Seminar & Journal Club Schedule
Seminar & Journal Club Schedule
Mar 30
The Jean MacCluer & Bennett Dyke Endowed Lectureship
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/8721468552
The speaker will be Dr. Timothy Spector, a genetic epidemiologist and the head of the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology at King's College in London.
In 2020, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for service to the COVID-19 response. The title of his presentation will be Personalized Nutrition in the Era of COVID.
May 20
Complex Disease Journal Club (CDJC)
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/9646217979
Dr. Steve Stone, M.D., Board-Certified Physician in Pediatrics, will present a talk entitled:
Rare Genetic Disorders of Obesity
Dr. Stone is a board-certified physician in pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology and Washington University Instructor in Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetes. Dr. Stone received his degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. He cares for children with rare or complex conditions resulting in diabetes, insulin resistance, or obesity. He manages patients presenting with monogenic diabetes, Wolfram syndrome, chronic recurrent pancreatitis, and insulin-mediated paseudoacromegaly. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Stone works to elucidate novel gene variants resulting in severe insulin resistance syndromes. He also participates as a clinical investigator for the Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network (RADIANT), a multicenter study aimed at identifying novel forms of diabetes. Dr. Stone promotes concepts of precision medicine, technology, and multidisciplinary approach to the care of individuals suffering from complex endocrine conditions.
This meeting will take place via Zoom: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/9646217979
Nov 20
Complex Disease Journal Club (CDJC)
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Edinburg Medical Education Building (EMEBL) Room 2.125
Dr. Marzieh Ayati, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, UTRGV will present a talk entitled:
Co-phosphorylation Network and its applications
Dr. Marzieh Ayati obtained her undergraduate and M.Sc. in Computer science at Sharif University of Technology in Iran. He completed her Ph. D in Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University in 2018. After her graduation, she joined department of computer science at UTRGV as an assistant professor. Her research area is bioinformatics and computational biology.
Dr. Ayati’s research focuses on designing algorithms and development of models and software to extract information from variety of molecular biology data including genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and phospho-proteomic (i.e. omics data). The main challenges in analyzing these types of data include (i) incompleteness and noisy nature of high-throughput data, (ii) large scale and high dimensionality of the data, and (iii) complexity and dynamic nature of biological systems. She has designed and developed multiple advanced algorithms and computational techniques to address these challenges. These algorithms are developed to integrate omics data in order to identify biomarkers and potential drug targets and understand the underlying mechanism of complex diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, psoriasis, and different types of cancer.
Jul 17
Complex Disease Journal Club (CDJC)
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Edinburg Medical Education Building (EMEBL) Room 2.125
Dr. Vincent Diego, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, STDOI and Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, UTRGV will present a talk entitled:
"Extension of the two-state Markov chain model to account for non-independent or clustered data and between-cluster heterogeneity via generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs)"
[Abstract]
Two-state Markov chain models are a robust approach to modeling the longitudinal dynamics of binary traits, such as dichotomous diseases and disorders (e.g. type 2 diabetes, depression, inhibitor status in the treatment of Hemophilia A, etc.). However, the classical approaches are not able to handle non-independent or clustered data or inherent between-cluster heterogeneity. On the other hand, GLMMs have been increasingly utilized in biomedical research precisely because of its ability to simultaneously account for both non-independence within and heterogeneity between clusters. The presentation will include a review of the classical two-state Markov chain model, its extension to model the dependence of the transition probabilities on potentially important covariates, and the proposed extensions herein to GLMMs.
Please feel free to forward this information to your friends and colleagues. Please plan to attend this exciting meeting and participate in the discussion.
Jun 19
Complex Disease Journal Club (CDJC)
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Edinburg Medical Education Building (EMEBL) Room 2.125
Dr. Tamer Oraby, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, UTRGV will present a talk entitled:
“Mathematical Models in Epidemiology”
Dr. Oraby’s current research interest is in mathematical modeling in epidemiology. He uses different modeling approaches like ODE and discrete deterministic models as well as stochastic models.
Please feel free to forward this information to your friends and colleagues. Please plan to attend this exciting meeting and participate in the discussion.
Mar 06
The 2nd Jean MacCluer and Bennett Dyke Endowed Lectureship
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: School of Medicine Auditorium, UTRGV, Edinburg
Jan 16
Complex Disease Journal Club (CDJC)
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: UTRGV Edinburg, EMEBL Room 2.125
This month's STDOI complex disease journal club meeting will be presented by Dr. Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, M.D. DSc. - Assistant Professor of Research, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, UTRGV School of Medicine.
"Family history and obesity in youth, their effect on acylcarnitine/aminoacids metabolomics and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)"
To volunteer to present to the CDJC, please communicate with the CDJC team:
Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, M.D., Ph.D., Juan.lopezalvarenga@utrgv.edu
Srinivas Mummidi, D.V.M., Ph.D., Srinivas.mummidi@utrgv.edu
Rector Arya, Ph.D., Rector.arya@utrgv.edu
Vincent Diego, Ph.D., Vincent.diego@utrgv.edu
Sep 15
UTRGV SOM 2nd Annual Research Symposium
Time: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Location: McAllen Convention Center, 700 Convention Center Blvd., McAllen, Texas 78501
Jun 20
Complex Disease Journal Club (CDJC)
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Edinburg Medical Education Building (EMEBL) Room 2.125
This month's STDOI complex disease journal club meeting will be presented by Dr. Kamal Sarkar, PhD - Senior Lecturer, UTRGV College of Engineering and Computer Science.
"Innovative approach to track progression of T2DM in Real Time to control and/or intervention before Catastrophic Consequences"
To volunteer to present to the CDJC, please communicate with the CDJC team:
Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, M.D., Ph.D., Juan.lopezalvarenga@utrgv.edu
Srinivas Mummidi, D.V.M., Ph.D., Srinivas.mummidi@utrgv.edu
Rector Arya, Ph.D., Rector.arya@utrgv.edu
Vincent Diego, Ph.D., Vincent.diego@utrgv.edu
Aug 12
UTRGV School of Medicine Inaugural Research Symposium
Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance, 118 Paseo del Prado, Edinburg, Texas
May 17
Complex Disease Journal Club (CDJC)
Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Edinburg Medical Education Building (EMEBL) Room 2.125
Naim Alkhouri, M.D. - Director, Texas Metabolic Center - Texas Liver Institute - San Antonio, Texas - "Clinical and Translational Research in Liver Disease: From Ohio to Texas"
To volunteer to present to the CDJC, please communicate with the CDJC team:
Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, M.D., Ph.D., Juan.lopezalvarenga@utrgv.edu
Srinivas Mummidi, D.V.M., Ph.D., Srinivas.mummidi@utrgv.edu
Rector Arya, Ph.D., Rector.arya@utrgv.edu
Vincent Diego, Ph.D., Vincent.diego@utrgv.edu
Apr 28
Translational Research Seminar - Nelson Gonzalez, Jessica Pena, Gordon Watt
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: UTHSC/H School of Public Health RAHC Bldg N 1.130, One West University Blvd., Brownsville, TX, 78520 (Videostreamed to UTRGV Edinburg Research Education Bldg, Rm. 1.200.2, 1214 W. Schunior, Edinburg, TX, 78541)
Nelson Gonzalez, MPH Student (Epidemiology), University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Public Health - Brownsville. Topic: “Peripheral artery disease in the LRGV”
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Jessica Pena, DrPH Student (Behavioral Health), University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Public Health - Brownsville. Topic: “Visceral Adipose Tissue associations with Metaboliz Syndrome Components in Mexican Americans”
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Gordon Watt, Ph.D. Student (Epidemiology), University of Texas HealthTranslational Research Seminar - Nelson Gonzalez, Jessica Peña, & Gordon Watt Science Center Houston, School of Public Health – Brownsville. Topic: “Non-Invasive Liver Fibrosis Screening in the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort”
For more information, contact Robert Gomez at robert.gomez@utrgv.edu or (956) 329-0271.
Apr 21
Translational Research Seminar - Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Ph.D.
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Brownsville RAHC Building N 1.130 (Video to EREBL 1.200.2)
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University - Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Texas A&M Health Science Center - "Strategic Biomimicry in Biomaterial Design of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds"
Apr 19
Complex Disease Journal Club (CDJC)
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Edinburg Medical Education Building (EMEBL) Room 2.125
Feroz Akhtar, Ph.D. - Research Associate II - South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI) - School of Medicine - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - "Human SNP Links Differential Outcomes In Inflammatory and Infectious Disease to a FOXO3-regulated pathway"
To volunteer to present to the CDJC, please communicate with the CDJC team:
Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, M.D., Ph.D., Juan.lopezalvarenga@utrgv.edu
Srinivas Mummidi, D.V.M., Ph.D., Srinivas.mummidi@utrgv.edu
Rector Arya, Ph.D., Rector.arya@utrgv.edu
Vincent Diego, Ph.D., Vincent.diego@utrgv.edu
Apr 14
Translational Research Seminar - Stefan A. Czerwinski, Ph.D.
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Brownsville RAHC Building N 1.130 (Video to EREBL 1.200.2)
Stefan A. Czerwinski, Ph.D. - Professor - Dept. of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Brownsville Regional Campus. Topic: “The Fels Longitudinal Study: 87 years of Human Biology Research”
Apr 10
STDOI Invited Seminar - Courtney Griffin, Ph.D.
Time: 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Location: Edinburg Research Education Bldg, Rm. 1.202 1214 W. Schunior St., Edinburg, TX 78541
Courtney Griffin, Ph.D. - Associate Member, Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department Of Cell Biology, University Of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Topic: “What chromatin remodelers can teach us about vascular development and integrity”.
Apr 07
Translational Research Seminar - Anne-Marie Krachler, Ph.D.
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Brownsville RAHC Building N 1.130 (Video to EREBL 1.200.2)
Anne-Marie Krachler, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center. Topic: “Made to stick: Adhesion inhibitors
targeting drug-resistant bacterial infections".
Mar 24
Translational Research Seminar
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Brownsville RAHC Building N 1.130 (Video to EREBL 1.200.2)
Arthur Porto, Ph.D. - Assistant Research Scientist - South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI) - School of Medicine - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - “A preliminary QTL analysis of blood cholesterol traits in laboratory opossums”
Translational Research Seminar Series
The Translational Research Seminar Series is sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health’s Brownsville Regional Academic Health Center (SPH-Brownsville), the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences, and the South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute. Held at the SPH-Brownsville facility, the lectures focus on topics related to biomedical, behavioral, and population health research. Attendance is open to all interested students, faculty, and staff from UTRGV and UTHealth.
Video Streaming
Videoconferencing:
The Translational Research Seminar Series is video-streamed to UTRGV School of Medicine, Edinburg Research Education Building, (EREBL, formerly ERAHC), Room # 1.200.2 (1st-floor conference room), 1214 W. Schunior, St., Edinburg, TX, 78541. A printable (one-day) visitor parking permit for use at the EREBL building may be requested by emailing robert.gomez@utrgv.edu or calling 956-665-6405.
Online Streaming:
Join from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android here: https://zoom.us/j/790437258
Or Telephone Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll)
Meeting ID: 790 437 258
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=Pt6JuOEnRi5DVviWtlQcKh7Yow6FqceS
For more information email: Elva.Almendariz@uth.tmc.edu