2026-2027 Malcolm Feist Cardiovascular
Seminar Series

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

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Date Presenter Topic

September 14, 2026

Dr. Costantino Iadecola, MD

Host: Iqbal Bhuiyan

Neurovascular Pathways to Cognitive Decline: From Vascular Cognitive Impairment to neurodegeneration

October 5, 2026

Dr. John Elrod, PhD

Host: Trainee Tamjid Islam

From the Uniporter to the Metabolon: A New Paradigm for Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling

November 2, 2026

Dr. Brian Jensen, MD

Host: Hind Lal

Mechanistic Insights into Kinase Inhibitor Cardiotoxicity

December 7, 2026

Dr. Kenneth Humphries, PhD

Host: Shenuarin Bhuiyan

When Metabolism Shapes the Rhythm: An Unexpected Link Between Glycolytic Regulation and Cardiac Electrical Function

January 4, 2027

Dr. Yasuko Iwakiri, PhD

Host: Hongxue Shi

The Liver Lymphatic System: From Homeostasis to Pathology

February 2, 2027

Part of all-day
CCDS Symposium

Dr. Robert Flaumenhaft, MD, PhD

Host: Nirav Dhanesha

PDI as an antithrombotic target: Test tube trials

March 1, 2027

Dr. Filip Swirski, PhD

Host: Arif Yurdagul, PhD

Heart-Brain communication in Cardiovascular Disease

April 5, 2027

Dr. Sakima Smith, MD

Host: Tousif Sultan, PhD

Bench to Bedside in Cardio-Oncology: 
Unraveling Mechanisms and Advancing Therapeutics

May 3, 2027

Dr. Richard Wainford, PhD

Host: Khalid El Saafien, PhD

The intersection between hypertension and cognitive impairment

June 7, 2027

Dr. Gabor Csanyi, PhD

Host: Xiangqin He, PhD

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: A Cell Drinking Problem in Cardiovascular Disease