The Study of Black Bear Hibernation

Lunch & Learn 

Cost: $10 ($5 for River Bend members).

Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 12:00-2:00pm
Topic:  The Study of Black Bear Hibernation: Translational Aspects for Human Medicine with guest speaker Paul A. Iaizzo PhD FHRS

Bring your own lunch and join us as we learn about a new topic each month.

Bio of Guest Speaker

Paul A. Iaizzo, PhD FHRS (iaizz001@umn.edu) is a Professor in the Departments of
Surgery, Integrative Biology & Physiology and the Carlson School of Management, at
the University of Minnesota. He also serves on the graduate faculties in Biomedical
Engineering, Neuroscience, Integrative Biology & Physiology, Biological Science,
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and Mechanical Engineering. He is the
Director of the Malignant Hyperthermia Diagnostic Center and Medtronic Professor of
Visible Heart ® Research. Additionally, he is the Associate Director and Medtronic Chair
of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine, also at the University of Minnesota. He
earned both MS and PhD degrees (Focus: Physiology/Neurophysiology) from the
University of Minnesota. His main research focus is translational systems physiology,
where his research group does a broad range of studies. The Visible Heart ® Laboratories
are well known for their multimodal imaging techniques of functional cardiac anatomies
and device testing within large mammalian hearts, including human: see the Atlas of
Human Cardiac Anatomy (http://www.vhlab.umn.edu/atlas/). Other research areas
include: cardiac pacing and ablation, muscle pathophysiology and biophysical properties,
thermoregulation, black bear hibernation, 3D computational modeling and printing and
educational uses of virtual reality. In 2002, he was acknowledged as a “Distinguished
University Teaching Professor”. Since 1990, he has trained over 200 graduate students,
postdoctoral fellows, and medical students in his laboratories.  Dr. Iaizzo, has authored
more than 280 original articles, over 100 book chapters, edited 5 books, and is on
numerous patents related to medical devices. In 2012, he was named to College of
Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for
“outstanding contributions to research and education in translational systems physiology
and cardiovascular engineering”.  In 2015 he was named a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm
Society and in 2016 was made a Senior Fellow of IEEE.