UNM/CTSA Speakers Bureau

These speakers are available by invitation from our partner institutions, depending on interests and the speaker's area of expertise.

For students interested in these topics, please speak with your NM-INBRE Professor about a speaker invitation.

Stefan Posse, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurology 
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• Real-time functional brain imaging
• Metabolic brain imaging for application in clinical research
• Imaging of metabolic biomarkers in breast cancer

Robert Annett, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Pediatrics & Psychology
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• Epigenetics and the National Children's Study
• The Impact of Poverty on Child Brain Development
• Depression in Children and Adolescents
• Autism Sectrum Disorders
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children: Challenges and Controversies
• Evidence Based Medicine for Pediatric Practitioners
• Ethical Challenges for Informed Consent in Pediatric Research
• Pediatric Neuropsychological Examinations: What Consumers Need to Know

Kathleen Colleran, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
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• Conducting industry sponsored clinical trials

Melanie E Royce, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
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• Changing Paradigms of Breast Cancer
• Other topics relevant to clinical breast cancer biology and management

Robert L. Williams, M.D., M.P.H, Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
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• Primary care practice-based research (RIOS Net)
• Health disparities, including NM CARES HD.

William S. Garver, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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• The Niemann-Pick C1 gene in promoting common obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Akshay Sood, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
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• Obesity and Asthma
• Wood Smoke Exposure and Lung Disease in New Mexico

Cosette Wheeler, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology
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• The Truth and Politics of Pap smears, HPV tests and vaccines - Who should get them, what is recommended for girls and women at different ages
• Cancer Prevention - what needs to change ?
• Evidence-based Medicine - The role of Bioinformatics, Educating the Public and Overcoming the Fears

Leslie Morrison, M.D., Professor, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics
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• Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (PABPN1 mutation)
• Cerebral cavernous malformations (angiomas) (KRIT1 mutation)
• Childhood neuromuscular disorders
• Genetic founder effects in New Mexico

Helen J. Hathaway, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology
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• Modeling Women’s Cancers: From Biology to Pre-Clinical Applications

Marco Bisoffi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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• Prostate Cancer
• Field Cancerization

Eric Prossnitz, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
co-Director, UNM Cancer Center Women's Cancers Program
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• Collaborative Research within New Mexico Towards an Understanding of the G protein-coupled Estrogen Receptor GPR30

Mark Burge, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Deputy Director, UNM CTSC
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• Clinical and Translational Research in NM and the Desert Southwest

Jeffrey Griffith, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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• New biomarkers that predict breast cancer recurrence

Michelle A Ozbun, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
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• HPV and human cancers, from infections to vaccines & possible therapeutics