Symposium

Cardiovascular Research Theme Symposium Schedule

All talks will be held in the UCLA Covel Commons Grand Horizon Ballroom.

2023 UCLA Cardiovascular Theme Retreat Program (PDF)

Thursday, October 12, 2023

1:00-1:30 p.m. Check-in, Registration
1:00-1:30 p.m. Opening Remarks

Session I: Early Career Investigators (ECI)

1:40-1:55 p.m. ECI Paper 1
1:55-2:10 p.m. ECI Paper 2
2:10-2:25 p.m. ECI Paper 3
2:25-2:45 p.m. Coffee Break

Session II: Heart Failure, Fibrosis, and Therapeutics

2:45-3:15 p.m. Eric Small, PhD; University of Rochester
3:15-3:45 p.m. Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis, MD; Albert Einstein College of Medicine
3:45-4:15 p.m. Arjun Deb, MD; UCLA
4:15-6:00 p.m. Poster Session with Wine and Cheese

Friday, October 13, 2023

7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast, Check-in
8:30-8:40 a.m. Introduction

Session III: Cardiovascular Immunology and Inflammation

8:40-9:10 a.m. Pilar Alcaide, PhD; Tufts University
9:10-9:40 a.m. Jordan Pober, MD, PhD; Yale University
9:40-10:10 a.m. Ajit Divakaruni, PhD; UCLA
10:10-10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

Session IV: Vascular Biology

10:30-11:00 a.m. Zorina Galis, PhD; NIH
11:00-11:30 a.m. Amber Stratman, PhD; Washington University
11:30-12:00 p.m. Ming-Sing Si, MD; UCLA
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch

Session V: Cardiovascular Metabolism

1:30-2:00 p.m. Zoltan Arany, MD, PhD; University of Pennsylvania
2:00-2:30 p.m. Stavros G. Drakos, MD, PhD; University of Utah
2:30-3:00 p.m. Andrea Hevener, PhD; UCL
3:00-3:20 p.m. Coffee Break

Session VI: Translational Genomics

3:20-3:50 p.m. Muredach P. Reilly, MD; Columbia University
3:50-4:20 PM p.m. Mete Civelek, PhD; University of Virginia
4:20-4:50 p.m. Paivi Pajukanta, MD, PhD; UCLA
4:50-5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Poster Prize Announcements