ACRC Seminar Series

The 2025-2026 ACRC Cardiovascular Seminar Series will take place in 2117 MERF.  All Seminars will be held on Friday afternoons at 1:00 pm.

 

September 5, 2025

Igor Efimov, PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Medicine (Division of Cardiology)
Director of Graduate Studies for Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University
 

October 10, 2025

Chou-Long Huang, MD, PhD

Professor of Internal Medicine-Nephrology

University of Iowa

 
January 9, 2026

Jop van Berlo, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
Director of Graduate Studies, PhD Program in Integrative Biology and Physiology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Lillehei Heart Institute
 
February 13, 2026
 

Yulong Li, MD, PhD

Professor, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine
Courtesy Professor, UNMC Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology
Director of Basic Science and Translational Research, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine College 
of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center

 
February 16, 2026
 

Bjorn Knollmann, MD, PhD

William Stokes Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology 
Fellowship Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology 

Director, Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and Therapeutics (VanCART)
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 

 

March 6, 2026
 

Jennifer Davis, PhD

Associate Professor | Eva & Arra Woods Professorship Departments of Lab Medicine and Pathology & Bioengineering
Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Biology
Interim Director of The Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine

 
April 10, 2026
 
Director Heart Institute College of Medicine 
Professor of Medicine and Molecular 
Pharmacology & Physiology 
University of South Florida