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SEMINAR SERIES IN VASCULAR RESEARCH
Winter Semester 2007

This Seminar Series is offered as part of the CIHR Strategic Training Program in Vascular Research. Seminars are held on alternate Tuesdays from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the Second Floor Conference Room (Original Building), Robarts Research Institute. Lunch is served.

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Date
Presenter
Topic

Wednesday,
Jan 17th 2007
12:30 -- 1:30pm
2nd Floor Conference Room
Robarts

Dr. Morris Karmazyn
Director, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario Program in Heart Failure

"Potential role of the obesity-related peptide leptin in cardiovascular pathology. Therapeutic implications."

(Hosted by: The Vascular Biology Group)

Feb 20th 2007

This seminar only will be held in the 3rd floor conference room at Robarts
Dr. Peter Kvietys "Neutrophil-endothelial cell interactions: role of elastase"

Thursday,
March 8th 2007

4:00-5:00 pm

Dr. D. George Wyse
Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
University of Calgary/Calgary Health Region

“Management of the Atrial Fibrillation Epidemic: Are We Making Any Progress?”
March 20th 2007
Dr. Ross Feldman Hypertension and vascular disease: cause, effect or epiphenomena?
April 3rd 2007
Dr. David Holdsworth
TBA
Wednesday
April 11th 2007
Auditorium A,
LHSC-UH
12:00 - 1:00pm
Dr. Thomas Unger
Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR) at the Charité,
Berlin and Chairman of the German Institute for High Blood Pressure Research
in Heidelberg.

“Is hypertension an inflammatory disease?”

(Presented by: The Vascular Biology Group)

April 17th 2007
Dr. Kem Rogers "The Rabbit Model of Atherosclerosis"
May 1st 2007
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Intra-Cardiac Workshop with Dr. Doug Jones, Dr. Terry Peters, Dr. Gerard Guiraudon, and Dr. Daniel Bainbridge. CSTAR Auditorium, 7th Floor LHSC-UH
May 15th 2007
Dr. Rob Hegele "The Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease"

Thursday,
May 17th 2007

4:00-5:00 pm

Dr. Anne Gillis
Department of Medicine
University of Calgary
“Modulators of arrhythmogenesis in experimental models of left ventricular hypertrophy”

Thursday,
May 31st 2007

4:00-5:00 pm

Dr. Marlys Koschinsky
Department of Biochemistry
Queen's University
“Lipoprotein(a): On the Cutting Edge of Occam's Razor”

Monday, June 18th 2007
12:30 - 1:30pm

Auditorium B, LHSC

Dr. Daniel H. O'Leary
Tufts University School of Medicine

"The use of imaging biomarkers in risk assessment and clinical trials."

(Sponsored by the Robarts Seminar Series)

Thursday,
June 21st 2007
4:00-5:00 pm

Fisher Conference Room

Dr. Robert Brook
Division of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan

"Measurement of carotid plaque and cardiovascular risk"

(Sponsored by the Robarts Seminar Series)