Schedule

Date Title and Speaker
August 22

Introduction for Graduate Students

Ken Wright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
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August 29

Circadian Rhythm Disorders and Health

Phyllis Zee, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Sleep Disorders Program
Departments of Neurology, and Neurobiology & Physiology
Northwestern University
(Host: Monique LeBourgeois monique.lebourgeois@colorado.edu)

September 12

Stability and Moving in an Uncertain World

Alaa Ahmed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
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September 19

Physiologic Responses to Antidepressant Drugs

Chris Lowry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
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September 26

Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress, and Disease

Manisha Patel, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Colorado Denver
(Host: Doug Seals seals@colorado.edu)

October 3

Sex Restores the Aging GnRH System

Pei-San Tsai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
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October 10

Mitophagy in Health and Disease

Roberta A. Gottlieb, M.D.
Director, BioScience Center
Frederick G. Henry Chair in Life Sciences
Professor, Department of Biology
San Diego State University
(Host: Doug Seals seals@colorado.edu)

October 17

Social and Environmental Determinants of Obesity

David Rehkop, Sc.D.
Acting Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Stanford University
(Host:Matt McQueen matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu)

October 24

Stress, Cytokines, and Pregnancy

Mary Cousson-Read, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Colorado Denver
(Host:Moni Fleshner moni.fleshner@colorado.edu)

October 31

Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Neurodevelopment

H. Craig Heller, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Department of Biology Stanford University
(Host:Ken Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu)

November 7

Control of Dextrous Artificial Hands

Richard Weir, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineeering
University of Colorado Denver
(Host: Rodger Kram rodger.kram@colorado.edu)

November 14

Systems Biology and Integrative Physiology

Kevin Strange, Pd.D.
Director and Professor
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Salisbury Cove, Maine
(Host: Roger Enoka enoka@colorado.edu)

November 28

Post-Stroke Neuromechanics of the Lower Limb

Yasin Dhaher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University
(Host: Alaa Ahmed alaa@colorado.edu)

December 5

Menopause and the Human Hypothalamus

Naomi E. Rance, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Arizona
(Host: Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)