Spring 2017 Colloquium in Integrative Physiology

Schedule

DateTitle and Speaker
Jan. 23

A geospatial epidemiologic analysis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection: an ecological study in Colorado

Ettie Lipner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Instructor
National Jewish Health
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
(Hosted by Matt McQueen matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu)

Jan. 30

Integrating sleep, circadian, and work hours research to promote cardio-metabolic health

Celine Vetter, Ph.D
Associate Epidemiologist
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Channing Division of Network Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
(Hosted by Matt McQueen matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu)

Feb. 6

Moms, babies and bugs: maternal obesity and the gut microbiome

Maggie Stanislawski, M.S.
Doctoral Candidate
University of Colorado
School of Public Health and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
(Hosted by Christopher Lowry christopher.lowry@colorado.edu)

Feb. 13

Novel Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes in Overweight and Obese Youth

Tanya Alderete, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Environmental Health Sciences Center
University of Southern California
(Hosted by Matt McQueen matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu)

Feb. 20

Discovering conservation tools in the amphibian skin microbiome

Valerie McKenzie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Hosted by Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

Feb. 27

Food, fat, and physiology: Insights from feeding studies in humans

Kevin Davy, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Virginia Tech University
(Hosted by Chris DeSouza desouzac@colorado.edu)

Mar. 6

Inflammatory Homeostasis: A role for MAMPs, DAMPs and microRNA

Moni Fleshner, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Hosted by Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

Mar. 13

Heat Acclimation: Implications from Performance to Health

Christopher Minson, Ph.D.
Singer Endowed Professor
Department of Human Physiology
University of Oregon
(Hosted by Doug Seals seals@colorado.edu)

Mar. 20

Sleep assessment in the real world with actomics

Till Roenneberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Institute for Medical Psychology
Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich
(Hosted by Ken Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu)

Apr. 3

Circadian rhythms of mood and reward behaviors

Ryan Logan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
(Hosted by Marissa Ehringer marissa.ehringer@colorado.edu)

Apr. 10

The functional significance of motor output variability

Evangelos Christou, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
University of Florida
(Hosted by Roger Enoka roger.enoka@colorado.edu)

Apr. 17

Mechanisms of cerebral blood flow regulation at rest and during exercise

Phil Ainsley, Ph.D.
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Cerebrovascular Physiology
School of Health and Exercise Sciences
University of British Columbia
(Hosted by Chris DeSouza desouzac@colorado.edu)

Apr. 24

Too much damage and not enough repair. The double whammy of obesity on hepatic mitochondrial homeostasis

Michael Jurczak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
(Hosted by Josiane Broussard josiane.broussard@colorado.edu)

May 1

Aggie Mika - Early life exercise shapes a resilient brain
Jessica Santos-Parker - Curcumin supplementation for improving arterial function
Ellen Stothard - Food intake during early morning shiftwork

Graduate students
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder
(Hosted by Bob Mazzeo robert.mazzeo@colorado.edu)