Clinical Translational Research Forum Seminars

Overview

The Clinical Translational Research Forum, “CTRF”, supports CONHI faculty researchers in hosting an innovative scholar every Wednesday during the Spring and Fall semesters to present to nursing and kinesiology, undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and researchers/healthcare professionals from across campus and colleagues throughout DFW. A new schedule of seminars is distributed each semester throughout campus and research facilities in the DFW area.

Clinical Translational Research Forum – Schedule of Seminars

 

FALL SEMESTER 2024

The following seminars are held on Wednesday from 12 to 12:50 PM in SEIR #198. Anyone who is interested in the material being presented is invited to attend, including faculty, students, and staff.

Date

Seminar

SEPTEMBER 11

PETER HOTEZ, MD, PhD, Professor, Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

“Global Immunizations and Antipoverty Vaccines”

SEPTEMBER 18

ASHLEY WALKER, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon

"Estrogen, APOE, and cerebrovascular function"

SEPTEMBER 25

DENIS WAKEHAM, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center

“Exercise Blood Pressure in Health and Disease: Methodological Considerations”

OCTOBER 02

CHIH-HSIANG “JASON” YANG, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Science and TecHealth Center, University of South Carolina

“Linking Movement Behaviors to Cognitive Function in Older Adults Using Real-Time Mobile Technology”

OCTOBER 09

NICHOLAS “NIC” GREENE, PhD, Professor, Exercise Science, University of Arkansas Presented as Part of the TACSM Fall Lecture Tour

“Biological sex divergence in the onset, phenotype and mechanisms of cancer-induced cachexia”

OCTOBER 16

BEN HUNT: Youth Basketball Director at Dallas Mavericks Presented as Part of the Anderson Lecture Series

“Sleep: The Overlooked Pillar of Health and Human Performance”

OCTOBER 23

JASON CARTER, PhD, Professor and Dean, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, Baylor University. Presented as Part of the Barry McKeown Lecture Series

“Sleep: The Overlooked Pillar of Health and Human Performance”

OCTOBER 30

MUTHU WIJESUNDARA, PhD, Professor and Principal Research Scientist Head of Biomedical Technology Division, UTARI

"Smart Pressure Modulating Seat Cushion for Reducing Pressure Injury Risk”

NOVEMBER 06

JENNIFER WOO, PhD, Assistant Professor, Graduate Nursing, CONHI

“Molecular and Psychosocial pathways to preterm birth”

NOVEMBER 13

ANN AMUTA-JIMINEZ, PhD, Associate Professor, CONHI

“A Public Health Priority: Disparities in Cervical Cancer Research for Black Immigrant Women in the United States”

NOVEMBER 20

AMIL SHAH, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Director of Population Sciences, Director of the Dallas Hearts and Minds Study, Chair of the Dallas Heart Ball in Cardiac Research and the Hoffman Endowment in Public Health.

“A Public Health Priority: Disparities in Cervical Cancer Research for Black Immigrant Women in the United States”

NOVEMBER 27

NO SEMINAR – Thanksgiving

 

Previous CTRF Series