FALL 2011
Fridays, 11:00am-12:20pm, 111 Lillis

October 7
Speaker: Marc Kaufman, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UC Davis
Title: The exercise pressor reflex: Its afferent arm and possible role in peripheral artery disease.
Host: John Halliwill

October 21
Speaker: Marc Norcross, Assistant Professor in Exercise and Sport Science, Oregon State University
Title: From sideline to byline…and the quest to get back there again.
Host: Grace Golden

November 4
Speaker: Jeff Frisbee, Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences
Host: Chris Minson

November 18
Speaker: Darryl Thelen, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Institute on Aging
Title: Dynamic Muscle Function During Human Gait
Host: Li-Shan Chou

WINTER 2012
Fridays, 11:00am-12:20pm, Location: 128 Chiles

January 20, 2012
Speaker: Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Professor of Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California
Title: Integrating neuroscience and engineering to understand sensorimotor function and dysfunction
Host: Andy Karduna

February 3
Speaker: Jane Kent-Braun, Professor of Muscle Physiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Title: Bioenergetic Basis of Muscle Fatigue: Insights About Aging
Host: Anita Christie

February 17
Speaker: Colleen G. Julian, Altitude Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus.
Title: Adaptation to High Altitude: A View from In Utero
Host: Andy Lovering

March 2
Speaker: Mark Redfern, Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Musculoskeletal Research Center
Title: Biomechanics and the Prevention of Slips and Falls
Host: Li Shan Chou

March 16
Speaker: Mark Nijland, Associate Professor, Department of OB-GYN, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
Title: Transcriptomics: The Canary in the Cage
Host: Jeff Gilbert

SPRING 2012
Fridays, 11:00am-12:20pm, Location: 128 Chiles

April 13
Speaker: Scott McLean, Assistant Professor, Athletic Training and Movement Science, University of Michigan School of Kinesiology
Title: Integrative morphologic and mechanical contributions to long-term joint health.
Host: Grace Golden/Sierra Dawson

April 27
Speaker: John McCarthy, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Title: The use of a novel genetic mouse model to understand the role of satellite cells in skeletal muscle hypertrophy
Host: Hans Dreyer/Gary Klug

May 11
Speaker: Christopher Ingersoll, Professor and Dean, Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, Central Michigan University
Title: Patient-oriented outcomes: implications for clinical practice and research
Host: Grace Golden/Sierra Dawson

May 25
Speaker: Barbara Goodman, Professor of Physiology and Associate Editor for Advances in Physiology Education, Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota
Title:Teaching and Learning by Inquiry
Host: John Halliwill

June 8
Speaker: Paul Fadel, Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Pharmacology/Physiology, University of Missouri
Title: Insulin and the control of muscle sympathetic outflow in humans
Host: Christopher Minson