Weekly Seminars

Interdisciplinary Science, Engineering and Health Science Seminars

Swenson College encourages an exchange of ideas and collaboration between disciplines at UMD. Anyone organizing a seminar that would like to include it in this list can contact [email protected].

For the week of October 7-13:

Monday, October 7
Titie: Designing equitable governance systems to improve socio-environmental outcomes
Speaker: Dr. Meghan Klasic (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Time/Location: 4pm CT on Mon, 10/4/24 / SSB216
Zoom: https://umn.zoom.us/j/94520957248?pwd=uw8xeK0tWvo5iZqDKp6eYYPIFiOtOG.1
Host: Chan Lan Chun (WRS seminar series)

Tuesday, October 8

Title: Cellular Trafficking of Cationic Bicelles in a Blood-Brain Barrier Cell Culture Model in Vitro
Speaker: Joan Cheng, PhD Candidate, Kandimalla Lab
Time/Location: 3:30 pm CT/Moos 5-125
Host: PHM 8100/Phar 6260 Pharmaceutics Seminar (Department of Pharmaceutics)
Zoom by request: [email protected]

Wednesday, October 9
Title: Pharmacokinetics Meets Microbiomics: Model-Informed Dosing of Mycophenolate Mofetil Guided by Gut Microbiome Composition
Speaker: Abdelrahman Saqr, MS, ECP Grad Student
Time/Location: 12:20-1:10 pm CT/Moos Tower 1-450 (TC) & HH 302 (Duluth)
Host: ECP 8100/PHAR 6160 (Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology)
Zoom https://umn-private.zoom.us/j/97973120329?pwd=yXrtzzwszzjabL3TmM8mioLJTjQxRD.1
Meeting ID: 979 7312 0329 Passcode: bMAX99

Thursday, October 10
Title: The potential of pharmacy-based sexual and reproductive healthcare: Informing policy and practice in California (and beyond)
Speaker: Raiza Beltran, PhD, MPH - Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology &Community Health
Time/Location: 3:35-5:00 pm CT, 7-193 WDH (TC) / 160 LSci (DL)
Host: SAPh 8100 (Social & Administrative Pharmacy)
Zoom by request, [email protected]

Friday, October 11

Title:  From Confirmatory to Course-based Undergraduate Research: Iterations toward Transforming General Chemistry Lab Curriculum
Speaker:  Dr. Jacob Wainman; UMD Chemistry & Biochemistry Dept
Time/Location: 3pm/Chem 200
Host: Dr. Katie Schreiner (Joint Seminar with Chemistry)