Johnathan Tune, PhD, FAHA, FCVS will be GSBS guest speaker on November 6, 2019, and he will be presenting Cardiovascular Consequences of Obesity: Mechanisms and Therapies.
Seminar Location: LIB-110 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Johnathan Tune received his Ph.D. in the laboratory of Dr. H. Fred Downey at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas. He performed his post-doctoral work in the laboratory of Dr. Eric Feigl at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Tune has held academic positions at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (New Orleans, LA), and the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Tune serves on study sections for the American Heart Association and the Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health and serves on the editorial board of leading cardiovascular journals, including the American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Basic Research in Cardiology, and Circulation Research. His research has been funded by the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, Eli Lilly and Company, and the National Institutes of Health.