The University of Oregon Department of Human Physiology will host a talk on Oct. 25 titled “Complement Activation in Severe Preeclampsia” as part of the department’s ongoing lecture series.

Richard Burwick, an assistant professor in maternal fetal medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, will give the lecture on campus in Room 132 of the Lillis Business Complex from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.

Burwick received his medical degree from the University if California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 2004. He OHSU in 2013 after completion of fellowship in Boston at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Burwick specializes in management of high-risk pregnancies, prenatal diagnosis and ultrasound. He is a physician-scientist with a primary research focus on the prevention and treatment of severe preeclampsia in human pregnancy. Preeclampsia is characterized by high blood pressure and high levels of protein in the urine of pregnant women.

Through his research, Burwick aims to better understand abnormal complement activation in pregnancy and its role in propagating hypertension and renal disease.

The UO human physiology lecture series features two speakers each month.

- by Katherine Cook, UO Office of Strategic Communications intern