2025-2026 Malcolm Feist Cardiovascular
Seminar Series

12:00 – 1:00 pm   Zadeck Conference Center, G-221

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Date Presenter Topic

September 8, 2025

Jessica A. Filosa, PhD
Professor of Physiology 
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University
Host: M. Iqbal Bhuiyan PhD

Chronic blood Pressure 
variability-induced 
changes to the cerebral 
microcirculation

October 6, 2025

Milka Koupenova PhD, FAHA
Assistant Professor of Medicine, 
UMass Chan Medical School
Host: Nirav Dhanesha, PhD

Platelet Function Through 
the Lens of Respiratory 
Viruses

November 3, 2025

George A Porter, Jr. MD PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, 
Pharmacology and Physiology, and Medicine 
University of Rochester Medical Center
Host: Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, PhD

Mitochondria empower 
heart maturation

December 1, 2025

Carlos Fernandez-Hernando, PhD
Anthony N. Brady Professor of 
Comparative Medicine and Pathology
Director of Vascular Biology & Therapeutics Program
Yale School of Medicine
Host: Arif Yurdagul, PhD

Macrophage phospholipid 
metabolism in 
cardiometabolic diseases; 
impact in atherosclerosis

January 5, 2026

Richard Gumina, MD, PhD
Professor and Director of the Division of Cardiovascular, Associate Dean of Convergent Research
 Medicine OSU Wexner Medical Center
Host: Tousif Sultan PhD

Impact of ectonucleotidases 
on cardiovascular 
physiology and 
pathophysiology

February 2, 2026

Part of all-day
CCDS Symposium

Nicholas E.S. Sibinga, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology) 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Host: Gopi Kolluru PhD

Cellular metabolism in 
vascular remodeling

March 2, 2026

Steve Lim, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Division of Molecular Cellular Pathology
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Host: Amr Salem PhD

Multifaceted roles of FAK 
signaling in atherosclerotic 
cardiovascular disease.

April 13, 2026

Kyunghee Choi
Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine 
Host: Changwon Park PhD

Linking tumor angiogenesis 
and tumor immunity

May 4, 2026

Gregory Payne, MD, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor of Medicine UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease, 
Co-Director, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Host: A Wayne Orr, PhD

“A Two-Way Street: 
Integrating Basic Discovery 
and Clinical Insight through 
Spatial Multiomics in 
Vascular Disease”

June 1, 2026

Bernhard Kühn, MD
Wallace-Starr Foundation Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Director of the Pediatric Heart Regeneration Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College
Host: Richa Aishwarya

Mechanisms of Myocardial 
Growth and Regeneration