2012-2013 Seminar Series Date Speaker Title/Field of Study Location 07/30/2012 James G. Fox, DVM Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Of Mice and Men: The Hygiene Hypothesis Revisited” 898J Preston Research Bldg (PRB) 09/11/2012 Nicholas O. Davidson, M.D., D.Sc Washington University School of Medicine 8380B Medical Center East (MCE) 09/18/2012 M. Stephen Trent, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin 11/6/2012 Pauline Kay Lund, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 01/29/2013 Charles A. Parkos, M.D.,Ph.D. Emory University Hopsital “Genetic regulation of intestinal lipid transport: old players with new roles” “It’s What’s on the Outside that Counts: The impact of remodeling the Gram-negative cell envelope” “IGF/insulin system in intestinal stem cells and normal or aberrant growth: friend or foe?” “Pathobiology of leukocyteepithelial interactions” 3/25/2013 Bishr Omary, MD.,Ph.D. University of Michigan “Pathophysiology of the Intermediate Filament Cytoskeleton in Digestive Organs” 898J Preston Research Building (PRB) 4/4/2013 Steven K. Grinspoon, MD Massachusetts General Hospital “Potential Mechanisms and Treatment Strategies for Cardiovascular Disease in HIV” A2200 Medical Center North(MCN) ID Conference Room 4/30/2013 Pankaj Jay Pascricha, M.D. All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi “Neurogenesis and Regeneration of the ENS-Emerging Paradigms on Enteric Neural Stem Cells” 8380B Medical Center East (MCE) 5/2/2013 Paul Kelly, M.D. University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka “Environmental Enteropathy: what is it and who cares?” 7401 Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH) 05/14/2013 Steven R. Blanke, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana “Modulating Energy Homeostasis at the HostPathogen Interface: The Curious Case of Helicobacter pylori” 8380B Medical Center East (MCE) 06/04/2013 William M. Grady, M.D. University of Washington Medical School “Deciphering the Colorectal Cancer Genome” 8380B Medical Center East (MCE) 06/11/2013 Don C. Rockey, M.D. Medical University of South Carolina “Molecular Portal Hypertension: a Translational Approach” 8380B Medical Center East (MCE) 898J Preston Research Bldg (PRB) Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Theater 8380B Medical Center East (MCE)