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.

Download the Spring 2023 flyer

Questions? Please contact Francesca Mae G. Tongco.

Upcoming Seminars

Mar March 21 Tue 2023

Microenvironmental Regulation of Vascular Formation and Regeneration
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

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

Mar March 28 Tue 2023

Top-down Proteomics for Cardiac Precision Medicine
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

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

Apr April 04 Tue 2023

When a Giant Multitasks: Unraveling Obscurin in the Heart
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

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

Apr April 11 Tue 2023

Bioengineered Human Brain Microvasculature and Transcriptional Regulation of Arterial Venous Endothelial Cell Phenotype in Health and Diseases
Guohao Dai, PhD, MS
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University College of Engineering

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

Apr April 18 Tue 2023

Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Young Athletes: The Case of ARVC
Mario Delmar, MD, PhD
Patricia and Robert Martinsen Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

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.

May May 02 Tue 2023

Pilar Alcaide, PhD
Kenneth and JoAnn G. Wellner Professor, Associate Professor of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

May May 09 Tue 2023

Asrar B. Malik, PhD
Schweppe Family Distinguished Professor and Department Head, Pharmacology, The University of Illinois at Chicago

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

May May 16 Tue 2023

Naomi Chesler , PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, UCI Samueli School of Engineering

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

May May 23 Tue 2023

Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiology
Washington University School of Medicine

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom 

May May 30 Tue 2023

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

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom 

Jun June 06 Tue 2023

Katherine Wu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The John Hopkins Medical Institutions

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom 

Jun June 13 Tue 2023

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

12 - 1 pm @ BMI 1021/Tung Conference Room or via Zoom 

Past Seminars

Mar March 14 Tue 2023

Lysosomal Dysfunction Reprograms Endothelial Sterol Metabolism in Pulmonary Hypertension and Beyond
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 07 Tue 2023

Mechanisms of Heart Valve Maturation and Myxomatous Degeneration
Katherine Yutzey, PhD
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics, The Heart Institute Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Feb February 28 Tue 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 21 Tue 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 14 Tue 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 07 Tue 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 31 Tue 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 24 Tue 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 17 Tue 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 10 Tue 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