Upcoming Center Seminars
June 2025
Date:
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 7:30 – 8:30 am, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: ACTRI Conference Room 2E-111
Online Zoom Meeting
Password: 351822
Speaker:
Jessica B. Rubin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Title: Beyond the Fifth Vital Sign: Pain and its Management in Cirrhosis Patients
Speaker’s Research Interests: Dr. Rubin’s research focuses on improving quality of life and clinical outcomes for patients with cirrhosis by addressing critical evidence gaps in symptom management, particularly pain. She leads a research program at the intersection of hepatology, pain management, and health services research, with expertise in leveraging large national datasets, real-world evidence, and advanced pharmacoepidemiologic methods. Her current work, supported by an NIDDK K23 award, utilizes national VA and CMS data to evaluate the risks and outcomes associated with opioid and non-opioid analgesics in patients with cirrhosis. She has also developed a growing interest in understanding the risks of cannabis use in this population, as patients increasingly turn to it for pain relief in the absence of clear clinical guidance. Through this work, she aims to develop evidence-based strategies to guide safer, more effective pain management in this high-risk population.
July 2025
Date:
Monday, July 28, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Renée M. Tsolis, PhD
Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Chair, Microbiology Graduate Group
Associate Director, NIH T32 Animal Models of Infectious Disease
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
August 2025
Date:
Monday, August 25, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Arthur "Art" Beyder, MD, PhD, AGAF
Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Associate Professor, Medicine and Physiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
September 2025
Date:
Wednesday, September 03, 2025
Location: TBD
Speaker:
Hashem B. El-Serag, MD, MPH
Vice President, Learning Health System
Margaret M and Albert B Alkek Professor
and Chair, Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
October 2025
Date:
Monday, October 06, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: Leichtag - 107 (Lecture Room)
Speaker:
Wen-Xing Ding, PhD, FAASLD
William Warner Abercrombie Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Title: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
November 2025
Date:
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 7:30 – 8:30 am, Pacific Time, Hybrid Meeting
Location: TBD
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
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: TBD
Speaker’s Research Interests: TBD
December 2025
Date:
Monday, December 15, 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