September 22, 2026 | Office of the President & Chief Research Officer

 

Scientific Presentation by Guest Speaker Mingtao Zhao, DVM, PhD

October 12 at 11:00 a.m.

Dear Colleagues,


You are invited to a scientific presentation, "Patient iPSC-based NAM Platform for Precision Medicine in Congenital Heart Disease," by Dr. Mingtao Zhao on October 12 at 11:00 a.m. Personnel from all research pillars are welcome to attend. This event will be held both in-person and virtually.


Presenter: Mingtao Zhao, DVM, PhD

Principal Investigator, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital 

Director of Human iPSC Core and Faculty Director of Molecular Cellular Medicine Research Affinity Group, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Associate Professor (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology), Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University 


Dr. Zhao's research is focused on using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and genomic tools to investigate cellular and molecular aspects of congenital heart disease for novel diagnostic tool discovery and therapeutic development. 


Presentation Title: Patient iPSC-based NAM Platform for Precision Medicine in Congenital Heart Disease


Date and Time: October 12, 11:00 a.m.–noon

In-Person Location: Simpson-Querrey Auditorium (SQBRC 1-230), Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center, 303 East Superior St.

Virtual Information: Via Zoom

Send questions to Kate Cain.

Thank you,

Pat

 

Patrick C. Seed, MD, PhD, FAAP, FIDSA

President & Chief Research Officer

Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute

Children's Research Fund Chair in Basic Science

Director, Host - Microbial Interactions, Inflammation, 

and Immunity (HMI3) Program

Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

pseed@luriechildrens.org




Kate Cain

Manager, Office of the President &

Chief Research Officer

Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

T 312.503.7095 | kcain@luriechildrens.org

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