Join us for our next Interdisciplinary Seminar Series every last Thursday of the month at 12:30 p.m. (CST).

Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 896 8076 0799

In Person Location: Interdisciplinary Research & Education Building (IREB – UNT Health), 3430 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

 

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Nicole Phillips, PhD

Seminar: Mitonuclear Crosstalk in Alzheimer’s Disease: Progress towards an Integrative Multi-Omics Approach

September 25, 2025

Location: IREB 230

Time: 12:30 – 1:30pm

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Meeting ID: 896 8076 0799

 


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Tonychris Nnaka, PhD, MPH, RN

Seminar: “Reimagining Clinical and Community Care Through AI and Digital Innovation: Applications in Eye Health and Population Wellness”

November 20, 2025

Location: IREB 230

Time: 12:30 – 1:30pm

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Rebecca Cunningham, PhD

Seminar: Gestational mercury exposure and brain health

December 4, 2025

Location: IREB 250

Time: 12:30 – 1:30pm

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Michael Chiang, MD

Seminar: "TBD"

January 30, 2026

Location: TBD

Time: 12:30 - 1:30 PM

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Kyle Emmitte, PhD

Seminar: "TBD"

February 26, 2026

Location: TBD

Time: 12:30 - 1:30 PM

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Sid O'Bryant, PhD

Seminar: "TBD"

March 26, 2026

Location: TBD

Time: 11:30 - 12:30 PM

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Michael Gatch, PhD

Seminar: "TBD"

April 30, 2026

Location: TBD

Time: 12:30 - 1:30 PM

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Oliver Gramlich, PhD

Seminar: “Advancements and Drawbacks in Preclinical Optic Neuropathy Treatments: From Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Small Molecule Drugs”

September 26th, 2024


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Tom Cunningham, PhD

Seminar: “Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Regulation to Intermittent Hypoxia: A Preclinical Model of Sleep Apnea”

October 31st, 2024


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Rebecca M. Sappington, PhD

Seminar: “Restoration of homeostasis as a therapeutic strategy in chronic retinal disease”

November 14th, 2024


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Ashok Kumar, PhD

Seminar: “Ferroptosis mediated retinal cell death during ocular infections”

January 30th, 2025


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Caroline Rickards, PhD

Seminar: “Pulsatile Perfusion Therapy: A Potential Treatment for Cerebral Hypoperfusion”

April 10th, 2025


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Carrie German, PhD

Seminar: “Developing Synergistic Approaches to Understanding Ocular Phenomena in Disease and in Health”

May 29th, 2025


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Suchismita Acharya, PhD and Patrick Smale, CEO, ClearSight Therapeutics

Seminar: Clinic-to-bench and to clinic again- a passionate journey of new drug discoveries

July 3, 2025


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Dr. Cintia De Paiva

Seminar: “Epithelial CD25/IL-2 signaling in the cornea is important for corneal barrier function”

September 28th, 2023


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Dr. Sterling Ortega

Seminar: “Understanding the Role of the Adaptive Immune System in Brain Health and Disease”

October 26th, 2023


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Dr. Steven Fliesler 

Seminar: “Cholesterol Pathway Defects: Impact on the Structure and Function of the Retina”

November 16th, 2023


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Dr. Sid O’Bryant

Seminar: “Examining Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease Across Diverse Populations”

December 7th, 2023


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Dr. Winston Kao

Seminar: “Matricellular Functions of Lumican in Corneal Homeostasis And Wound Healing”

January 18th, 2024


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Dr. Tonia Rex

Seminar: “Oxidative stress: A common mechanism and therapeutic target in optic neuropathies”

January 25th, 2024


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 Dr. Susmit Suvas

Seminar: “Impact of inflammatory hypoxia and immune cell localization on the development of herpes stromal keratitis”

February 29th, 2024


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Dr. Joshua Dunaief

Seminar: “Heavy metal-induced retinopathy protected by heavy lipids”

March 28th, 2024


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Cynthia Carroll

Seminar: “Effective Teams in Ineffective Systems – the Rationale Interprofessionalism

April 25th, 2024


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Reza Dana

Seminar: “Novel developments in Corneal Transplantation, Corneal Regenerative Medicine and Angiogenesis”

May 30th, 2024


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Dr. Katalin Prokai

Seminar title: “Retina-targeted estrogen therapy for ocular neuroprotection”

September 29th, 2022


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Dr. Michael Coble

Seminar title: “An Overview of the Center for Human Identification”

October 27th, 2022


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Dr. Peter Lwigale

Seminar title: “Uncovering the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Corneal Development and Wound Healing”

December 1st, 2022


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Dr. Usha Sambamoorthy

Seminar title: “Artificial intelligence and machine learning in Health Outcomes Research”

January 26th, 2023


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Dr. Emily Spence

Seminar title: “Engaging communities to promote health equity”

February 16th, 2023


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Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk

Seminar title: “Repetitive stress accelerates aging of the eye”

March 30th, 2023


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Dr. Timothy Corson

Seminar title: “Therapeutic targeting of heme synthesis for neovascular eye diseases”

April 20th, 2023


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Dr. Johnathan Tune

Seminar title: “Control of coronary blood flow in health and disease”

May 25th, 2023