Cardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine Journal Club GBSC700

The Cardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine Journal Club explores state-of-the-art topics in vascular and renal physiology and pathophysiology. Topics are rotated monthly to provide focus on the cardiovascular and renal system, while highlighting interplay between the systems based on their underlying physiology. Students will gain insight into hypothesis testing, critical thinking skills, new paradigms for research, and cutting-edge experimental methods and models.

Goal: To critically evaluate published studies in the field of Cardio-Renal Physiology and Biology
When: Fridays at 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: The Hugh Kaul Human Genetics Building, conference room 837
Format: The paper being discussed will be chosen by trainees at the beginning of each semester

Please contact Dr. David Pollock, course director (davidpollock@uabmc.edu) if you have any questions. The course is open to anyone at any level. Post-docs and faculty are encouraged to participate.

Responsibilities of the presenter: Select the paper: current (no older than 2 years, high impact). Justify why this paper should be presented. Prepare a 20-25 min presentation. Include a discussion on the physiology topic associated with the paper being discussed. Then present the paper (introduction, methods, figures and tables, discussion, and conclusion). Guide the group discussion Ask and answer questions. Encourage everyone in the group to participate.