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Sep.15, 2016
James D. Cherry, MD, MSc Distinguished Research Profesor, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Topic: Infection, Inflammation & Immunity
“The history of Pertussis (whooping cough): Mistakes made during a 110 year odyssey and what some of the mistakes bode for the future”
Oct. 20, 2016
Anil Sapru, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care
Topic: Infection, Inflammation & Immunity
“Acute respiratory distress syndrome: How can we design better clinical trials?”
Nov. 17, 2016
Daniel Levi, MD, Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Topic: Neonatal Health & Development
&ldquo“Development of biodegradable stents and Patent Ductus Arteriosus closure devices for small infants”
Dec. 15, 2016
John Adams, MD, Distinguished Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Topics: Nutrition, Metabolism & Growth
“Immunobiology of Vitamin D”
Jan. 19, 2017
Karin Nielsen, MD, MPH, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Topics: Infection, Inflammation & Immunity
”Zika virus: Mother to child transmission – what is known to date?”
Feb. 16, 2017
Donald Kohn, MD, Professor, MIMG, Pediatrics, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Topic: Cancer & Regeneration
“Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy: Progress and challenges”
Mar 16, 2017
Peter Butler, MD, Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology)
Topic: Topic: Nutrition, Metabolism & Growth
“Mechanisms of beta cell loss in diabetes”
Apr. 20, 2017
Elizabeth Marcus, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Topic: Infection, Inflammation & Immunity
”Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric injury”
May 18, 2017
Christopher Giza, MD, Professor, Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery
Topics: Brain & Behavior
"Is being plastic fantastic? Mechanisms of recovery after pediatric traumatic brain injury"
June 15, 2017
Loris Hwang, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine
Topic: Infection, Inflammation & Immunity
“Adolescent cervical maturation and biological vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections (STIs)”
This series is supported in part by a Catalyst Award from the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI; NIH/NCATS grant #UL1TR001881).