CDSI Seminar Series

The Center for Drug Safety and Immunology (CDSI) hosts a seminar series to create a platform for scientists and clinicians to discuss cutting-edge research that can significantly impact patient care. Through sharing novel ideas across scientific and medical institutions, CDSI and participating individuals and organizations gain a wider breadth and depth of knowledge on critical drug safety, allergy, and immunology topics pertinent to advancing the field.

2023 Seminar Series

October 24, 2023

Thierry Nordmann, MD, PhD and Celestine Wanjalla, MD, PhD

Dr. Nordmann is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Dermatology Specialist, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.

Dr. Wanjalla is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Spatial Transcriptomics and Deep Visual Proteomics

March 20, 2023

Ido Amit, PhD

Professor of Immunology, Eden and Steven Romick Professorial Chair, Weizman Institute of Science

The power of ONE: Immunology in the age of single cell genomics

January 9, 2023

Mary Carrington, PhD

Director, Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory

Effect of HLA-I Signal Peptide Variation on HLA-E Expression and NK Cell Function

2022 Seminar Series

October 24, 2022

Mona Mashayekhi, MD, PhD

Instructor, physician-scientist, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The Effects of Anti-Diabetes on Inflammation in Obesity

September 26, 2022

David M. Patrick, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The Immunoproteasome: A Critical Mediator of Immune Activation in Arterial Hypertension

September 19, 2022

Nathaniel Bloodworth, MD, PhD

VUMC Harrison Society, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Laboratory of David G. Harrison

Identifying Immunogenic Neoantigens in Hypertension

August 15, 2022

Margaret Axelrod, MD, PhD

Recent PhD Graduate, Balko Laboratory

Cytotoxic T cells Specific for Alpha-Myosin Drive Immunotherapy Related Myocarditis

April 25, 2022

Andrea Shiakolas, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgiev Laboratory, PMI

Antibody Discovery via LIBRA-seq: Linking B cell Receptor to Antigen Specificity Through Screening

April 11, 2022

Paul Norman, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Co-evolution of Polymorphic Immune Genes Across Human Populations

March 21, 2022

Jonathan A. Kropski, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Epithelial Repair and Remodeling at Single-Cell Resolution

March 7, 2022

Jeffrey C. Rathmell, PhD

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Immunobiology; Director, Vanderbilt Center for Immunology; Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology