UNMC hosts gathering of cardiovascular scientists

Irving Zucker, Ph.D., is editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

UNMC will host the inaugural American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Editors Scientific Conference on Sept. 8.

A world-class international gathering of cardiovascular scientists will present their latest research during the daylong conference in the Sorrell Center. Registration is free and topics will range from stem cell biology to cardiac electrophysiology to vascular biology and everything in-between. The conference will appeal to principal investigators, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students and clinicians interested in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of cardiovascular disease.

Register, or view the conference schedule, here.

“This is an opportunity to hear the best in cardiovascular science in an academic setting devoted to promoting basic and clinical research,” said Irving Zucker, Ph.D., Theodore F. Hubbard Professor of Cardiovascular Research, chairman of cellular and integrative physiology and editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology.

Dr. Zucker and Kaushik Patel, Ph.D., cellular and integrative physiology, will each present from UNMC.

One of the premier scientific journals, AJP publishes studies in cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology. The journal has published seminal studies in cardiovascular physiology since 1887.