Symposium

Cardiovascular Research Theme Symposium Schedule

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

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Moderator: Tamer Sallam, MD, PhD

1:10-2:10 p.m. Daniel P. Kelly, MD, University of Pennsylvania "Deciphering the Metabolic Origins of Heart Disease"
2:10-2:30 p.m. Coffee Break

Moderators: Jau-Nian Chen, PhD and Jessica Wang, MD, PhD

2:30-3:00 p.m. Timothy McKinsey, PhD, University of Colorado "Phenotypic Screening, Machine Learning and New Therapeutic Targets for Cardiac Fibrosis"
3:00-3:30 p.m. Federica Accornero, PhD, Brown University "RNA Modification as a Homeostatic Control System in the Heart"
3:30-4:00 p.m. Thomas Vondriska, PhD, UCLA "Chromatin as a Mechanosensor"
4:00-7:00 p.m. Poster Session with Wine and Cheese in Covel Commons

7:30-8:50 a.m. Breakfast / Check-in
8:50-9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks Arjun Deb, MD, CV Theme Director & Steven M. Dubinett, MD, Dean, DGSOM, UCLA

Moderators: Marlin Touma, MD, PhD and Pearl Quijada, PhD

9:00-9:25 a.m. ECI Lecture 1: Leila Medzikovic, PhD "Integrative Multiomics in the Lung Reveals a Protective Role of Asporin in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"
9:25-9:50 a.m. ECI Lecture 2: Soon-Gook Hong, PhD "Mechanosensitive Membrane Domains Regulate Calcium Entry in Arterial Endothelial Cells to Protect Against Inflammation"
9:50-10:15 a.m. ECI Lecture 3: Utibe R Essien, MD, MPH "Association of Medical Center Racial Composition and Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment"
10:15-10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

Moderators: Hillary Coller, PhD and Xinjiang Cai, MD, PhD

10:30-11:00 a.m. Christopher Chen, MD, PhD, Boston University "Engineering Culture Models of Cardiovascular Physiology Disease: Build, Learn Repeat"
11:00-11:30 a.m. Chunru Lin, PhD, University of Texas "Unlocking the Missing Link: Long Noncoding RNAs in Mitochondrial Biology and Cardiomyopathies"
11:30-12:00 p.m. Rene Packard, MD, PhD, UCLA "Igfbp-3 Mediates Cardiomyocyte Protection from Anthracycline-Induced Injury"
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch in Covel Commons

Moderators: Julia Mack, PhD and Elizabeth Tarling, PhD

1:30-2:00 p.m. Anja Karlstaedt, PhD, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center "Cardio-Oncology - Metabolic Crosstalk Between Cancer and the Heart"
2:00-2:30 p.m. Douglas Lewandowski, PhD, Ohio State University "Targeting Adverse Metabolic Remodeling in the Pathogenesis of Heart Failure"
2:30-3:00 p.m. Karen Reue, PhD, UCLA "The XtraordinarY Role of Sex Chromasome Dosage in Cardiometabolic Health and Disease"
3:00-3:20 p.m. Coffee Break

Moderators: Jeffrey Hsu, MD, PhD, and Atsushi (Austin) Nakano, MD, PhD

3:20-3:50 p.m. Irena Levitan, PhD, University of Illinois "Flow-inducted K+ Channels as Master Regualtors of Endothelial Mechanotransduction"
3:50-4:20 PM p.m. Da Zhi Wang, PhD, University of South Florida "Non-coding RNAs and RNA Binding Proteins in Heart Development, Remodeling and Regeneration"
4:20-4:50 p.m. Song Li, PhD, UCLA "Immunoengineering in Cardiovascular System"
4:50-5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Award Ceremony

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