Endocrine Research Conference
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
This talk series is a highlight of the
research mission of our division. It is scheduled from September through June
of each academic year and is held from 11:00 am- 12:00 pm, Wednesday mornings
on the Anschutz Medical Campus in the 7th Floor Conference room of
Research Complex-1 South. Current concepts and controversies in all areas of
Endocrinology are presented.
These
talks are given by our division faculty and fellows and post docs, in addition
to faculty from other divisions both within and outside the Department of
Medicine as well as visiting Professors from other institutions.
Each
major subspecialty area of Endocrinology is covered across a 2-year cycle in a
series of talks that includes basic concepts, pathophysiology, and highlights
of recent advances in translational research and clinical care of the
particular endocrine system being presented.
If
you would like to have a live stream of our research, please contact Bev
McLaughlin via email: [email protected]
Location
In person- RC1-South 7th Floor Conference Room (zoom option available)
Time
Wednesdays, 11:00AM-12:00PM
Schedule
LocationL RC1 South 7th Floor Room 7109 Light Lunch served to participants
Note: There are No Conference held on Holidays
| Date | Speaker | Professional Title and Institution | Presentation |
| 09/03/2025 | Sergejs Berdnikovs | Professor-CU School of Medicine Asthma/Allergy | "Beyond inflammation: a complex interplay between the endocrine and immune systems in allergy and asthma" |
| 9/10/2025 | Jordan Jacabelli, PhD | Associate Professor-CU School of Medicine Immunology Microbiology | ‘Cytoskeletal control of T cell migration and trafficking in autoimmunity and cancer’ |
| 9/17/2025 | Katja Kiseljak-Vassiliades, DO | Associate Professor | Investigating and targeting microenvironment of adreocortical carcinoma |
| 09/24/2025 | Jacque Jonklaas, MD, PhD | Professor of Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center | Thyroid Cancer: Treatment Side Effects & Controversies |
| 10/01/2025 | Sujatha Jaggannathan, PhD | Associat Professor and Vice Chair of Equity CU School of Medicie | When to shoot the messenger: Decoding the logic of mRNA surveillance |
| 10/08/2025 | Lauren Fishbein, MD PhD | Assosciate Professor of Medicine CU School of Medicine | Inherited and Somatic Genetics of Pheochromocytoma |
| 10/15/2025 | Yunsik Kang PhD | Assistant Professor - CU School of Medicine | Tweek-ing Lipid Transfer at ER-PM Contact Sites to Drive Glial Phagocytosis |
| 10/22/2025 | Margaret Musick, PhD | Post Doc Fellow CU School of Medicine | Molecular Insights into Lobular Breast Cancer Etiology: CDH1 Loss and Cell Identity |
| 10/29/2025 | Sarah Wherry, PhD | Assistant Professor CU School of Medicine | Exercise-Induced Bone Resorption in Older Adults |
| 11/05/2025 | Vienna Brunt, PhD | Assistant Professor CU School of Medicine | Targeting Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Kidney Diseases |
| 11/12/2025 | Todd Pitts, PhD | Associate Professor Division of Medical Oncology | Molecular and Immune Targets in GI Malignancies: A Dual Approach to Treatment
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| 11/192025 | Stacey Simon, PhD | Associate Professor CU School of Medicine | Cardiometabolic health consequences of sleep and circadian misalignment in adolescents |
| 11/26/2025 | THANKSGIVING HOLDAY | NO CONFERENCE | |
| 12/03/2025 | Matt Breit, PhD | PhD Candidate and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist | Intermittent Fasting vs. Daily Caloric Restriction: Dietary Flexibility, Eating Behaviors, and Models of Energy Intake |
| 12/10/2025 | CANCELED | ||
| 12/17/2025 | Emily Larson, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow | NightWare as an Adjunct Treatment for Improving Sleep, Cardiovascular and Brain Aging in Adults with PTSD |
| 12/24/2025 | WINTER BREAK | NO CONFERENCE | |
| 12/31/25 | WINTER BREAK | NO CONFERENCE | |
| 1/07/2026 |
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| 2/25/2026 | Teri Hernandez, PhD | Professor CU Anschutz | |
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| 3/25/2026 | SPRING BREAK | NO CONFERNCE | |
| 4/1/2026 | Kristen Beavers, PhD | Professor Wake Forrest University | |
| 4/8/2026 | Justin Grobe, PhD |
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| 5/27/2026 | Kayla Sprenger, PhD Kim Bruce, PhD | Assistant Prof. CU Boulder Associate Prof. CU Anschutz | |
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| 6/17/2026 |