SHC Conference Room #4137
On Tuesday, December 2nd , 2025 we will be welcoming Jianyi “Jay” Zhang, MD, PhD as a Sarver Heart Center special lecturer. Lunch will be provided. Please accept the meeting to indicate if you will join.
SEMINAR:
Date: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Location: Sarver Heart Center, Room 4137
Title: TBA
Host: Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD
Bio:
Jianyi “Jay” Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., is an international leader in myocardial bioenergetics, and cells/cell-products for cardiac repair. He is a tenured Professor of Medicine and of Engineering; T. Michael and Gillian Goodrich Endowed Chair of Engineering Leadership; and the Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). 
He came to UAB in October 2015 after he was chosen in a national search to lead the UAB BME department from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he was the Engdahl Family Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Regenerative Therapies, in addition to being a tenured professor of medicine, of biomedical engineering, of electrical engineering, and computer engineering. Zhang earned his M.D. from Shanghai Medical University in 1983 and his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1992. Since his arrival at UAB, the Department of Biomedical Engineering rose to the rank of top 10th in the nation in NIH funding (Blue Ridge Institute) in the past 7 years consecutively under Zhang’s leadership. Dr. Zhang has mentored 21 PhD students earned their PhD degree from University of Minnesota or UAB. Dr. Zhang’s research interests include iPS technology, heart failure, cell-products for cardiac repair. He is currently the PI of NIH multiple R01 grants, one NIH U01 grant, and one PPG that through 2027.
The Zhang lab has published >200 papers in high-impact journals including Circulation, Circulation Research, Cell Stem Cell, Science Translational Medicine research; he has trained more than 90 trainees and led 21 students earning their Ph.D. He is Charter Reviewer on NIHH study section (HLBP, through 2026); editorial board member for Circulation, Circulation Research, and others.