Seminars & Meetings
For Upcoming Seminars, please visit the CHRC webpage
The PCEN, which is a Program of Excellence within the Child Health Research Center at the University of Virginia, organized and moderated the following seminars:
James P. Nataro, MD, PhD, MBA.
University of Virginia, Pediatrics.
Grant Writing, Junior Investigators Series
January 8, 2018
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.
University of Virginia, Biomedical Engineering.
In vivo imaging and computer modeling uncovers new roles for pericytes in angiogenesis in health and disease
January 12, 2018
Mark DeBoer, MD.
University of Virginia, Pediatrics.
Artificial Pancreas Technologies: New Tools to Improve Diabetes Care Today and Tomorrow
January 19, 2018
Zubaida Saifudeen, PhD.
Tulane University School of Medicine.
Metabolic Control of Nephron Progenitor Cell Lifespan
January 22, 2018
Rasheed A. Gbadegesin, MBBS, MD.
Duke University Medical Center
Genomic Research in Nephrotic Syndrome: Slow but Steady Translation
January 29, 2018
Christine M. Burt Solorzano, MD,
University of Virginia.
What the Study of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Teaches Us about Puberty
February 2, 2018
Michael Engel, MD, PhD,
University of Utah School of Medicine.
Breaking bad…the GFI1–LSD1 axis as a therapeutic target in T-ALL
February 6, 2018
David D. Eisenstat, MD, MA, FRCPC.
University of Alberta.
Are pediatric cancers disorders of normal development?
February 9, 2018
James P. Nataro, MD, PhD, MBA.
University of Virginia, Pediatrics.
Responding to Criticism, Junior Investigators Series
February 12, 2018
Kenneth E. Bernstein, MD.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Increased innate and adaptive immunity by the over-expression of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)
March 2, 2018
Geoffrey Alan Preidis, MD, PhD.
Baylor College of Medicine.
Modeling Liver and Intestinal Function Impairment in Early-Life Malnutrition
March 12, 2018
Rebecca J. Scharf, MD.
University of Virginia.
Influences on Early Childhood Development in Low-Resource Settings Around the World
March 16, 2018
John Lazo, PhD.
University of Virginia.
The agonies and joys of developing university-inspired technologies
March 30, 2018
David Teachey, MD.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Using disease biology to develop personalized therapies for T cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
April 4, 2018
Gary K. Owens, PhD.
University of Virginia
Smooth Muscle Cells Play a Critical Role in Atherosclerosis Development and Late Stage Lesion Pathogenesis
April 13, 2018
Kenneth D. Setchell, PhD.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Inborn Errors of Bile Acid Synthesis Causing Metabolic Liver Disease and Development of a Life-Saving Therapy
April 27, 2018
Aron Geurts, PhD.
Medical College of Wisconsin.
Unlocking genomes: genetic and epigenetic engineering for all.
May 11, 2018
Ariel Gomez, MD
University of Virginia
Fate of Renal Cells During Development and Disease
January 6, 2017
Robert L Chevalier, MD
University of Virginia
Time Management
January 13, 2017
Bernard Thisse, PhD
University of Virginia
Building a Mouse Embryo from Embryotic Cells
January 20, 2017
Alda Tufro, MD, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
Molecular Mechanisms of Glomerular Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy and Nephrotic Syndrome
February 3, 2017
Nathan Sheffield, PhD
University of Virginia
Epigenomics and cancer heterogeneity and Ewing sarcoma
February 17, 2017
Rachel Moon, MD
University of Virginia
Publication Ethics
February 24, 2017
Douglas DeSimone, Ph.D.
University of Virginia, Cell Biology.
Understanding the Adhesive and Mechanical Forces That Assemble and Shape Tissues
September 8, 2017
Raul Chavez Valdez, MD.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Delayed injury of GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus following neonatal hypoxia ischemia and therapeutic hypothermia
September 29, 2017
Kodi Ravichandran, Ph.D.
University of Virginia, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Clearance of dying cells in health and disease
October 13, 2017
Mazhar Adli, Ph.D.
University of Virginia, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Editing, regulating and imaging genome with CRISPR technology
November 10, 2017
Junior Investigators Series Writing your Best Application
November 13, 2017
John Kattwinkel, MD.
University of Virginia, Pediatrics.
Evolving Neonatology over 45 years; 50% of what we were taught originally is now wrong
November 17, 2017
Mehreen Arshad, M.B., B.S,
Duke University.
The Human Gut as a Reservoir of Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria
December 6, 2017
Junior Investigators Series
Working through the Best Timeline
December 11, 2017
David Teachey, MD.
University of Pennsylvania.
Novel Therapeutics for Lymphoid Disease
December 13, 2017
Anindya Dutta, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Virginia, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
MicroDNAs, tRFs and lncRNAs: New Nucleic Acid Markers for Health and Disease
December 15, 2017
Michael J. McConnell, Ph.D
University of Virginia
Single Cell Analysis of Brain Somatic Mosaicism
March 4, 2016
Rhian M Touyz, MBBCh, PhD, FRCP, FRSE
British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director – Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre
VEGF signaling, anti-cancer drugs and hypertension
March 18, 2016
Dr. Mario Capecchi
2007 Nobel Laureate, Medicine or Physiology and Professor of Human Genetics and Biology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Betsy and Stuart Houston Lecture: “Gene Targeting into the 21st Century: Mouse Models of Human Disease from Cancer to Neuropsychiatric Disorders”
April 5, 2016
Conversations with a nobel laureate : Dr. Mario Capecchi.
A lunch session where faculty and students within the UVA School of Medicine met with Dr. Capecchi to have a general discussion about scientific research.
April 5, 2016
James P Nataro, MD
UVA Department of Pediatrics
Strategic Planning 101 – Mentoring for Young Investigators and Fellows
April 15, 2016
Allen Everett, MD
Director of the Pediatric Proteome Center, Johns Hopkins University
Proteomic Discovery and use of biomarkers in Pediatric Medicine
April 22, 2016
4th Annual Research Trainee Competition, Department of Pediatrics
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Jorge Giron, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Strategies of pathogenic E. coli to colonize the host
May 6, 2016
28th Annual Research Symposium
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Dr. Alessio Fasano
Harvard University.
“How to Choose the Right Mentor for a Successful Academic Career”
Research Day “Meet the speaker” Series
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia.
Educational activities oriented to trainees and young faculty of different specialty areas. An informal open discussion about practical research topics aimed to guide attendees in the advancement of their academic careers.
May 19, 2016.
Alice Hoyt, MD
Peds Allergy Fellow, Pediatrics
Food Allergy: Clinical Update
May 20, 2016
Hiroko Nishimura, MD, DMSc
Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan, and Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiology, University to Tennessee HSC, Memphis, TN, USA
Renin-angiotensin system and angiotensin receptors – Evolution and Function
June 27, 2016
Rachel Y Moon, MD
Division Head, General Pediatrics
Infant Sleep: What People Do…and Why
September 16, 2016
Shirley Telles, MBBS, PhD
Director of Research, Patanjoli Research Foundation, India
Neurophysiology of Yoga and Practical Applications
September 23, 2016
Sean Moore, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Gut Infections in Four Dimensions
October 21, 2016
Brian Belyea, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Epigenics and Childhood and B Cell Leukemia
November 4, 2016
Steven Zeichner, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
New Approaches to Evaluating Vaccine Antigenicity
November 18, 2016
Beatrix Marciano, MD
Staff Scientist, NIH
X-linked chronic granulomatous disease. Female carriers clinical presentation
December 2, 2016
Jorge Velarde, MD, PhD
University of Virginia
Synergy of Two Group A Streptococcus Virulence Factors Regulated by a Human Antimicrobial Peptide
December 20, 2016
Ambra Pozzi, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Integrins in fibrotic responses: Good or bad receptors
February 2, 2015
Roy Zent, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Integrins in the kidney
February 3, 2015
Dr. Sergio D. Rosenzweig, MD, PhD
Deputy Chief of the Immunology Service at the Clinical Center, NIH and the Co-Director of the Primary
Immunodeficiency Clinic, NIAID, NIH
Glycosylation, Hypogammaglobinemia and Resistance to Viral Infections
March 3, 2015
Hiroko Nishimura, MD, DMSc
Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan, and
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiology, University to Tennessee HSC, Memphis, TN, USA
Does reduced nutrition during development program renal glomerular injury? -from animal study to patients
April 3, 2015
Ariel Gomez, MD
UVA Department of Pediatrics
The CHRC: Programs of Excellence
September 4, 2015
Linda Mullins, PhD
University of Edinburgh/BHF Cardiovascular Science Centre, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh
Rodent Genome Targeting: a personal perspective!
December 4, 2015
John Mullins, PhD
Director, BHF Centre for Research Excellence and Chair, Molecular Physiology
University of Edinburgh
Integrating ‘Macro’ and ‘Wide-angle’ views of renin and the RAS
December 4, 2015