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Hypertension & Kidney Center

Seminars

Upcoming Seminars

Date	Speaker, Affiliation and Topic	Location
09/25/2025	Dr. Adriana C. Girardi Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil Title: *Renal mechanisms underlying the benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors in heart failure*	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM
10/16/2025	Dr. Young Min Bae, DVM, PhD Professor, Department of Physiology Konkuk University School of Medicine Title: *Ion Channel Mechanisms in Vascular Physiology and Hypertension: Emerging Insights into NALCN*	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM
11/20/2025	Dr. Rong Tian, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Bioengineering University of Washington	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM
12/18/2025	Dr. Jennifer Pluznick Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM
01/15/2026	Dr. Mu, Shengyu Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM
02/19/2026	Christian Faul, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology The University of Alabama at Birmingham	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM
03/19/2026	Jim McCormick, Ph.D. Renal Research Director, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM
04/16/2026	TBD
05/21/2026	Christine A. Klemens, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Title: The Effects of Taurine Supplementation on a Rat Model of Polycystic Kidney Disease	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM
06/18/2026	Yumei Feng Earley, M.D., Ph.D. Principal Investigator Professor, Department of Medicine, Nephrology and Pharmacology and Physiology University of Rochester Medical Center	MDD 603 (in person) Teams 4PM - 5PM

Previous Seminars

Date	Name and affiliation
03/20/2025	Sandrine Pierre, PhD, Interim Director Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research Title: "The Cardiac Na/K-ATPase Receptor Function in Health & Disease"
04/17/2025	Jasenka Zubcevic, PhD, Associate Professor USF Health Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair USF Center for Microbiome Research Title: “What happens in vagus: microbiota-gut-brain axis in regulation of blood pressure”
05/22/2025	Alla Mitrofanova, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension University of Miami Title: “Role of Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A (TFAM) in Diabetic Kidney Disease”
06/26/2025	Bong Sook Jhun, PhD, Associate Professor USF Health MCOM, Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology Title: “Role of Mitochondrial c-Src on Right Ventricular Fibrosis in Pulmonary Hypertension”
07/31/2025	RENUM-FL
08/21/2025	Jin O-Uchi, PhD Title: COVID-19, pre-existing hypertension, and cardiac complications