Schedule

Date Title and Speaker
January 23

Introduction for graduate students

Christopher DeSouza, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
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January 30

Renoprotection by hydrogen sulfide

Utpal Sen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
(Host: Pei-San Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

February 6

Age-associated neurodegenerative diseases

Christopher Link, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
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(Host: Pei-San Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

February 13

Vasodilation in skeletal muscle during exercise

Darren Casey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
(Host: Pei-San Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

February 20

Impact of neuroinflammation on cognition and neural plasticity

Rachel Kohman, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Psychology
University of Illinois
(Host: Pei-san Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

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Leg prostheses and exoskeletons

Alena Grabowski, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System
Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center
(Host: Rodger Kram rodger.kram@colorado.edu)

March 5

Pathways involved in nicotine self-administration

Paul Kenny, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Therapeutics
Scripps Research Institute
Jupiter, FL
(Host: Jerry Stitzel jerry.stitzel@colorado.edu)

March 12

Translational physiology

Douglas Seals, Ph.D.
College Professor of Distinction
Department of Integrative Physiology
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March 19

Diabetes in the aging population

Jeffrey B. Halter, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Director, Geriatrics Center and Institute of Gerontology
University of Michigan
(Host: Douglas Seals seals@colorado.edu)

April 2

Sleep less and gain weight

Kenneth P. Wright, Jr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
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April 9

fMRI-identified brain networks for pain

Tor Wager, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
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(Host: Roger Enoka enoka@colorado.edu)

April 16

Brain control of sleep and arousal

Ronald Szymusiak, Ph.D.
Research Career Scientist
VA Greater Los Angeles HealthCare System
(Host: Ken Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu)

April 23

Protecting our troops from damaging stress

Monika Fleshner, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
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April 30

To be announced

Doctoral students
Department of Physiology
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(Host: Bob Mazzeo robert.mazzeo@colorado.edu)