We invite you to attend the Casper Augustus Ferguson Seminar Series. This new series is dedicated to honoring the legacy of Casper Augustus Ferguson, BC’s first African-American graduate (1937), by amplifying the voices and experiences of distinguished minoritized scholars. Our goal is to inspire the next generation of STEM leaders by providing meaningful role models and fostering an inclusive scientific community at Boston College.

We are thrilled to welcome our second speaker, Dr. Lina Huerta-Saenz, an early career physician-scientist and pediatric endocrinologist at Penn State Health. At 12pm on Monday, November 17, she will present her talk "Diet, Autoimmunity and Inflammation Markers in Youth with and without Clinical Partial Remission of Type 1 Diabetes." 

Lina Huerta Saenz is the Principal Investigator for clinical trials like DINAMO and conducts research focused on preserving beta-cell function in youth with early-onset Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, with notable prior experience in T1D prevention studies. She has received funding from sources like the NIH and the Children's Miracle Network to further her work on diabetes and prediabetes in pediatric patients.

This public lecture is intended for a broad audience and we encourage students, faculty, staff, and community members from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds to attend. Lunch will be served following the talk. 

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA) and the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, and is supported by faculty across STEM departments at BC.