Date | Presenter | Project Title | Presentation Title |
1/18/18 | Dr. Susan Mayfield-Johnson
Assistant Professor
Public Health
Universty of Southern Mississippi
| Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Reducing CVD in the Mississippi Delta | Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Reducing Cardiovascular Disease in the Mississippi Delta |
Dr. Denise Cornelius
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine & Pharmacology & Toxicology
| Mechanisms linking platelets to lung injury and renal dysfunction in sepsis | Investigations into the Potential Role of Activated Platelets in Sepsis Pathophysiology |
| 2/15/18 | Dr. Yuan-i Min
Associate Professor
Jackson Heart Study | BERD Core (Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Core) | BERD Core (Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Core) |
Dr. Alan Jones
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine | RSC Core (Research Services Core) | RSC Core (Research Services Core) |
| 3/15/18 | Dr. Romain Harmancey
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics | Molecular Basis of Postischemic Maladaptation in the Insulin Resistant Heart | Molecular Basis of Postischemic Maladaptation in the Insulin Resistant Heart |
Dr. Joshua Speed
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
| Adipocyte Endothelin-1 and Insulin Resistance | Dietary Sodium, Insulin Resistance, and Endothelin-1 |
| 5/17/18 | Dr. Abigail Gamble
Assistant Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine | Exploring exercise behavior in pregnant and postpartum adolescents in Mississippi | Promoting Exercise and Healthy Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Adolescents |
Dr. Erin Taylor
Instructor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics | The role of leptin in autoimmune-associated hypertension | Immune system dysfunction and gut dysbiosis in the pathogenesis of vascular dysfunction in autoimmunity |
| 6/21/18 | Dr. Jussara do Carmo
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics | Long-term Consequences of Parental Obesity on Developmental Programming of Cardiorenal Diseases in Offspring | Long-term Consequences of Parental Obesity on Developmental Programming of Cardiorenal Diseases in Offspring |
Dr. Candace Howard-Claudio
Assistant Professor
Radiology
| Body Composition as a Biomarker of Obesity Related Diseases in African-Americans | Updates on Body Composition as a Biomarker of Obesity Related Diseases in African American: Jackson Heart Study |
| 7/19/18 | Dr. Matthew Kutcher
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery-Trauma & Critical Care
| Obesity-Associated Hypercoagulability in Trauma Patients | Mechanisms of Trauma-Induced Platelet Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Orthopedic Trauma |
Dr. Alexandre da Silva
Scientist IV
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
| CNS mechanisms of cardiac protection in heart failure | CNS mechanisms of cardiac protection by leptin-melanocortin system in heart failure |
| 8/16/18 | Dr. Jennifer Sasser
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
| Elucidating Mechanisms Responsible for the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia using the Dahl Salt Sensitive Rat as a Novel of Preeclampsia | Long term consequences of preeclamptic pregnancy |
Dr. Donald Clark
Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology | Remote Hypertension Management Using Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and a Standardized Treatment Protocol | Remote hypertension management using home blood pressure telemonitoring and a standardized treatment protocol |
| 9/20/18 | Dr. Zhen Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics | Role of TRPC6 channels in mediating cardiac injury in hypertension combined with diabetes | Role of TRPC channels in mediating synergistic interactions of hypertension and diabetes in promoting kidney injury |
Dr. Chad Washington
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery | Slidenafil for the treatment of cerebral vasospasm associated with SAH | Sildenafil for the Treatment and Prevention of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
| 10/18/18 | Dr. Michael Hall
Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology | Novel MRI Strategies to Assess Obesity-Induced Kidney Dysfunction and Improved Function after Bariatric Surgery | Novel MRI Strategies to Assess Obesity-Induced Kidney Dysfunction and Improved Function after Bariatric Surgery |
Dr. Fan Fan
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | Diabetes, cerebral vascular dysfunction and cognitive impairments | Role of Hyperglycemia and Oxidative Stress in Impaired Cerebral Autoregulation and Dementia in Diabetes |
No meeting due to Christmas Break |