Ocean State Research Institute

Corey Ventetuolo, MD, MS
2025-05-09 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Corey Ventetuolo, MD, MS
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Chris Mantsounga, PhD
2025-05-16 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-14 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Chris Mantsounga, PhD
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Havovi Chichger, PhD
2025-05-30 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Havovi Chichger, PhD
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Abdulkadir Kiris, MD – Cardiac arrhythmias in Pulmonary Hypertension
2025-09-19 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
﻿Cardiac arrhythmias in Pulmonary Hypertension
Presenter: Abdulkadir Kiris, MD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Andres Pulgarin Rocha, PhD – Role of Microbiome-Derived Butyrate in Attenuating Pulmonary Hypertension-Associated Endothelial Phenotypes
2025-09-26 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Role of Microbiome-Derived Butyrate in Attenuating Pulmonary Hypertension-Associated Endothelial
Phenotypes
Presenter: Andres Pulgarin Rocha, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Kelsey Muir, MD – Sotagliflozin Enhances Left Ventricular Function and Myocardial Perfusion in Chronic Myocardial Ischemia
2025-10-03 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Sotagliflozin Enhances Left Ventricular Function and Myocardial Perfusion in Chronic Myocardial
Ischemia
Presenter: Kelsey Muir, MD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Kareen Coulombe, PhD – Electromechanical Integration of Engineered Human Myocardium for Heart Regeneration Post-MI
2025-10-17 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Electromechanical Integration of Engineered Human Myocardium for Heart Regeneration Post-MI
Presenter: Kareen Coulombe, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Christopher Moore, PhD – Vasculature as a Unique 'Boundary' Computer that helps Create Adaptive Behavior
2025-10-24 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Vasculature as a Unique ‘Boundary’ Computer that helps Create Adaptive Behavior
Presenter: Christopher Moore, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Maya Cohen, MD
2025-10-31 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Maya Cohen, MD
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Chang Liu, PhD
2025-11-07 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Chang Liu, PhD
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Richard Clements, PhD
2025-11-21 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Richard Clements, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Zachary Harris, MD
2025-12-05 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Zachary Harris, MD
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Lawler Lab
2025-12-12 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Lawler Lab
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Hongwei Yao, PhD
2025-12-19 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Hongwei Yao, PhD
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Peng Zhang, MD, MS – Myocardial energy metabolism in HFpEF and blood bioenergetics biomarker
2026-01-09 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Myocardial energy metabolism in HFpEF and blood bioenergetics biomarker
Presenter: Peng Zhang, MD, MS
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James Klinger, MD – SOX17 And RUNX1 as Novel Targets for Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
2026-01-16 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
SOX17 And RUNX1 as Novel Targets for Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
Presenter: James Klinger, MD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Jessica Plavicki, PhD – Identifying the development origin of late emerging proepicardial progenitor cells
2026-01-23 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Identifying the development origin of late emerging proepicardial progenitor cells
Presenter: Jessica Plavicki, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Reza Avaz, PhD – AI-Enabled Quantification of Cardiovascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension
2026-01-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
AI-Enabled Quantification of Cardiovascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension
Presenter: Reza Avaz, PhD
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Yang Zhou, PhD – Immune Responses in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome-associated Lung Disease
2026-02-06 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Immune Responses in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome-associated Lung Disease
Presenter: Yang Zhou, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Arvin Soepriatna, PhD and Stephanie Roser, PhD
2026-02-13 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenters & Topics:
Arvin Soepriatna, PhD – Postdoc in Coulombe lab: Engineering Bioelectric Threads for Regenerating Conduction in the Heart
Stephanie Roser, PhD – Student in Coulombe lab: Proangiogenic Biomaterials for Revitalization of the Post-MI Rat Heart
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Navneet Singh, MD, ScM – The Liver is an Inflammatory Mediator of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
2026-02-20 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
The Liver is an Inflammatory Mediator of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Presenter: Navneet Singh, MD, ScM
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Daniel Yang, MD – High-throughput functional profiling of MYH7 variants in genome-edited cardiomyocytes to predict cardiomyopathy risk
2026-02-27 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
High-throughput functional profiling of MYH7 variants in genome-edited cardiomyocytes to predict cardiomyopathy risk
Presenter: Daniel Yang, MD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Julia Woodcock, PhD – Exploring Chemical RNA Dynamics in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
2026-03-06 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Exploring Chemical RNA Dynamics in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
Presenter: Julia Woodcock, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Sean Lawler, PhD – Understanding the Role of Cytomegalovirus is Glioblastoma
2026-03-13 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Understanding the Role of Cytomegalovirus is Glioblastoma
Presenter: Sean Lawler, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Melih Agraz, PhD – Machine Learning for Genomics From Fundamentals to Deeper Models with Explainability
2026-03-20 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Machine Learning for Genomics
From Fundamentals to Deeper Models with Explainability
Presenter: Melih Agraz, PhD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Sean Monaghan, MD – Blood Test to Diagnose Pneumonia
2026-03-27 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Blood Test to Diagnose Pneumonia
Presenter: Sean Monaghan, MD
Location: Providence VA Medical Center (830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908)
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Milka Koupenova, PhD
2026-04-03 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Milka Koupenova, PhD
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Imad Al Ghouleh, PhD
2026-04-10 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Imad Al Ghouleh, PhD
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Hina Chaudhry, MD
2026-04-17 15:00 - 16:00 | VA Hospital – Providence, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI, 02908, United States
Presenter: Hina Chaudhry, MD
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