Monday, November 26, 2012

This Week's DSS - Dr. Steven Segal

The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will feature Dr. Steven Segal, the Margaret Proctor Mulligan Professor in Medical Research in the department of medical pharmacology and physiology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo.

The lecture, titled "Neuromodulation of Intercellular Signaling Along Vascular Resitance Networks," will take place Nov. 29, 2012, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium on USA's main campus.

Dr. Segal’s primary area of research interests include blood flow control, cardiovascular regulation, cell-cell signaling, exercise and microcirculation.

Dr. Segal received both a B.A. and M.A. degree in physical education and exercise physiology from the University of California at Berkley, and a Ph.D. in physiology and education from the University of Michigan. He earned a postdoctoral National Research Service Award (microcirculation) from the University of Virginia.

For more information on Dr. Segal's research, click here.