Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science
Frontiers seminars take place on Tuesdays from 12–1pm
(unless otherwise noted).
In-person and Zoom options available for all seminars,
details for each seminar listed below.
Questions? Please contact Francesca Mae G. Tongco.
Upcoming Seminars
Sep September 26 Tue 2023
Cardiac Arrhythmia Discovery: Innovation Paradigms, Scientific Publishing, and Research Infrastructure
Paul J. Wang, MD
John R. and Ai Giak L. Singleton Director, Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, By Courtesy, of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Medicine
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Oct October 03 Tue 2023
Dale Abel, MD, PhD
William S. Adams Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Chair and Executive Medical Director
Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Oct October 10 Tue 2023
Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Cardiology
Lee and Harold Kapelovitz Distinguished Chair in Cardiology
Smidt Heart Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Oct October 17 Tue 2023
Jose Renato Pinto, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Medicine
Florida State University
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Oct October 24 Tue 2023
Ngan F. Huang, PhD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Oct October 31 Tue 2023
Tzung Hsiai, MD, PhD
Professor Bioengineering
Professor, Graduate Programs in Bioscience
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Nov November 07 Tue 2023
Ntobeko Ntusi, MBChB
Head of Medicine and Clinical Lead for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Groote Schuur Hospital
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Nov November 21 Tue 2023
Chiara Giannarelli, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pathology
NYU Cardiovascular Research Center
NYU Langone Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Dec December 05 Tue 2023
Ivor Benjamin, MD
Professor & Director,
Cardiovascular Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom
Past Seminars
Sep September 19 Tue 2023
Gene Editing Human Cardiomyocytes to Enhance Regeneration
Charles E. Murry, MD, PhD
Conner Chair and Professor of Pathology, Bioengineering and Medicine/Cardiology
Director, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington
Sep September 12 Tue 2023
Advancing Actionable Cardiovascular Science and Clinical Care for Our Patients Living With and Beyond Cancer
Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE
Founders Associate Professor of Cardio-Oncology, Department: Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Jun June 20 Tue 2023
Protein Targets to Mitigate Pathological Remodeling in Hearts by Proteomics Investigations | Video (SUNet ID required)
Alicia Lundby, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences Molecular Cardiology and Membrane Proteins
University of Copenhagen
Jun June 13 Tue 2023
Heart Failure Biomarkers and Biology: Cardiac Metabolism and Beyond | Video (SUNet ID required)
Svati Shah, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Genomics and Director of Precision Genomics Collaboratory, Director of Duke Adult Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic, Co-Director of Translational Research Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, and Vice-Chief of Translational Research, Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine
Jun June 06 Tue 2023
Individualizing Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death: Novel Risk Factors and Approaches | Video (SUNet ID required)
Katherine Wu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The John Hopkins Medical Institutions
May May 30 Tue 2023
Notch Regulates Arterial Tone and Arteriovenous Malformation | Video
Rong Wang, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery; Mildred V. Strouss Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery; Director, Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, UCSF
May May 23 Tue 2023
A Broken Macrophage Circadian Clock is a Driver of Inflammation and Remodeling in Heart Failure | Video (SUNet ID required)
Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiology
Washington University School of Medicine
May May 16 Tue 2023
Cardiopulmonary Health and Disease: an Inclusive Biomechanics Perspective | Video (SUNet ID required)
Naomi Chesler, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, UCI Samueli School of Engineering
May May 09 Tue 2023
Endothelial Cell Regulation of Innate Immunity and Infection Control | Video (SUNet ID required)
Asrar B. Malik, PhD
Schweppe Family Distinguished Professor and Department Head, Pharmacology, The University of Illinois at Chicago
May May 02 Tue 2023
A More Perfect Union-Understanding Heart Development via Wet and Dry Lab Research | Video
Sean M. Wu, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, By Courtesy, of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine
Apr April 24 - 25 Mon-Mon 2023
Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium
For researchers, pharmaceutical companies, investment groups, and those in the wider biomedical community interested in discovering new drugs and improving patient care. This will be a hybrid event.
Apr April 18 Tue 2023
Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Young Athletes: The Case of ARVC | Video
Mario Delmar, MD, PhD
Patricia and Robert Martinsen Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
Apr April 11 Tue 2023
Bioengineered Human Brain Microvasculature and Transcriptional Regulation of Arterial Venous Endothelial Cell Phenotype in Health and Diseases | Video (SUNet ID required)
Guohao Dai, PhD, MS
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University College of Engineering
Apr April 04 Tue 2023
When a Giant Multitasks: Unraveling Obscurin in the Heart | Video
Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Director of Interdisciplinary Training Program in Muscle Biology, Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Mar March 28 Tue 2023
Top-down Proteomics for Cardiac Precision Medicine | Video (SUNet ID required)
Ying Ge, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell & Regenerative Biology; Professor, Department of Chemistry; Director of Mass Spectrometry, Human Proteomics Program, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mar March 21 Tue 2023
Microenvironmental Regulation of Vascular Formation and Regeneration | Video (SUNet ID required)
Sharon Gerecht, PhD
Paul M. Gross Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; & Associate Dean for Research and Infrastructure, Duke Pratt School of Engineering
Mar March 14 Tue 2023
Lysosomal Dysfunction Reprograms Endothelial Sterol Metabolism in Pulmonary Hypertension and Beyond | Video (SUNet ID required)
Stephen Y. Chan, MD, PhD
Director, Vascular Medicine Institute; Director, Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC
Mar March 06 Mon 2023
Mechanisms of Heart Valve Maturation and Myxomatous Degeneration | Video
Katherine Yutzey, PhD
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics, The Heart Institute Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Feb February 27 Mon 2023
Mending Broken Hearts (and Blood Vessels) Using Pluripotent Stem Cells | Video (SUNet ID required)
Sanjay Sinha, MD, PhD
British Heart Foundation (BHF) Senior Research Fellow and Professor in Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, University of Cambridge
Feb February 20 Mon 2023
Genetic Mechanisms of Smooth Muscle Cell Transitions and their Role in Coronary Artery Disease Risk | Video (SUNet ID required)
Thomas Quertermous, MD
William G. Irwin Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Feb February 13 Mon 2023
The Right Ventricle as a Therapeutic Target in Pulmonary Hypertension | Video (SUNet ID required)
Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Director, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Center of Excellence and HHT Research; Faculty, Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine
Feb February 06 Mon 2023
Cardiovascular Regeneration with iPSCs and Direct Reprogramming
Young-Sup Yoon, MD, PhD
Director of Stem Cell Biology, Bruce R. Logue Chair, Division of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Emory University School of Medicine
Jan January 30 Mon 2023
Precision Cardiovascular Medicine through Big Data, Informatics and Biotechnology | Video
Louise Sun, MD
Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology & Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Jan January 23 Mon 2023
Altering Cell Fate for Heart Repair | Video
Li Qian, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Associate Director of McAllister Heart Institute, CFAC Chair of Animal Cores, Faculty Director of UNC Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Core, UNC School of Medicine
Jan January 16 Mon 2023
Cell Engineering: Single Cell Analysis and Mechano-Reprogramming | Video
Song Li, PhD
Chancellor's Professor, Chair of Bioengineering, HSSEAS
Department of Medicine, DGSOM, UCLA
Jan January 09 Mon 2023
Unbiased Phenotype-Based Approach to Biology: Fast Track to Translation | Video (SUNet ID required)
Charles C. Hong , MD, PhD
Dr. Melvin Sharoky Professor of Medicine
Director of Cardiology Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine