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August 2024

Date Time Seminar
22
Thursday,
Aug.
 4:00 p.m.
Introduction of PPS Department Seminars & Departmental Procedures for Graduate Students and Posdoctoral Fellows
Host: Bradley McConnell and Desi Miller
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
27
Tuesday,
Aug.
 11:00 a.m.
PHOP Seminar
Title: “Mathematical Modeling to Inform Cancer Prevention Policies and Practice”
Speaker: Ashish A. Deshmukh, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Clinical Analytics and Decision Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
29
Thursday,
Aug.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Study of the Heart Development at the Single-Cell Level"
Speaker: Guang Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Center for Integrative Organ Systems (cenIOS), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Host: Mingfu Wu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom

September 2024

Date Time Seminar
3
Tuesday,
Sept.
 11:00 a.m.
PHOP Seminar
Title: “Building Better Models for Better Analysis: A Case on Substance Use in the U.S.”
Speaker: Mohammad Jalali, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School/MGH
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
5
Thursday,
Sept.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Computational Approaches for Cancer Drug Target Identification and Accurate Drug Response Prediction"
Speaker: Zhongming Zhao, Ph.D., M.S., Chair and Professor, Precision Health & Director, Center for Precision Health McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston
Host: Mingfu Wu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
12
Thursday,
Sept.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Empowering Personalized Healthcare with Nano and Micro Technologies"
Speaker: Tony Ye Hu, Ph.D., Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation, Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine
Host: Xinli Liu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
19
Thursday,
Sept.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "SUMO: Wrestling with Gene Transcription"
Speaker: Champak Chatterjee, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Host: Alexander Statsyuk
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
26
Thursday,
Sept.
 12:00 p.m.
PPTR Seminar
Title: “Investigating Microbiome Characteristics in Sickle Cell Disease Patients”
Speaker: Onye Ononogbu, Pharm.D., MPH, BCOP, Research Assistant Professor, UHCOP, and Hematology/Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, UT Physicians Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
RSVP by 2:30 p.m., Sept. 24
26
Thursday,
Sept.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Chemical Probes Targeting Critical Protein-Protein Interactions in AML Suppresses Malignant Gene Expression and Tumor Growth"
Speaker: Yongcheng Song, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Greg Cuny
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom

October 2024

Date Time Seminar
3
Thursday,
Oct.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: “Targeting non-coding RNAs in Myocardial Infarction”
Speaker: Hua Zhu, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Host: Mingfu Wu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
10
Thursday,
Oct.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "From Genes to Proteins: A New Lens for Understanding Neurological Disease"
Speaker: Vincenzo Alessandro Gennarino, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Medical Center
Host: Ravi Singh
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
17
Thursday,
Oct.
 12:00 p.m.
John and Aimee Mohr Clinical PPTR Seminar
Title: "Transforming Geriatric Care: Suvida Healthcare's Innovative Approach to Serving Hispanic Seniors"
Speaker: Bianca Romero, Pharm.D., BCGP, BCPS, Senior Manager, Clinical Pharmacy, Suvida Healthcare, Houston, TX
Location: Health 2, Room 3001/3007 and via Zoom
RSVP by 12:00 p.m. Oct. 14
17
Thursday,
Oct.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "The IRE1α/XBP1 Signaling in Regenerative Myogenesis and Cachexia"
Speaker: Aniket Joshi, Ph.D. Candidate, UHCOP
Mentor: Ashok Kumar
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
24
Thursday,
Oct.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Numb Family Proteins in Epicardium Regulate Epicardial Cells Differentiation and Ventricular Patterning During Development"
Speaker: Anika Nusrat, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UHCOP
Mentor: Mingfu Wu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
31
Thursday,
Oct.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Unlocking Riluzole's Potential in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Care: Insights from the RISCIS Clinical Trial"
Speaker: Junghwa Park, Pharm.D., RPh., Ph.D. Candidate, UHCOP
Host: Diana Chow and James Guest
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom

November 2024

Date Time Seminar
7
Thursday,
Nov.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Sex Difference in the Immunomodulatory and Reno Protective" Role of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor in Acute Kidney Injury
Speaker: Tahmid Faisal, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UHCOP
Mentor: Tahir Hussain
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
14
Thursday,
Nov.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Nephroprotective Strategies to Attenuate Antibiotic-Induced Kidney Injury"
Speaker: Cole Hudson, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, UHCOP
Mentor: Vincent Tam
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom
21
Thursday,
Nov.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Nature-Inspired Biomimetic Nanoparticles to Harness the Power of Natural Killer Cells to Attack Cancer"
Speaker: Muhammad Hamza Malik, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UHCOP
Mentor: Xinli Liu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom

December 2024

Date Time Seminar
5
Thursday,
Dec.
 4:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Combination of Calcipotriol with Paclitaxel for the Treatment of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma"
Speaker: Fatima Dagher, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UHCOP
Mentor: Diana Chow and Chun Li
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via Zoom