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UCLA Cardiovascular Symposium 2017

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UCLA Cardiovascular Symposium 2017

Date: September 25th - 26th
Location: De Neve Plaza and Auditorium, UCLA

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This conference has received support from the NIH NCATS UCLA CTSI Grant Number UL1TR0001881


2017 Poster Winners

Post-Graduates (Post-docs and Basic Science Fellows)

Bethan Clifford, PhD for 'Regulation of Circulating Cholesterol by Goliath Family E3 Ligases'
Chen Gao, PhD for 'Function Beyond RNA Splicing for RBFox Family Members in Heart'
Karthickeyan Chella Krishnan, PhD for 'Role of Sex- and Tissue- Specific Differences in Mouse Lipocalin-2 Expression in Regulating Insulin Resistance and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Progression'
Antonios Pantazis, PhD for 'Resolving the Molecular Processes Governing the Activity of a K+ Channel (BK) that Regulates Vascular Tone'
Pradeep Rajendran, PhD for 'Topographic organization of stellate ganglia'

Clinical Division (Residents and Clinical Fellows)

Geoffrey Cho, MD for 'Activation of Autophagic Flux Blunts Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury'
Jeffrey Hsu, MD for 'Evaluating the Effects of Intracardiac Hemodynamic Modulation on Cardiac Valve Development'

Graduate Students (and Undergraduates)

Douglas Chapski for 'Top Down Proteomics Identifies Differentially Abundant Proteoforms in Isolated Cardiomyocytes from Healthy and Hypertrophic Hearts'
Christine Cunningham for 'Y Chromosome Protection in PH is Not Mediated by Histone Demethylase Kdm5d'
Shayan Moazeni for 'PTP1B is a Critical Mediator for Vascular Smooth Cell Proliferation in the Development of Pulmonary Hypertension in vivo and in vitro'
Dawoud Sulaiman for 'The protective role of Paraoxonase 2 in cardiomyocytes against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury'


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Full Symposium Schedule

Monday, September 25th, 2017
2:30 pm Opening Remarks
2:40 pm Lecture by Steven Houser, PhD, FAHA
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
3:30 pm Lecture by John Rogers, PhD
Northwestern University
4:20 pm Lecture by Robert Gerszten, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School
5:10 pm Break
5:30 pm Poster Session with Reception
8:30 pm Evening adjourns
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
8:30 am Breakfast and Coffee
9:00 am Welcome Remarks
9:05 am Lecture by Marmar Vaseghi, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
9:55 am Lecture by Xander Wehrens, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Lecture by Tzung Hsiai, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
11:50 am Lecture by Jeffery Molkentin, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Center
12:40 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Lecture by Christine Albert, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University Medical School
2:50 pm Lecture by Kristina Bostrom, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
3:40 pm Lecture by Aruni Bhatnagar, PhD, FAHA
University of Louisville
4:30 pm Closing Remarks

2017 Speakers

Christine Albert, MD, MPH

Christine Albert, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University Medical School

Aruni Bhatnagar, PhD, FAHA

Aruni Bhatnagar, PhD, FAHA
University of Louisville

Kristina Bostrom, MD, PhD

Kristina Bostrom, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Gerszten, MD

Robert Gerszten, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School

Steven Houser, PhD, FAHA

Steven Houser, PhD, FAHA
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

Tzung Hsiai, MD, PhD

Tzung Hsiai, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Jeffery Molkentin, PhD

Jeffery Molkentin, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Center

John Rogers, PhD

John Rogers, PhD
Northwestern University

Marmar Vaseghi, MD, PhD

Marmar Vaseghi, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Xander Wehrens, MD, PhD

Xander Wehrens, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine


About the 2018 Cardiovascular Symposium

The 2018 Cardiovascular Theme Symposium will be held October 23rd - 24th, 2018 in the California NanoSystems Institute on UCLA's campus. This annual series is sponsored by the UCLA Cardiovascular Theme and features noted keynote speakers, breakout presentations, abstract poster review and awards.

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About the Inaugural Cardiovascular Symposium

The Inaugural Cardiovascular Theme Symposium was held on September 2, 2016 in the new Luskin Conference Center on the UCLA campus. This Symposium was the first scientific conference sponsored by the UCLA Cardiovascular Theme.

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