Research Seminar Series 2025-2026

Channeling Brain Blood Flow: A Pericyte Tale of Two Gates

Fabrice Dabertrand, PhD

Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology

Exploring Ex Vivo Heart Perfusion as a Strategy for Targeted Immunotherapy in Heart Transplantation

Matthew Stone, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplantation Program
Department of Surgery

Stretch-Activated Ion Channels as Molecular Determinants of Urinary Bladder Function

Anna Malykhina, PhD

Professor, Division of Urology
Director of Basic and Translational Urology Research
Department of Surgery

Proteomic Approaches for Understanding the Neglected Tropical Disease of Snakebite Envenomation

Anthony Saviola, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Hepatic MCJ Inhibition Protects Against Surgical Liver Injury and Neuroinflammation: A Translational Pathway Toward Preventing Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults

Kenneth Meza-Monge, MD

Research Fellow | Idrovo Lab
Division of GI, Trauma & Endocrine Surgery (GITES)

Breaking the Thrombolytic Speed Limit with Microbots

Keith Neeves, PhD

Professor of Bioengineering and Pediatrics
Scientific Director, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center

From Funding to Function: Building an Independent Research Engine via Industry Support

Michael Cripps, MD

Professor, Division of GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Department of Surgery

CU Center for COMBAT Research: Saving and Improving Lives on the Battlefield and at Home

Vik Bebarta, MD

Professor, Emergency Medicine
Medical Toxicology and Pharmacology

Persistent Inflammation and Cannabis Use Modulate the Endocannabinoid System

Susan Ingram, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology, Visiting Professor and Endowed Traystman Vice Chair of Research
Department of Anesthesiology

Title TBA

Ellen Burnham, MD

Professor, Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care
Director, CO Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute K12 Program

Targeting Neuroinflammation to Improve Brain Injury after a Cardiac Arrest

Jacob Basak, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Title TBA

Sean Colgan, PhD

Levine-Kern Professor of Medicine and Immunology

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Biological and Genetic determinants of Red Blood Cell metabolism: from Precision Transfusion Medicine to Clinical Metabolomics

Angelo D'Alessandro, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Director of the Metabolomics Core of CU SOM
Director of the Mass Spectrometry Shared Resource for the CU Cancer Center

Title TBA

Chris Derderian, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery

The Sandy Wolf Chair in Maternal Fetal Surgery

Complement-ary Chaos: Unveiling the Inflammatory Impact of Alcohol on Organ Health

Rebecca McCullough, PhD

Assistant Professor
Toxicology Graduate Program Associate Director
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Title TBA

Janani Ravi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics