360.org/media/bc3cdcb3-e9b6-4d65-968b-b2ccd6dc08a9/public
Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD
Co-Director, Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, Associate Dean of Faculty Development, CTSI, Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
“Measuring Biologic Age and the Aging Process“ October 15th, 2020
https://echo360.org/media/1160124c-25e4-4a72-94d6-b067c290e250/public
David Crosslin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biomedical & Health Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Washington
“The Implementation of Genetic Medicine” October 1st, 2020
https://echo360.org/media/e0b1a77f-e612-488a-ae67-d87a9c37f167/public
Katey Rayner, PhD
Director – Cardiometabolic microRNA Laboratory University of Ottawa Heart Institute Assistant Professor – Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology University of Ottawa
‘Inflammation in the Atherosclerotic Plaque: Balancing Life and Death”
March 5th, 2020
Christopher Anderson, MD, MMS
Assistant Professor of Neurology – Harvard Medical School Associated Director Acute Stroke Service – Mass General Hospital
“Genetics as a Tool to Understand Cerebrovascular Disease”
February 6th, 2020
Geoffrey Ginsburg, PhD
Director – Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine Professor of Medicine - Pathology Professor – School of Nursing Duke University
“Local, National, and International Genomic Medicine: Implementation and Impact”
December 19th, 2019
Yoav Gilad, PhD
Chief – Section of Genetic Medicine Professor – Departments of Medicine & Human Genetics Director - Stem Cell Training and Functional Genomics & Sequencing Core Facilities University of Chicago
“Heritable Gene Expression Programs Through Space and Time”
December 5th, 2019
Folami Ideraabdullah, PhD
Assistant Professor – Department of Nutrition Assistant Professor – Department of Genetics University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Understanding the Role of the Developmental Environment in Defing the Epigenome”
November 21st, 2019
Kathleen Barnes, PhD
Professor in Medicine – University of Colorade Dept. of Medicine Director – Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine Head – Division of Biomedical Informatics & Personalized Medicine University of Colorado
“Ancestry, Genetic Risk, and Better Treatment through Personalized Medicine”
November 12th, 2019
Goldie Byrd, PhD
Director for Maya Angelou Center for Health Equality Professor – Public Health Sciences Wake Forest School of Medicine
“Addressing Healthy Equity through Research and Community Engagement at the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity”
October 17th, 2019
Victor Ortega, MD, PhD
Associate Professor – Department of Internal Medicine Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Immunologic Diseases Director – Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program & Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center Wake Forest School of Medicine
“Ancestry and Rare Variants: Implications for Precision Medicine in Airways Disease”
October 3rd, 2019
Mark Sarzynski, PhD
Graduate Director - Doctoral Program Assistant Professor – Department of Exercise Science Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina
“HDL as a Biomarker for Cardiovascular Health: Using Systems Biology to Unravel the Effects of Exercise”
June 6th, 2019
Elizabeth Worthey, PhD
Software Development & Informatics Program Director HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville AL
“The NIH Disease Undiagnosed Disease Network: Lessons Learnt and Challeges Faced in the First Four Yearts”
May 23rd, 2019
Dara Torgerson, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Human Genetics McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Center
“Ancestry and the Urinary Metabolome of Preterm Infants Treated with Inhaled Nitric Oxide to Prevent BPD”
May 9th , 2019
Srividya Kidambi, MD, MS
Associate Professor Medicine & Interim Chief Division of Endocrinology & Molecular Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin
“Role of Adiposity Distribution in Disease and Health”
April 11th, 2019
Carl Langefeld, PhD
Professor - Biostatistics & Data Sciences Public Health Sciences Wake Forest School of Medicine
“Ancestry and Gender Informed Precision Medicine Systemic Lupus Erthematosus”
March 28th, 2019
Dale Cowley, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer - TransViragen Inc., Chapel Hill, NC Director - Animal Models Core Facility & Adjunct Assistant Research Professor of Genetics University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Mouse & Rat Genome Engineering – 6 Years into the CRISPR Revolution”
March 6th, 2019
Shelley Cole, PhD
Associate Professor Co-Lead - Population Health Program Texas Biomedical Research Institute Lead - Genomics & Data Science Core Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) Chair - Strong Heart Study Genetics Steering Committee & Working Group
“The Strong Heart Studies: Factors Influencing Cardiometabolic and Related Diseases in American Indians”
February 14th, 2019
Don McClain, MD, PhD
Professor - Endocrinology & Metabolism Director - Academic Research Associate Director - Translational Science Institute Wake Forest School of Medicine
“Iron: A Major Determinant of Metabolism”
January 10th, 2019
Tom O’Halloran, PhD
Professor - Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences Director - Chemistry of Life Processes Institute Director - Center for Developmental Therapeutics Northwestern University
“Physiochemical Signatures of Tumorigenicity: The Breast Cancer Metallome”
December 12th, 2018
Christopher Schmitt, PhD
Assistant Professor - Department of Anthropology and Biology Boston University
“The Genomics of Obesity and Obesogenic Growth in the Vervet Model; Current Results and Potential Ways Forward”
November 14th, 2018
Alicia Rich, PhD
Assistant Professor – Zoo & Conservation Science Department of Biology and Earth Science Otterbein University
“The Impact of Human Land-Use Change on Chronic Health Outcomes in Apes and Monkeys: A One Health Perspective”
November 13th, 2018
Mingyu Liang, PhD
Professor - Physiology Director - Center of Systems Molecular Medicine Medical College WI
“Systems Molecular Medicine of Regulatory RNA”
October 25th, 2018
Tim Wilshire, PhD
Associate Professor – Division of Pharmacogenomics and Experimental Therapeutics Director – UNC Center for Pharmacogonomics and Individualized Therapy Adjunct Associate Professor – Genetics, UNC School of Medicine
“Will You Please Give Me the Right Drug?”
September 26th, 2018
Brittany Lasseigne, PhD
Assistant Professor – Experimental Therapeutics O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Alabama, Birmingham
“Multidimensional Data: Challenges and Opportunities”
September 18th, 2018
Karen Mohike, PhD
Professor – Genetics Associate Chair for Research UNC Chapel Hill
‘Transcriptional Regulatory Variants for Complex Metabolic Traits”
September 12th, 2018
Rick Danforth, PhD
President - TOPS
“Obesity Management, Weight Loss, and Prevention”
July 29th, 2018
Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes, PhD
Assistant Professor – Biobehavioral Health Penn State
“Putting Genes into Context Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cardiometabolic Health Research in Diverse Populations”
June 27th, 2018
Michael Cho, MD, MPH
Associate Physician -Brigham & Women’s Hospital Associate Professor - Medicine, Harvard Medical School
“Genetics of C OPD: Perils, Progress, and Promise”
June 13th, 2018
Sarah Espinoza, MD, MSC
Associate Professor – Medicine Associate Director for Clinical Programs – GRECC Section Chief for Research - Medicine University of Texas, San Antonio
“Overview of Physical Frailty and Potential Pharmacologic Interventions to Promote Health Aging”
June 12th, 2018
Francis J. Miller Jr., MD
Professor - Medicine Professor – Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Duke University
“Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms that Contribute to the Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species and Pathophysiology of Vascular Disease”
May 9th, 2018
Roger Holmes, PhD
Emeritus Professor – School of Natural Sciences Griffith University, Australia
“Comparative and Evolutionary Studies of Vertebrate Adducin (ADD1-3) Genes and Proteins. The Adducin Hypertension Paradox”
April 11, 2018
Wolfgang Liedtke, PhD
Professor – Neurology Professor – Neurobiology Professor – Anesthesiology Duke University
“TRPV4-mediated Inflammation and Injury from a Translational Medical Perspective”
February 27th, 2018
Saroja Voruganti, PhD
Associate Professor – Department of Nutrition UNC Chapel Hill
“Nutritional Genomics: Relevance to CVD”
December 6th, 2017