Mellon Seminar Archives

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March 20, 2024

“Immune Mechanisms of Influenza-Induced Exacerbation of Atherosclerosis” by Radha Gopal, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Senior Research Scientist

“Macrophage signaling-to-transcription networks” by Rachel A. Gottschalk, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Immunology

February 21, 2024

“Functional genomics informed metabolic vulnerabilities in Pediatric Brain Tumor” by Antony Michealraj, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Functional genomics, and metabolism of pediatric and adolescent central nervous system tumors; ependymoma, medulloblastoma and DIPGs

"Healing centered care to supporting parent and caregiver survivors of intimate partner violence" by Maya Indira Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS, Associate Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Research, Department of Pediatrics and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

January 17, 2024

“Prevention of Influenza in Infants through Maternal Vaccination During Pregnancy” by Anne-Marie Rick, MD, MPH, PhD, Instructor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science, Director, Newborn Research Support Services, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

"Mechanistic Modeling and Big Data Approaches to Understanding and Treating Immunopathology During Respiratory Infection” by Jason E. Shoemaker, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, at the University of Pittsburgh, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Computational & Systems Biology

November 15, 2023

“Profiling immune responses with phosphoproteomics” by William F. Hawse, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh

“Blocking the BCL10-MALT1 Interaction in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma” by Lisa Maurer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Oncology, UPMC Children’s Hospital

October 18, 2023

“Pancreatic intraductal Pdx1 and MafA AAV gene therapy as a potential treatment for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes” by Mohamed Saleh, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology,UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

“Holistic approaches to tuberculosis:  The sum of its parts” by Philana L. Lin, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Directory Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

September 20, 2023

"Genetic therapy for congenital muscular dystrophy: the future is now (or at least near)" by Dwi Utami Kemaladewi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

“The Forest and the Seedling: and Immunologic Story” by Brian Campfield, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

August 16, 2023

"Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Metabolic Flux in the Intestinal Epithelium During Inflammatory Bowel Disease" by Kevin Mollen, MD,  Professor and F. Sargent Cheever Chair of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

"Pathogenic Mechanisms Contributing to Adverse Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Congenital Heart Disease" by Cecilia W. Lo, PhD, FAFA. Assistant Surgeon-in- Chief, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Samuel P. Harbison Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

 

July 19, 2023

"Brain Tumor Theranostics for Improving Immunotherapy" by Gary Kohanbash, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Secondary Faculty in the Department of Immunology , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

"Medulloblastoma Metastasis in Childhood" by Baoli Hu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Director, Brain Tumor Evolution & Therapy Lab

 

June 21, 2023

"The Impact of Congenital Heart Disease on the Developing Brain: A Lifespan Approach" by Ashok Panigrahy, MD, Chief Professor of Radiology John F. Caffey Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology Radiologist-in-Chief, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 

"Genetics of Takayasu Arteritis: An Update and Future Plans" by Amr H. Sawalha, MD, Division Director, Rheumatology and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine; Director, Lupus Center of Excellence, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

 

May 17, 2023

“Small Kidneys and Small RNAs” by Jacqueline Ho, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

“The Plain People Translational Medicine Program” by Lina Ghaloul Gonzalez, MD, Mellon Scholar and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

April 19, 2023

“Failed DNA Repair as a Mechanism of Chronic Kidney Disease” by Mellon Scholar Rannar Airik, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


“Asthma Omics in Hispanics” by Juan C. Celedón, MD, DrPH, Niels K. Jerne Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

 

March 15, 2023 

“Pediatric Scleroderma: Single-Cell RNA-Seq Skin Profiling” by Kathryn Torok, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Director, Pediatric Scleroderma Center, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh


“Immunogenomic Determinants of Tumor Microenvironment in Pediatric Cancers” by Riyue Bao, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Co-Director of Cancer Bioinformatics Services and the Translational Immuno-Informatics Laboratory, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

 

Feburary 15, 2023

“Ovarian Cancer: Targeting the Soil to Destroy the Seed” by Lan G. Coffman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology and Gynecologic Oncology, Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


“Novel Medium-chain Fatty Acid Therapies” by Eric S. Goetzman, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

January 18, 2023

“Pulmonary Thrombo-Inflammation in Sickle Cell Disease” by Prithu Sundd, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine and Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


“What is a UTI?” by Catherine Forster, MD, Mellon Scholar; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Nephrology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

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