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Current Seminars

Fridays at 9 a.m. in HKRB 150

This forum brings to campus prominent external speakers and provides presentations by University of Kentucky faculty to ensure their research expertise is widely known.

Previous Cardiovascular Seminar Series Sessions

Fall 2025

Date	Event Title	Speaker	Institute	Host
09/12/2025	Multiscale Modeling of the Heart: Insights into Health and Disease	Jonathan Wenk, PhD	University of Kentucky	Greg Graf, PhD
09/19/2025	Monocyte Fate Specification in the Injured Heart and Preliminary Insights into a Model of Congenital Valve Disease	Andrew Koenig, PhD	Washington University in St. Louis	Greg Graf, PhD
09/26/2025	Cardiovascular Research Day
09/27/2025	Saha Aortic Symposium
10/03/2025	FCPS Fall Break
10/10/2025	Anticoagulant Regulation by Von Willebrand Factor-Physiologic and Pathologic Implications	Jeremy Wood, PhD	University of Kentucky	Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
10/17/2025	The Exploitation of Thrombosis-Induced Alox15 to Inhibit Inflammatory Lung Injury	Colin Evans, PhD	University of South Carolina	Shayan Mohammadmoradi, PhD
10/24/2025	Dr. Vickers investigates mechanisms and consequences of HDL microRNA communication and systemic homeostasis.	Kasey Vickers, PhD	Vanderbilt University	Scott Gordon, PhD
10/31/2025	No Seminar
11/07/2025	AHA Scientific Sessions
11/14/2025	Research in the Parker Lab harnesses the power of proteomic technologies to elucidate mechanisms of vascular pathology and identify putative molecular biomarkers of aneurysm and atherosclerosis.	Sarah Parker, PhD	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Abby Burrows Franco, PhD
11/21/2025	Coenzyme A As A Regulator of Mitochondrial Metabolism	Roberta Leonardi, PhD	West Virginia University	Greg Graf, PhD
11/28/2025	Thanksgiving Week
12/05/2025	"Peripheral Artery Disease: Challenging Assumptions and Fighting for Recognition"	Aaron Aday, MD, MSc	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Mary Sheppard, MD

Spring 2026

Date	Event Title	Speaker	Institute	Host
02/13/2026	Available
02/20/2026	Available
02/27/2026	Available
03/06/2026	Available
03/13/2026	Dr. Qian's lab is interested in developing innovative approaches to regenerate or repair an injured heart.	Li Qian, PhD	UNC School of Medicine	Xu Xiao, PhD
03/20/2026	��ɫ�� Spring Break
03/27/2026	Available
04/03/2026	Dr. Dawson’s research is focused on elucidating the physiologic and molecular mechanisms controlling bile acid homeostasis and their relationship to the pathogenesis of disease.	Paul Dawson, PhD, FAASLD	Emory University School of Medicine	Nate Helsley, PhD
04/10/2026	FCPS Spring Break
04/17/2026	No Seminar
04/24/2026	Available