Symposium
Cardiovascular Research Theme Symposium Schedule
All talks will be held in the UCLA Covel Commons Grand Horizon Ballroom.
2024 UCLA Cardiovascular Theme Retreat Program (PDF)
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- 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 18, 2024
- 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