Upcoming Center Seminars
November 2025
Date:
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 7:30 – 8:30 am, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: ACTRI Conference Room 2E-111
Online: Zoom Meeting
Password: 601374
Speaker:
Folasade (Fola) P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil
Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
Director, Melvin and Bren Simon Gastroenterology Quality Improvement Program
Director of the May Health Services Research Laboratory
Associate Director, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
Staff Gastroenterologist, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Title: Colorectal Cancer: National Trends, Evolving Epidemiology, and Screening Challenges
Speaker’s Research Interests: At the May Laboratory at UCLA, Dr. May and her team conduct health services research and quality improvement studies aimed at enhancing population-based preventive health strategies, expanding access to preventive services, and reducing health disparities. Her research explores how patient, provider, and system-level factors influence the prevention and management of chronic diseases such as obesity, colorectal cancer, chronic liver disease, and hepatocellular carcinoma. A central focus of the May Lab is the development, evaluation, and dissemination of health system interventions designed to promote adherence to evidence-based colorectal cancer screening guidelines, ensure timely follow-up of abnormal results, and improve surveillance practices.
December 2025
Date:
Monday, December 8, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Howard Hang, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Immunology & Microbiology and Chemistry
Scripps Research
La Jolla, CA
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
January 2026
Date:
Monday, January 26, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Carolina Tropini, Ph.D., P. L. Eng.
Assistant Professor
Canada Tier 2 Research Chair, Quantitative Microbiota Biology for Health Applications
Alan Bernstein CIFAR Fellow
School of Biomedical Engineering & Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
March 2026
Date:
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 7:30 – 8:30 am, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: TBD
Speaker:
Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, MD
Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
April 2026
Date:
Monday, April 27, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Samar H. Ibrahim, M.B.Ch.B, NASPGHAN-F, AASLD-F
Consultant, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology
Director, C-SiG Pilot and Feasibility Program
Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
May 2026
Date:
Monday, May 18, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Declan F. McCole, Ph.D., AGAF
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences Department
School of Medicine
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
June 2026
Date:
Monday, June 29, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
M. Maya Kaelberer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
July 2026
Date:
Monday, June 27, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
August 2026
Date:
Monday, August 31, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Scott T. Magness, Ph.D.
Professor
University of North Carolina Departments of Medicine, Cell Biology & Physiology
North Carolina State University Joint Departments of Biomedical Engineering
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
September 2026
Date:
Monday, September 28, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
October 2026
Date:
Monday, October 26, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Takeshi Saito, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles CA
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
November 2026
Date:
Monday, November 30, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Lee A. Denson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Schubert-Martin IBD Center
Director, Digestive Health Center
Research Director, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
December 2026
Date:
Monday, December 14, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Stephen A. Duncan, DPhil
Professor and Chair
Department: Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology
Programs: Cell Injury, End Organ Disease
Cell Models Core
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Charleston, SC
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD