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Physiologists in Training Distinguished Lecture

The Physiologists in Training Distinguished Lecture is a trainee-organized distinguished lecture. It provides an opportunity for trainees and faculty to hear from distinguished scientists who have made major scientific contributions in their field. Each speaker is selected by the trainees of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.

2026		Pilar Alcaide, PhD "T cells as drivers of heart inflammation and failure"
2025		David Allison, PhD "Obesity & Energetics Research: A Springboard Par Excellence for Learning and Implementing Science that is Rigorous, Trustworthy, and Transparent and Yet at the Same Time Joyous, Creative, and Awe-Inspiring."
2023		Alyssa H. Hasty, PhD "Immune Memory to Weight Loss and Regain"
2019		Lisa Cassis, PhD "Sex Differences in Vascular Diseases"
2018		Gregg Semenza, MD, PhD "Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Physiology and Medicine"
2017		Suzanne Oparil, MD "My Road to Academic Cardiology"
2016		Edward Lakatta, MD "So What's Aging? Is Arterial Aging a Disease?"
2015		Michael Joyner, MD "Our Physiological Future"
2014		Charles Lang, PhD "Age-Associated Acceleration of Alcoholic Myopathy"
2013		Peter Libby, MD "Inflammation in Atherosclerosis: A Translational Tale"