The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will be presented by Dr. Loren E. Wold, associate professor of pediatrics at Ohio State University and principal investigator in the Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.The lecture, titled “Environmental Triggers of Cardiovascular Disease,” will take place Jan. 24, 2013, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium on USA’s main campus.
Dr. Wold’s research focuses on how cardiovascular function is affected by different disease states, including diabetes, obesity and hypertension.
Dr. Wold has a B.S. from Boston University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
He completed postdoctoral fellowships as a cardiology research fellow at The Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at University of Southern California, and as a senior research associate in the pharmacology department at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Wold is a member of various professional organizations including the American Physiological Society, American Heart Association, and American Diabetes Association. He has been recognized for numerous honors and awards including: Star Reviewer, American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology and the Exemplary Service Award for Good Samaritan Hospital.
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