Fall Semester 2026 Weekly Seminars
ECP 8100/PHAR 6160
Wednesday, 12:20 - 1:10 p.m.
Moos Tower 1-450 (TC) and LSci 160 (Duluth)
Email [email protected] for Zoom Information
Date | Title (tentative) | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
September 9 | Introduction to the Department, Program, and Course Requirements. Welcome! | Reena Kartha, MS, PhD, Associate Professor & Pam Jacobson, PharmD, FCCP, Distinguished Professor and ECP Interim Department Head |
| September 16 | Immune-mediated Mechanisms of Doxorubicin-induced Exacerbation of Hypertension-Associated Cardiomyopathy | Mary Raphel Daniel, PharmD, ECP PhD candidate, Dr. Zordoky’s Lab |
| September 23 | Annual Safety Refresher Training (Required) | Rebecca Cuellar, PhD, Nancy Rolstad, MS, & Eric Derrah, PhD, Biosafety & Occupational Health Department (BOHD) | Health, Safety & Risk Management (HSRM), University of Minnesota |
| September 30 | Current and Emerging Therapies for Tuberculosis Meningitis | Prakruti Rao, MS, ECP Graduate Student, Dr. Nicol’s Lab |
| October 7 | RNAi Therapeutics: Clinical Pharmacology and Model-Informed Drug Development | Prajakta Badri, PhD, Executive Director, Satyawan Jadhav, Senior Director & Siddhee Sahasrabuddhe, PhD, Senior Scientist, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacometrics, Alnylam |
October 14 | Metformin Mitigates Doxorubicin-Induced Apoptosis and Senescence in THP-1 Cells | Muneera Al-Hajri, PharmD, ECP Graduate Student, Dr. Zordoky’s Lab |
| October 21 | MMR Vaccine and Autism Controversy: Origins and Evidence | Rory Remmel, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicinal Chemistry |
| October 28 | Discussion | |
| November 4 | Establishing APOE isoform-specific human iPSC-derived BBB models and mouse models to investigate AD-associated cerebrovascular dysfunction | Andrea Roberts, BS, ECP Graduate Student, Dr. Li’s Lab |
| November 11 | Professional and Clinical Seminar Series - New 2026 Dyslipidemia Guidelines | Robert Straka, PharmD, FCCP, Professor, ECP |
| November 25 | No Class | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| December 2 | Systematic Review of Amikacin Population Pharmacokinetic Models | Thi Thu Thuy Tran, BPharm, ECP Graduate Student, Dr. Hirsch’s Lab |
| December 9 | Tentative Title:Community Engaged Research | Robert Straka, PharmD, FCCP, Professor, ECP |
| December 16 | Discussion | Last Date of Instruction |
Updated 8/31/26
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