The lecture, titled “Hydrogen Sulfide and Cardiovascular Disease,” will take place Dec. 6, 2012, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium.
Dr. Lefer also serves as director of the Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Emory University Hospital Midtown. His research interests include myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, congestive heart failure, hepatic ischemic-reperfusion injury, cardiovascular actions of nitrite and nitric oxide, and coronary vascular biology.
Dr. Lefer has a B.S. degree in biology from the University of Richmond, and a Ph.D. degree in physiology-pharmacology from Wake Forest University. He did a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular cardiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
In 2012, Dr. Lefer received the American Physiological Society Robert M. Berne Award Lecture, and in 2011, he received the ASPET CV Section Benedict R. Lucchesi Award Lecture in Cardiac Pharmacology. He is an editorial board member of Circulation Research and Cardiovascular Drug Review. In addition, he holds memberships in various organizations including the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
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