School of Medicine

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Seminar Series

The Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar Series invites speakers from the broader scientific community in and around New Orleans, and subject experts from around the world. Our series emphasizes our departmental strengths in Neuroscience, Clinical and Comparative Anatomy, and Anatomy Education.

If you are interested in speaking to our group, please contact our seminar coordinator, Dr. Matthew Whim, at mwhim@lsuhsc.edu.

Please check back often as speakers will be added throughout the year.
 

2024-2025 Scheduled Speakers

Fall Speakers

1. Alicia Baker, PhD, Jason Middleton, PhD, Alyssa Ransom, MS and Sonya Van Nuland, PhD , Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans         
   September 9, 2024
   
   
2. Dr. Yanlin He, Associate Professor, Brain Glycemin and Metabolism Control, Pennington Biomedical Research Center        
   October 14, 2024
   
   
3. Dr. Rachel Fiore, CCC-SLP, Director, Standardized Patient Project, Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, LSU Health Sciences Center
   October 28, 2024
   
   
4. Dr. Kaue Machado Costa, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham         
   November 4, 2024

Spring Speakers

1. Dr. Barbie Klein, Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco
   January 13, 2025
   
   
2. Kate Quinn, MFA, Executive Director, Mutter Museum and Historical Medical Library, Philadeliphia
   January 27, 2025
   
   
3. Dr. Lawrence Reiter, Professor, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine
   February 3, 2025
   
   
4. Dr. Greg Macleod, Professor,  Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine
   February 10, 2025
   
   
5. Dr. Rachel Witt, Assistant Professor,  Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Marshall University
   February 17, 2025
   
   
6. Dr. Alison Smith, Assistant Professor,  Department of Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans
   March 24, 2025
   
   
7. Dr. Jesse Schank, Associate Professor,  Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Georgia
   March 31, 2025
   
   
8. Dr. Laura Hetzler, FACS, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans
   April 28, 2025
   
   
9. Dr. Neil Johannsen, Robert and Patricia Hines Endowed Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University
   May 12, 2025
   
   
10. Dr. Michelle Moore, Associate Professor-Clinical, Department of Psychiatry, LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans
    May 26, 2025
    
    
11. Dr. Laura Harrison, Research Assistant Professor,  Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University
    June 23, 2025