Seminars & Grand Rounds

Aza Nedhari, DHS, CPM, LPC - President, CEO, and co-founder of Mamatoto Village

 Nov 06, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m.
 Memorial Art Gallery | 

Benjamin Miller, PhD - Dean’s Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Material Sciences, Optics, University of Rochester Medical Center

 Nov 19, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Microphysiological Systems (MPS; also known as tissue chips or organ-on-a-chip) are rapidly growing as tools for basic research and drug development. This talk will discuss methods under development to enable continuous monitoring of MPS via automated microscopy and integrated photonic sensors.Microphysiological Systems (MPS; also known as tissue chips or organ-on-a-chip) are rapidly growing as tools for basic research and drug development. This talk will discuss methods under development to enable continuous monitoring of MPS via automated microscopy and integrated photonic sensors.

Host: Souvarish Sarkar, PhD

Magda Kaczmarska, MFA - Global Atlantic fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Global Brain Health Institute & Founding executive director, Dance Stream Projects

 Nov 20, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.

Todd Jusko, PhD - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center

 Dec 03, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Host: TBD

Karen M. Mustian, PhD, MPH - Dean’s professor of Surgery, Cancer Control, professor of Radiation Oncology, and co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at the Wilmot Cancer Institute

 Dec 04, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.

Phoebe Stapleton, PhD., ATC - Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Division Director for Environmental and Population Health, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University

 Dec 17, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Host: Alison Elder, PhD

Brian Jackson, PhD - Research Professor, Director of Trace Element Analysis Core, Director of Biomedical National Elemental Imaging Resource, Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College

 Jan 28, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Host: Matthew Rand, PhD

Robert Tighe, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine and in the Division of Environmental Natural Sciences, Department of Medicine at Duke University

 Feb 25, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Host: TBD

Jason Richardson, PhD - Dianne Isakson Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research at University of Georgia

 Mar 25, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Host: Deborah Cory-Slechta, PhD