Clinical Translational Research Forum - Schedule of Seminars
Spring 2019
New Venue starting Spring 2019: Join us in our new Science & Engineering Innovation & Research building! Seminars will be held Wednesday from 12 to 1 PM in SEIR 194 except for the March 27 and April 24 lectures as noted below. Anyone who is interested in the material being presented is invited to attend, including faculty, students, and staff. Seminars are recorded (as permitted by presenters) and YouTube links are listed with the seminars below as they become available.
| Date | Seminar |
| January 23 | Trajectories of Motor Skill Competence among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Kerri Staples, PhD Research Fellow, Center on Physical Activity and Health in Pediatric Disabilities, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan Hosted By Priscila Caçola Video on YouTube |
| January 30 | Discovering What Works in Moving Research to Practice: The Science of Implementation Kathleen Stevens, RN, EdD, ANEF, FAAN Castella Endowed Distinguished Professor and Director, Improvement Science Research Network, School of Nursing, Office for Faculty Excellence, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio Hosted by Kathy Daniel |
| February 06 | Sensor-Based Technology for Monitoring [Your] Health Roschelle "Shelly" Fritz, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Washington State University Hosted by Kathy Daniel Video on YouTube |
| February 13 | Return of Fundamental Performance and Safety Science for Thermoregulation and Fluid Balance Related to Physical Activity Brendon McDermott, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Health, Human Performance, & Recreation, University of Arkansas Hosted by Cindy Trowbridge Video on YouTube |
| February 20 | Mechanisms and Modifiers of Vascular Dysfunction in Human Depression Jody Greaney, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Arlington |
| February 27 | Task-Dependent Regulation of Human Limb Mechanics and the Implication for Designing Rehabilitation Interventions Eric Perreault, PhD Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University Hosted by Michael Cho |
| March 06 | Complex Systems Science Approaches in Population Health: Case Studies in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Michael Lemke, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Houston - Downtown Hosted by Kyrah Brown |
| March 13 | No Seminar - Enjoy your Spring Break! |
| March 20 | Understanding Cardiovascular Risk in Asthma and COPD Michael Stickland, PhD Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine University of Alberta Hosted by Mike Nelson Video On YouTube |
| March 27 | The following talk will be held in the Lone Star Auditorium of the Maverick Activity Center, and is part of the Texas ACSM Lecture series: Vascular Health & Implications for the Brain Jill N. Barnes, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Hosted by Matt Brothers |
| April 03 | Identification of a Novel Redox-Regulated T-lymphocyte Inflammatory Protein in Psychological Stress-Induced Hypertension Adam Case, PhD Assistant Professor, Director of Physiological Environment Research Facility, University of Nebraska Medical Center Hosted by Paul Fadel |
| April 10 | No Seminar - Find us at EB 2019! |
| April 17 | Exercise in Patients with Heart Failure: What Can We Do To Improve Adherence? Bunny Pozehl, PhD, RN, APRN-NP, FHFSA, FAHA, FAAN Professor and Dorothy Hodges Olson Endowed Chair in Nursing, Courtesy Professor Internal Medicine Cardiology, Adult/Acute Nurse Practitioner in Advanced Heart Failure, University of Nebraska Medical Center Hosted by Mark Haykowsky Video on YouTube |
| April 24 | The College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the School of Social Work invites CTRF attendees to join us for our symposium, Health Across the Lifespan, at the UTA Rio Grande Ballroom in the E.H. Hereford University Center, from 10 AM to 3 PM. |
| May 01 (final seminar for Spring 2019) |
The Neuroimmune Axis in Anxiety Disorders and Implications for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Paul J. Marvar, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Hosted by Dan Trott Video on YouTube |
Fall 2018
The following seminars will be held on Wednesday from 12 to 1 PM in Pickard Hall Room 549, except for the October 31, November 7 and November 28 lectures as noted below. Anyone who is interested in the material being presented is invited to attend, including faculty, students, and staff. Seminars are recorded (as permitted by presenters) and YouTube links are listed with the seminars below as they become available.
| Date | Seminar |
| September 12 | Learning Motor Sequences: Insights from Populations with Dopamine Dysregulation Shikha Prashad, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for BrainHealth, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas Hosted By Priscila Caçola |
| September 19 | Clinical Decision-Making Across the ACL Continuum Through the Use of Serial Testing Craig Garrison, PhD, PT, ATC, SCS Sports Physical Therapist, Athletic Trainer, and Researcher, Texas Health Resources Sports Medicine Hosted by Meredith Decker Video on YouTube |
| September 26 | Leveraging Interdisciplinary Collaborations to Address Challenges in Health and Aging Noelle Fields, PhD, LCSW Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington Ling Xu, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington Zhen Cong, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington Video on YouTube |
| October 03 | Facial Skin: Glabrous, Non-glabrous, or Something Totally Different Thad E. Wilson, PhD Professor of Physiology & Physiology Discipline Lead, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine Hosted by Paul Fadel |
| October 10 | Elevations in the bone-derived hormone, FGF23, during chronic kidney disease—What are the implications for cardiovascular, skeletal muscle, and neuronal function? Michael Wacker, PhD Associate Teaching Professor, Associate Dean - Academic Affairs, Vice-chair - Biomedical Science, Department(s) of Biomedical Sciences, Section: Physiology, UMKC School of Medicine Hosted by Marco Brotto Video on YouTube |
| October 17 | The Association between Hearing Loss and Cognition Jacob Hunter, MD Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Hosted by Sandra Laird |
| October 24 | Chromatin Modifications and Long Non-Coding RNAs in Gene Regulation, Human Health and Disease Subhrangsu Mandal, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington Hosted by Matt Brothers |
| October 31 | The following talk will be held in the Lone Star Auditorium of the Maverick Activity Center, and is part of the Texas ACSM Lecture series: Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity and Health: Independent, Co-dependent or Irrelevant? Harold W. (Bill) Kohl, III, PhD Professor of Epidemiology and Kinesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston, Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin Hosted by Matt Brothers |
| November 07 | The following talk will be held in Pickard Hall Room 554: Mechanical Influences on Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow Philip S. Clifford, PhD Associate Dean for Research, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago Hosted by Rhonda Prisby |
| November 14 | Development and Deployment of an Infection Control Data Exchange to Understand the Transmission of MRSA across Hospitals via Molecular Genotyping and Social Networking Analysis Yosef Khan, MD, PhD, MPH American Heart Association’s National Director of Healthcare Quality Research and Bioinformatics, Dallas Hosted by Erin Carlson |
| November 21 | No Seminar - Happy Thanksgiving! |
| November 28 | Multi Organ Crosstalk in ALS Jingsong Zhou, PhD Professor, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Arlington Hosted by Marco Brotto |
| December 05 (final seminar for Fall 2018) |
Behavioral Mechanisms of Childhood Obesity Prevention and Health Promotion Xiangli Gu, PhD Assistant Professor in Motor Behavior, Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington Hosted by Priscila Caçola |