Lillehei Heart Institute Lecture Series
Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00pm, September through May
The LHI lecture series brings together leading scientists and clinicians to share the latest advances in cardiovascular research. Our thoughtfully curated program features both distinguished internal faculty and notable external guest speakers from across the cardiovascular research community. | Jump to schedule >
What our series offers:
Expert Presentations. Learn from accomplished researchers and clinicians who are making significant contributions to cardiovascular medicine and advancing our understanding of heart health.
Diverse Research Perspectives. Discover insights from various areas of cardiovascular science, with speakers representing different specialties and approaches to heart research.
Flexible Access. Attend presentations in person for direct interaction with speakers, or join via our campus-wide simulcast for convenient access from your location.
Recorded Content. When speakers provide permission, lectures are recorded and made available through University of Minnesota login, allowing you to review content at your convenience. | Jump to recordings >
Member-Selected Speakers. External presenters are nominated and hosted by LHI members, ensuring relevant and impactful content that addresses current research priorities.
The lecture series provides an excellent opportunity to stay current with important developments in cardiovascular research, connect with colleagues, and explore potential collaborations. Whether you're actively conducting research or simply interested in the latest scientific progress, these presentations offer valuable insights into the evolving field of cardiovascular medicine.
Join us to stay informed about the research that's shaping our understanding of cardiovascular health and disease.
Location: 1-101 Microbiology Research Facility (MRF)*
Link to Webcast* (z.umn.edu/lhi-webcast)
*Subject to change, check individual lecture info on calendar below.
The 2025-2026 series will begin September 10, 2025.
LHI Lecture Recordings are only available to those with a University of Minnesota ID.
2025-2026 Recordings
October 1, 2025 Lin Yee Chen, MBBS, MS - University of Minnesota
October 22, Aarti Asnani, MD - Harvard Medical School
November 6, Andres Hidalgo, PhD - Yale School of Medicine
2024-2025 Recordings
September 11, 2024 Lin Yee Chen, MBBS, MS - University of Minnesota
September 18, 2024 Kurt Prins, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
September 25, 2024 Bradley M. Palmer, PhD - University of Vermont
October 2, 2024 Jesse Williams, PhD - University of Minnesota
October 9, 2024 Katherine E. Yutzey, PhD - University of Cincinnati
October 23, 2024 Helen N. Jones, PhD - University of Florida
November 13, 2024 Pamela Lutsey, PhD, MPH - University of Minnesota
December 11, 2024 Robert E. Gerszten, MD - Harvard Medical School
December 18, 2024 Timothy O’Connell, PhD - University of Minnesota
February 12, 2025 Sanaz Sedaghat, PhD - University of Minnesota
March 12, 2025 Melissa Gardner, PhD - University of Minnesota
April 23, 2025 Julia Steinberger, MD, MS - University of Minnesota
April 30, 2025 Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS - Duke University School of Medicine
May 14, 2025 Jane A. Leopold, MD - Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
2023-2024 Recordings
2023-2024 Recordings
September 13, 2023 Demetri Yannopoulos, MD - University of Minnesota
September 20, 2023 Sudarshan Rajagopal, MD, PhD - Duke University School of Medicine
September 27, 2023 Timothy McKinsey, PhD - University of Colorado
October 11, 2023 Shyam S. Bansal, PhD - The Ohio State University
October 18, 2023 Lin Yee Chen, MD, MS - University of Minnesota
October 25, 2023 James Floyd, MD, MS - University of Washington
November 15, 2023 Louise Evans, PhD - University of Minnesota
December 6, 2023 Xavier Revelo, PhD - University of Minnesota
December 13, 2023 Mercedes Carnethon, PhD - Northwestern University
January 10, 2024 Elizabeth Braunlin, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
January 24, 2024 Tamer Mohamed, PhD, MSc - Baylor College of Medicine
February 7, 2024 Jop van Berlo, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
February 28, 2024 Michael T. Patterson, BS - University of Minnesota
March 6, 2024 Rod Passman, MD, MSCE - Northwestern University
March 27, 2024 John Osborn, PhD - University of Minnesota
April 17, 2024 Jin O-Uchi, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
May 8, 2024 Christie Ballantyne, MD - Baylor College of Medicine
May 15, 2024 Zoltan P. Arany, MD - University of Pennsylvania
2022-2023 Recordings
November 16, 2022 Joseph Hill, MD, PhD - University of Texas, Southwestern
December 7, 2022 Virend Somers MD, PhD - Mayo Clinic
December 14, 2022 Joseph Metzger, PhD - University of Minnesota
February 8, 2023 Markus Meyer, MD - University of Minnesota
February 15, 2023 Victoria Osinski, PhD - University of Minnesota
March 1, 2023 Amy Bradshaw, PhD - Medical University of South Carolina
March 8, 2023 Beshay Zordoky, PhD - University of Minnesota
March 15, 2023 Mario DelMar, MD, PhD - NYU Grossman School of Medicine
March 22, 2023 Stephan Lehnart, MD, PhD - Deutsches Zentrum für Herzkreislaufforschung
March 29, 2023 Weihong Tang, PhD - University of Minnesota
April 5, 2023 Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM - Northwestern University
April 19, 2023 Alan S. Go, MD - Kaiser Permanente
May 3, 2023 Michael Kyba, PhD - University of Minnesota
2021-2022 Recordings
September 8, 2021 Sam Dudley, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
September 22, 2021 Jop van Berlo, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
September 29, 2021 Jesse W. Williams, PhD - University of Minnesota
October 13, 2021 David A. Eisner, D.Phil. - The University of Manchester (UK)
October 27, 2021 Bradley A. Maron, MD - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
November 17, 2021 Laura Niedernhofer, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
December 1, 2021 Bernhard Kühn, MD - UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
December 8, 2021 Lin Yee Chen, MD, MS - University of Minnesota
December 15, 2021 Sébastien Bonnet, PhD - Laval University, Quebec
January 12, 2022 Kyoko Yoshida, PhD - University of Minnesota
January 19, 2022 Jun Wu, PhD - University of Texas, Southwestern
February 16, 2022 Jin O-Uchi, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
February 23, 2022 Michael Kyba, PhD - University of Minnesota
March 2, 2022 Jennifer Goldblum, PhD - University of Minnesota
March 9, 2022 Philip A. Bidwell, PhD - University of Minnesota
March 16, 2022 Javier Sierra Pagan - University of Minnesota
March 23, 2022 Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
April 6, 2022 Farzad Azimpour, MD - Edwards Lifesciences
April 13, 2022 Bhairab N. Singh, PhD - University of Minnesota
2020-2021 Recordings
September 9, 2020 Sam Dudley, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
September 30, 2020 Alison Hiltner (Soo Arts) and Boris Oicherman, PhD (University of Minnesota)
October 7, 2020 Julia Liu, PhD - University of Minnesota
October 14, 2020 Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD - Harvard Medical School
October 28, 2020 Tim Lahm, MD - Indiana University
November 18, 2020 Alessandro Magli, PhD - University of Minnesota
December 2, 2020 Barry A. Borlaug, MD - Mayo Clinic
December 9, 2020 Thenappan Thenappan, MD - University of Minnesota
January 13, 2021 Kurt Prins, PhD - University of Minnesota
January 20, 2021 Wagenseil, PhD - St. Louis University
January 27, 2021 Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia, PhD - University of Minnesota
February 3, 2021 Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, MD - UC Davis
February 11, 2021 Deepak Srivastiva, MD - UCSF
February 17, 2021 Ira Goldberg, MD - New York University
February 24, 2021 Victor Barocas, MD - University of Minnesota
March 3, 2021 Sanjiv Narayan, MD - University of Minnesota
March 17, 2021 Federica Accornero, PhD - The Ohio State University
March 31, 2021 John Calvert, PhD - Emory University
April 7, 2021 Timothy O'Connell, PhD - University of Minnesota
May 26, 2021 Naomi Chesler, PhD - University of California, Irvine
June 2, 2021 Anja Touma - University of Minnesota
2019-2020 Recordings
September 18, 2019 Sam Dudley, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
October 16, 2019 Laura Hocum-Stone, PhD - University of Minnesota
November 20, 2019 Michael Kyba, PhD - University of Minnesota
January 15, 2020 Yiannis S. Chatzizisis - University of Nebraska
January 22, 2020 Reza Ardehali, MD, PhD - UCLA School of Medicine (partial recording)
February 5, 2020 Paul Iaizzo, PhD - University of Minnesota
February 19, 2020 John Osborn, PhD - University of Minnesota
March 11, 2020 Mark E. Anderson, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins
April 1, 2020 Anne Blaes, MD - University of Minnesota
April 8, 2020 Daniel J. Lenihan, MD - Washington University in St. Louis
April 15, 2020 Mandy Liu, PhD and An Xie, PhD - University of Minnesota
2018-2019 Recordings
September 12, 2018 Sam Dudley, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
September 19, 2018 Jop va Berlo, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
October 10, 2018 Brent French, PhD - University of Virginia
October 17, 2018 Mouse Genetics Laboratory (MGL) Core Facility - University of Minnesota
November 28, 2018 Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD - University of Minnesota
January 2, 2019 Pamela Lutsey, PhD, MPH - University of Minnesota
February 27, 2019 Lin Yee Chen, MD - University of Minnesota
March 6, 2019 Douglas Lewandowski, PhD - The Ohio State University
March 13, 2019 Ryan Demmer, PhD - University of Minnesota
April 17, 2019 Kurt Prins, PhD - University of Minnesota
May 8, 2019 Elizabeth "Tish" Murphy, PhD - Temple University
May 22, 2019 Douglas G. Tilley, PhD - NHLBI
2017-2018 Recordings
September 13, 2017 Samuel Dudley, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
September 20, 2017 Barry London, MD, PhD - University of Iowa
October 4, 2017 Evangelia Kranias, PhD - University of Cincinnati
October 11, 2017 Gunda Georg, PhD and Directors of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery & Development - University of Minnesota
October 25, 2017 Robert Tranquillo, PhD - University of Minnesota
November 1, 2017 Junichi Sadoshima, MD, PhD - Rutgers
November 8, 2017 Alena Talkachova, PhD - University of Minnesota
November 29, 2017 John Elrod, PhD - Temple University
January 10, 2018 Brenda Ogle, PhD - University of Minnesota
January 24, 2018 Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD - UT Southwestern
January 31, 2018 Michael Kyba, PhD - University of Minnesota
February 14, 2018 Faqian Li, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
February 21, 2018 Richard Lee, MD - Harvard University
February 28, 2018 Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota
April 4, 2018 Timothy O’Connell, PhD - University of Minnesota
April 11, 2018 Geoffrey Pitt, MD, PhD - Cornell University
May 2, 2018 Charles Murry, MD, PhD - University of Washington
May 23, 2018 Christopher Glembotski, PhD - San Diego State University
June 6, 2018 Stephen Archer, MD - Queen's University, Ontario