Basic and Translational Research Seminar Series
Fall 2025
All Seminars (unless otherwise indicated) will take place at 2 p.m in Medical Education Center room 141.
Please contact tbs@ohio.edu for more information or to be added to the invitation list.
| Date | Speaker | Title/Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 8/25/2025 | Randall Urban | Alterations in the GH/IGF-1 Axis and Gut Microbiome After Traumatic Brain Injury |
| 9/5/2025 | Adrianne Frech | Use of nationally representative data to study the ways workforce experiences, educational attainment, and other measures of social standing are associated with health, particularly at midlife. My research focuses primarily on how these variables contribute to gendered health disparities and how these variables inform when health disparities emerge across the life course. |
| 9/10/2025 | Steven Brose | Spinal Cord Injury Medicine: Education, Research, and Clinical Practic |
| 9/17/2025 | Stacey Culp | Novel Endoscopic Imaging Meets AI: Risk Stratification for Pancreatic Cystic Lesions |
| 9/24/2025 | CANCELLED | |
| 10/1/2025 | Michael Tranter | Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Mediator of Cardiovascular Health |
| 10/6/2025 | Waleed Hashmi | TBS Graduate Student Dissertation Defense |
| 10/8/2025 | Evangelia Bellas | Topic: (Dys)functional adipose tissue models |
| 10/15/2025 | Medical Student Work in Progress | Various |
| 10/22/2025 | Chloe Becker | Fat-specifc protein 27 (FSP27) regulates intramuscular and adipose lipid storage to support skeletal muscle function |
| 10/29/2025 | Rihab Bouchareb | Topic: molecular mechanisms driving heart valve disease and acute kidney injury |
| 11/5/2025 | Heather Whitson | Reframing Alzheimerās Disease as a Disease of Aging, not of the Aged |
| 11/12/2025 | Hang Lin | Joint on a chip, osteoarthritis, aging |
| 11/19/2025 | Andrew Spence | Topic: Neuromechanics and spinal cord injury |
| 12/3/2025 | Jennifer Grant Weinandy | Use of mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) to study perceptions and experiences of addictions and addiction treatment in adults. Specifically, I focus on behavioral addictions, including gambling and compulsive sexual behavior, and harm reduction treatment. |
| 12/10/2025 | Athena Sofides | Insulin drug supply, the GLP-1 drug boom, and the public imaginary of health: understanding endocrine health in the United States |
Spring 2026
All Seminars (unless otherwise indicated) will take place at 2 p.m in Medical Education Center room 141.
Please contact tbs@ohio.edu for more information or to be added to the invitation list.
We are currently scheduling speakers for spring 2026. Please reach out to our program if you are interested in speaking or inviting a speaker.
| Date | Speaker | Title/Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1/14/2026 | ||
| 1/21/2026 | ||
| 1/28/2026 | ||
| 2/4/2026 | ||
| 2/11/2026 | ||
| 2/18/2026 | ||
| 2/25/2026 | ||
| 3/4/2026 | ||
| 3/11/2026 | Medical Student Work in Progress Seminar | Various |
| 3/18/2026 | Lina Ting | |
| 3/25/2026 | ADVANCE seminar | |
| 4/1/2026 | ||
| 4/8/2026 | ||
| 4/15/2026 | ||
| 4/22/2026 | ||
| 4/29/2026 |