Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholars Lecture Series
Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
The Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series hosts clinician scientists who are exploring frontiers of medicine. These lectures are principally intended for Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students and Virginia Tech students in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health graduate program. Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic faculty, staff, and students may also attend. For more information about these events, please contact Dr. Leslie LaConte or call 540-526-2059.
2025 - 2026 Medical Scholar Lectures
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Implementing Evidence into Practice to Improve Health and Equity , homeOct. 1, 2024, 5:30 p.m. (Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m.) | Alex Krist, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Family Medicine and Population Health; Co-Associate Director, Wright Regional Center for Translational Science, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Could we save this patient? Cell-free DNA Exposes Gaps in Transplant Rejection Care , homeOct. 22, 2024, 5:30 p.m. (Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m.) | Sean Agbor-Enoh, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Lung Transplant Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Lab Chief, NIH Distinguished Scholar, Lasker Clinical Tenure Track Investigator, Laboratory of Applied Precision Omics, NHLBI | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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“It takes a village…” Advancing Health Equity Through Clinical and Translational Science , homeNov. 5, 2024, 5:30 p.m. (Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m.) | Jennifer L. Kraschnewski, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences, Director, Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Penn State University | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Virtual Event: Medical Scholar Lecture , homeFeb. 11, 2025, 5:30 p.m. | Jordan S. Orange, M.D., Ph.D., Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons; Physician-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Drug Repurposing to Mimic the Effects of Exercise Training for Targeted Health Effects , homeFeb. 25, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m.) | William E. Kraus, M.D., Johnson Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Genomics, Duke University | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Virulence (Harmfulness) — A Matchless Web of Dynamic Interactions Between Microbes and Host Cells , homeMay 6, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m.) | John C. Alverdy, Sarah and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor, Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: The Joys of Being a Clinician Researcher , homeSept. 8, 2023, 1 p.m. | Karen Fairchild, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Virginia School of Medicine | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Novel Iron Sensing Mechanisms and Role of Hexokinase Mitochondrial Binding in the Development of HFpEF , homeSept. 22, 2023, 1 p.m. | Hossein Ardehali, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas D. Spies Professor of Cardiac Metabolism, Director, Center for Molecular Cardiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Reflex Apneas and Failed Autoresuscitation in the Pathogenesis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome , homeOct. 27, 2023, 1 p.m. | James V. Leiter, M.D., Research Scientist, White River Junction VA Health Center, Emeritus Professor, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Improving Access to High Quality Emergency Care: A View from the Front Lines , homeNov. 17, 2023, 1 p.m. | Jon Mark Hirshon, M.D., MPH, Ph.D., FACEP, Professor, Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Chief, Emergency Department, Baltimore VA Medical Center | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE): Lessons Learned from Medicaid and the UVA EoE Cohort , homeFeb. 9, 2024, 1 p.m. | Emily McGowan, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: What About the False Negatives? An Examination of Masked Hypertension , homeFeb. 16, 1 p.m. | Anthony J. Viera, M.D., MPH, FAHA., Leonard J. & Margaret Goldwater Distinguished Professor and Chair of Family Medicine and Community Health, Chair, Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University School of Medicine | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Pharmacogenetics Applied to the Treatment of Psychiatric Illness , homeApril 5, 2024, 1 p.m. | David Oslin, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Albinism: Can It Become a Treatable Disease? , homeSept. 16, 2022, 1 p.m. | Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Virtual Seminar: Von Willebrand Factor Inhibition in Acute Ischemic Stroke: From Target to Trial , homeSept. 23, 2022, 1 p.m. | Shahid Nimjee, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, The Ohio State University | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Human Cardiac Metabolism , homeOct. 28, 2022, 1 p.m. | Zoltan Arany, M.D., Ph.D., Samuel Bellet Professor of Cardiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Insights into Arrhythmia Mechanisms and Therapies from Cardiac Reprogramming , homeNov. 18, 2022, 1 p.m. | Stacey Rentschler, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Achieving Cancer Health Equity – A Model of Integrating Research, Advocacy and Policy for Colorectal Cancer , homeFeb. 3, 2023, 1 p.m. | Chyke Doubeni, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Professor and Chief Health Equity Officer, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Bone and Blood Interactions in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment , homeFeb. 24, 2023, 1 p.m. | Joy Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism, Stanford Medicine | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Synaptic Injury: A Link to the Past , homeApril 7, 2023, 1 p.m. | Terrance Kummer, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Lecture: Pathways to Psychosis: Integrating Rare and Common Variants Approaches , homeApril 14, 2023, 1 p.m. | Raquel Gur, M.D., Ph.D., Karl and Linda Rickels Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Medical Scholar Lecture: Mitochondria and Smooth Muscle Proliferation in Vascular Disease , homeSept. 3, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Isabella M. Grumbach, M.D. Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Virtual Medical Scholar Lecture: Across the Atlantic and Back: African Human Genomics Comes Full Circle , homeSept. 17, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Neil. A. Hanchard, M.D., D.Phil. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Virtual Medical Scholar Lecture: Post-arrest Care: What Matters Following Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation , homeOct. 15, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Benjamin S. Abella, M.D., M.Phil. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Virtual Medical Scholar Lecture: Characterizing the Uncharacterized: Models to Understand Unknown Genetic Variants Related to Ventricular Arrhythmia and Sudden Death , homeNov. 12, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Lee L. Eckhardt, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Virtual Medical Scholar Lecture: The Role of Lipids in Alcoholic Liver Disease Pathogenesis , homeJan. 21, 2022, 1:00 p.m. | Rotonya M. Carr, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Virtual Medical Scholar Lecture: Translational Investigations of Clostridioides difficile Infection , homeFeb. 18, 2022, 1:00 p.m. | Vincent Young, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Medical Scholar Lecture: Neurodevelopmental Origin of Childhood Central Nervous System Tumors , homeApril 8, 2022, 1:00 p.m. | Scott Pomeroy, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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In Person Medical Scholar Lecture: Modifiers of Neurodegeneration Risk Among Diverse Population , homeApril 22, 2022, 1:00 p.m. | Gladys Maestre, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Archived Lecture: Personalized, Personalized Medicine: Lessons Learned from Chasing My CureSept. 11, 2020, 1 p.m. | David Fajgenbaum, M.D., MBA, M.Sc. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Sugar and Salt: Assessing Adrenal Hormones and Diabetes Risk Using Population ScienceSept. 25, 2020, 1 p.m. | Sherita Hill Golden, M.D., MHS | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Deconstructing Regenerative Medicine: From Cells to Exosomes and Defined FactorsOct. 23, 2020, 1 p.m. | Eduardo Marbán, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: From Genomics to Biomarkers: A New Landscape in Sickle Cell DiseaseNov. 6, 2020, 1 p.m. | Vivien Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Understanding Appetite from the Gut to the BrainFeb. 19, 2021, 1 p.m. | Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Dialyzing the Undocumented: Translating Research to PolicyFeb. 26, 2021, 1 p.m. | Lilia Cervantes, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: The Omnivore’s Predicament: Body Weight Regulation and Cognitive ControlApril 2, 2021, 1 p.m. | Alain Dagher, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Mechanism of Treatment Resistance in Human GlioblastomaApril 16, 2021, 1 p.m. | W.K. Alfred Yung, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Biologic Replacement of the KneeAug. 30, 2019, 1 p.m. | James Stannard, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) CasesSept. 6, 2019, 1 p.m. | John A. Phillips III, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: A Decade’s Work in Radically Transforming the Resuscitation of Hemorrhagic Shock in TraumaOct. 25, 2019, 1 p.m. | Brian Cotton, M.D., MPH, FACS | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Understanding Dyspnea: 30 Years of Asking QuestionsNov. 15, 2019, 1 p.m. | Richard Schwartzstein, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Addressing Social Needs to Achieve Kidney Health EquityFeb. 7, 2020, 1 p.m. | Deidra C. Crews, M.D., Sc.M. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: From Diagnosis to TreatmentFeb. 21, 2020, 1 p.m. | Timothy Pawlik, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Developing a Hippocampal Neural ProstheticMay 5, 2020, 1 p.m. | Mark R. Witcher, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: NRF2 Mediates γ-Globin Gene Regulation and Fetal Hemoglobin Induction in Human Erythroid ProgenitorsSept. 7, 2018, 1 p.m. | Betty S. Pace, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: New Understanding of Pathogenesis of Type 1 DiabetesSept. 28, 2018, 1 p.m. | Jerry L. Nadler, M.D., FACP, FAHA, FACE | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Intravenous Vitamin C: Pathway to a New Therapy to Save LivesNov. 8, 2018, 1 p.m. | Alpha A. "Berry" Fowler, III, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis as it Relates to SenescenceNov. 30, 2018, 1 p.m. | Joseph A. Lasky, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: The Skeleton and the Presumed Benefits of Exercise: A Study in Physiology and the Art of MedicineFeb. 1, 2019, 1 p.m. | Clifford Rosen, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Stem Cell-Based Approaches to Mechanisms of Human Metabolic DiseaseFeb. 1, 2019, 1 p.m. | Rudolph L. Leibel, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Personalized Proteomics for Eye DiseaseMarch 22, 2019, 1 p.m. | Vinit B. Mahajan, M.D., Ph.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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Archived Lecture: Genetics and Biology of the Human Circadian SystemMarch 29, 2019, 1 p.m. | Louis Ptacek, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
2017 - 2018 Academic Year
- Researching Young Brains: Understanding the Sex Differences Following Injury
April 20, 2018 | Pelin Cengiz, M.D. - The SHINE Trial (Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort): Considering Trial Design (Watch Lecture)
Mar. 30, 2018 | Karen Johnston, M.D. - Democratizing Discovery Health with N=Me (Watch Lecture)
Feb. 16, 2018 | Elizabeth Ofili, M.D. - Role of TL-1A/DR3 in Intestinal Inflammation (Watch Lecture)
Feb. 9, 2018 | Fabio Cominelli, M.D., Ph.D. - T CD19 CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy for B Cell Malignancies
Nov. 17, 2017 | Cameron Turtle, Ph.D. - Leveraging the Cyclic GMP Signaling Pathway as a Whole-Person Approach to Treating Acute Pulmonary Embolism (Watch Lecture)
Oct. 27, 2017 | Jeffrey Kline, M.D. - Finding Solutions for the Obesity Epidemic
Sept. 22, 2017 | Chester Brown, M.D., Ph.D. - What Rare Diseases Can Teach Us About Common Ones: Lessons from the Urea Cycle (Watch Lecture)
Sept. 15, 2017 | Marshall Summar, M.D.
2016 - 2017 Academic Year
- A Neural Circuitry Basis for the Core Clinical Features of Schizophrenia
April 7, 2017 | David Lewis, M.D. - Integrins and the Kidney
Feb. 10, 2017 | Roy Zent, M.D., Ph.D. - Advances in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer through Irreversible Electroporation and Enhanced Chemotherapy Delivery
Feb. 3, 2017 | Robert Martin, M.D., Ph.D. - Unmet Clinical Need and Identification of Novel Therapeutics
Nov. 11, 2016 | Brian Annex, M.D. - Macrophage Apoptosis and Efferocytosis in Atherosclerosis (Watch Lecture)
Oct. 21, 2016 | MacRae F. Linton, M.D. - Thymus Transplantation
Sept. 16, 2016 | M. Louise Markert, M.D., Ph.D. - Individualized Anatomical ACL Reconstruction (Watch Lecture)
Sept. 1, 2016 | Freddie Fu, M.D.
2015 - 2016 Academic Year
- Stress Urinary Incontinence: Pathophysiology, Spectrum of Treatment and Outcomes
Mar. 25, 2016 | Holly Richter, M.D., Ph.D., FACOG, FACS - Chronic Metabolic Acidosis: The Progression From Scientific Concept to Clinical Importance to Therapy (Watch Lecture)
Jan. 29, 2016 | Robert J. Alpern, M.D. - An Electrostatic Mechanism for Ca2+-Mediated Regulation of Gap Junction Channels
Dec. 4, 2015 | Mark Yeager, M.D., Ph.D. - Advances in Fetal and Neonatal Neuroimaging
Nov. 13, 2015 | P. Ellen Grant, M.D., M.Sc. - Melanoma and Brain Metastases: Can Immunotherapy Cure a Disease that Arises in the Skin and Kills in the Brain?
Sept. 11, 2015 | Kim Margolin, M.D. - Gaucher Disease and Parkinsonism: Insights from a Rare Disorder
Sept. 4, 2015 | Ellen Sidransky, M.D.
2014 - 2015 Academic Year
- Neuromodulation of the Sensorimotor Network in Parkinson's Disease
April 3, 2015 | Helen Bronte-Stewart, M.D. - Nucleotide Repeat Expansions: Inflammation, Neurodegeneration, and the Role of MicroRNA in Pathogenesis
Mar. 20, 2015 | Erin Pennock Foff, M.D., Ph.D. - Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease: New Insights Reveal Provocative Complexities
Feb. 20, 2015 | Lisa Guay-Woodford, M.D. - Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: Bedside to Bench and Back Again
Feb. 6, 2015 | Michael Fallon, M.D. - Pulmonary Hypertension: Has It Become a "Forgettable" Disease?
Nov. 21, 2014 | Robert Bourge, M.D. - Immunological Mechanisms of Allergic Diseases and Asthma
Oct. 24, 2014 | Hirohito Kita, M.D. - Clinical Genomics = Personal Genomes + Clan Genomics
Sept. 19, 2014 | James Lupski, M.D., Ph.D. - Hypothesis-Generating Research and Predictive Medicine
Sept. 12, 2014 | Les Biesecker, M.D.
2013 - 2014 Academic Year
- The Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Disorders
April 18, 2014 | Elizabeth Engle, M.D. - Conducting Mechanism-Based Clinical Trials for Genetic Disorders: Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Mar. 21, 2014 | Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D. - Risks of Pegylated Interferon Therapies for HCV Infections in Patients with Cirrhosis
Feb. 28, 2014 | John Vierling, M.D. - Oxidative Stress: The Prime Cause of Disease and Disability in the Second Half of Life?
Jan. 10, 2014 | Christopher Wilcox, M.D., Ph.D. - Influenza: Impact and Prevention
Dec. 6, 2013 | Kathryn Edwards, M.D. - Calcium and Sudden Cardiac Death: From Genes to Teens to Finding Better Drugs
Nov. 8, 2013 | Bjorn Knollmann, M.D., Ph.D. - HIV/AIDS and HLA B*57: Insights from Rules and Exceptions
Sept. 13, 2013 | Richard Kaslow, M.D., Ph.D.
2012 - 2013 Academic Year
- Holoprosencephaly and Fatty Liver: From Rare Diseases to Common Health Problems
Aug. 23, 2013 | Maximilian Muenke, M.D. - The Changing Medical View of Memory Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease
May 3, 2013 | Rachelle S. Doody, M.D., Ph.D. - Muscle Protein Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease
Jan. 25, 2013 | William Mitch, M.D. - Developing Treatment for Hereditary Neuromuscular Diseases
Nov. 9, 2012 | Kenneth Fischbeck, M.D. - The Cardiac Conduction System: From Development to Disease
Oct. 19, 2012 | Glenn I. Fishman, M.D. - Rare Disease Discovery in the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program
Sept. 7, 2012 | William A. Gahl, M.D., Ph.D. - Progress in Cystic Fibrosis Translational Research
Aug. 31, 2012 | Eric Sorscher, M.D.