Robert J. Hardin Translational Cardiovascular Research Symposium
Join us to explore emerging trends in cardiovascular research and medicine
The Department of Physiology and Anatomy and the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at UNT Health Fort Worth in collaboration with the University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the UT Southwestern School of Health Professions are pleased to present the 3rd annual Robert J. Hardin Translational Cardiovascular Research Symposium on June 12, 2026.
Event details
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Date: June 12, 2026
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Time: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Location:
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Eugene McDermott Plaza and Lecture Halls
D1.502 -
Breakfast and lunch included
Trainee abstracts
Trainees: If you plan to present an abstract, please include the title of your abstract with your registration.
Keynote
“Thermoregulatory and cardiovascular consequences of severe burn injuries: implications for exercise and its prescription”
Craig Crandall, PhD
Professor, Division of Cardiology
Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Greg Dick, PhD (UNT Health Fort Worth) – “Electro-metabolic signaling in the local control of blood flow”
- Sterling Ortega, PhD (UNT Health Fort Worth) – “Evaluating the role of hyperacute inflammatory myeloid cells in stroke recovery”
- Dan Trott, PhD (UTA) – “Can’t live with them, can’t live without them: CD8+ T cells and aging arteries”
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Lauren Truby, MD (UTSW-Cardiology) - Title TBD - Topic: Heart failure and transplantation
Trainee Session
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Ysabella Ruiz-Pick, PhD Candidate (UNT Health Fort Worth) – “Kv channels and the regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow in aged humans”
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Denis Wakeham, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (IEEM/UTSW-Vascular Medicine) – “Mechanisms limiting exercise stroke volume reserve in patients with HFpEF”
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Tianyu Wang, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (UTSW) – “Cardiac baroreflex sensitivity and beat-to-beat blood pressure variability after traumatic brain injury”
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Robyn Wei, PhD Candidate (UTSW) – Title TBD - Topic: Salt substitutes and hypertension
- Jeremy Bigalke, PhD (Baylor) – “Autonomic nervous system influences on beat-to-beat blood pressure variability”
- John Giacona, PhD, PA-C (UTSW) – “HDL and cardiorespiratory fitness: What is the connection?”
- Yue Liao, PhD (UTA) – “A biobehavioral approach to understand CVD risks in Black women leveraging wearable technologies”
- Keri Shafer, MD (UTSW-Cardiology) – Title TBD – Topic: Physiology of adult congenital heart disease
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
- Robert J Hardin Heart and Cancer Research Fund
- Department of Physiology and Anatomy
- College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences
University of Texas at Arlington
- Department of Kinesiology
- College of Nursing and Health Innovation
UT Southwestern Medical Center
- School of Health Professions