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 2025 (April - June) flyer

Questions? Please contact Francesca Mae G. Tongco.

Upcoming Seminars

Sep September 09 Tue 2025

Julie Phillippi, PhD
Associate Professor, UPMC Pellegrini Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Vice Chair, Research, Director of Postdoctoral Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Scientific Director, Cardiac Research Laboratory
Co-Program Director, T32 Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Training Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Bioengineering
Associate Editor, Science Advances

12 - 1 pm @ Location TBD or via Zoom 

Sep September 16 Tue 2025

Brian C. Jensen, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UNC Division of Cardiology, UNC McAllister Heart Institute

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Sep September 23 Tue 2025

Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology Co-Director UCLA-Cal Tech MSTP Program

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Sep September 30 Tue 2025

Paul Cheng, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Stanford

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Oct October 07 Tue 2025

Ching (Ellen) Lien, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, and Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Director of the Heart Regeneration Research Laboratory, in the Department of Surgery at CHLA

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Oct October 14 Tue 2025

John W. Elrod, PhD, FISHER
W.W. Smith Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Aging + Cardiovascular Discovery Center
Lewis Katz School of Medicine

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Oct October 21 Tue 2025

Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research) of Surgery (Vascular Surgery)
Stanford

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Oct October 28 Tue 2025

Peter Liu, MD
Director, Cardiac Function Laboratory, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Professor, University of Ottawa
Professor, University of Toronto

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Nov November 11 Tue 2025

Filip Swirski, PhD
Professor | Medicine, Cardiology, Professor | Diagnostic, Molecular And Interventional Radiology, Professor | Immunology & Immunotherapy
Mount Sinai

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Nov November 18 Tue 2025

Han Zhu, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Stanford

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Nov November 25 Tue 2025

Daniel Addison, MD
Associate Professor (w/ tenure)
Director, CV Translational Research
Audre and Bernard Rapport Chair in CV Research
Associate Director, Survivorship & Outcomes Research at UTSWCCC
UT Southwestern

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Dec December 02 Tue 2025

Mina Chung, MD
Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology, The Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart & Vascular Institute, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, at Cleveland Clinic

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Dec December 16 Tue 2025

Thomas Michel, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician in Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

12 - 1 pm @ Biomedical Innovations - BMI 1021 or via Zoom 

Past Seminars

Jun June 10 Tue 2025

Solving the Genotype-Phenotype Conundrum of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | Video
Daniel Bernstein, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Scholarship
Stanford School of Medicine
Alfred Woodley Salter and Mabel G. Salter Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University

Jun June 03 Tue 2025

Pioneering Disease-Modifying Therapies for Ischemic Heart Disease
Video (SUNet ID required)

Patricia Nguyen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Stanford University School of Medicine

May May 27 Tue 2025

Universal Source of Human Bioenergetics | Video
Phillip C. Yang, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Stanford University School of Medicine

May May 20 Tue 2025

Multi-Organ Platforms Containing Human Cardiac, Neuronal, Liver and Other Organ Mimics for Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Therapeutics | Video (SUNet ID required)
James Hickman, PhD

Professor, University of Central Florida

May May 13 Tue 2025

Cytoskeletal Remodeling in Cardiac Cells: Orchestrating the Response to Cardiac Injury | Video
Thomas Hund, PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Ohio State University

May May 06 Tue 2025

Deciphering the Genetic Blueprint of CAD: Insights From Nearly Two Decades of GWAS
Video (SUNet ID required)

Themistocles (Tim) Assimes, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine

Apr April 28 - 29 Mon-Tue 2025

SDDS 2025: Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium

The Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium has become a cornerstone in the drug discovery community for networking and collaboration. SDDS 2025 offers a unique opportunity for all members of the drug discovery community – including researchers, pharmaceutical companies, investment groups, academia, and the broader biomedical community – to share ideas and innovations. 

Apr April 22 Tue 2025

Changes in Mitochondrial Ca2+ Levels in Heart and Muscle Are Linked to Metabolic Output | Video (SUNet ID required)
Jeff Molkentin, PhD
Director, Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology
Executive Co-Director, Heart Institute
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Apr April 15 Tue 2025

A Machine that Builds Itself: Biophysical Mechanisms Underlying Sarcomerogenesis | Video
Alexander Dunn, PhD

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University School of Medicine

Apr April 08 Tue 2025

Cardiovascular Disease and Health in the Women’s Health Initiative: Opportunities for Collaboration | Video
Marcia Stefanick, PhD
Professor (Research) of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center), of Obstetrics and Gynecology and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

Apr April 01 Tue 2025

Pulmonary Arteries Form Through A Vasculotrophic Program That Is Reactivated In Adult Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension | Video (SUNet ID Required)
Mark Nicolls, MD
Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine

Mar March 25 Tue 2025

Crafting The Stem Cell Niches: Advancing Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering through Microenvironment Engineering | Video
Janeta Zoldan, PhD
Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Mar March 18 Tue 2025

Structural Insights Into Novel Treatments for Heart Failure Targeting Leaky Ryanodine Receptors | Video
Andrew R. Marks, MD
Chair and Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University

Mar March 11 Tue 2025

Microvascular Dysfunction in Congenital Heart Disease | Video (SUNet ID required)
Sushma Reddy, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Mar March 04 Tue 2025

Impact of Ectonucleotidases on Cardiovascular Disease | Video
Richard Gumina, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University

Feb February 25 Tue 2025

Targeting eNAMP/TLR4 Signaling and Innate Immunity to Address an Unmet Need in Pulmonary Hypertension | Video
Joe "Skip" G.N. Garcia, MD
Associate Vice President for Research, UF Health
Dr. Herbert A. Wertheim Professor of Molecular Medicine
Director, Center for Inflammation Science and Systems Medicine
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology

Feb February 18 Tue 2025

Communicating What to Eat - To Netflix or Not
Christopher Gardner, PhD
Rehnborg Farquhar Professor, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine

Feb February 11 Tue 2025

Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease: Defining How the World’s Two Leading Killers Interact and How They Can Be Simultaneously Targeted | Video (SUNet ID required)
Nicholas Leeper, MD
Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery) and of Medicine (Cardiovascular), Stanford Medicine

Feb February 04 Tue 2025

Systems Approaches to Complex Signaling Environments: From Cross-Family Vascular Biology to Precision Labor Management
P.I. Imoukhuede, PhD
Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair
Professor and Chair, UW Bioengineering

CANCELLED

Jan January 28 Tue 2025

Heart Regeneration | Video (SUNet ID required)
Bernhard Kühn, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine

Jan January 21 Tue 2025

Age-Specific Mechanisms of Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Video (SUNet ID required)
Carmen (Kika) Sucharov, PhD
Professor, Medicine-Cardiology, University of Colorado, School of Medicine

Jan January 14 Tue 2025

Drug Discovery for Aging Biology | Video
Toren Finkel, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Aging Institute
University of Pittsburgh