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Dr. Thao Ho

Person: DO, Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University

Associate Professor in Pediatrics, University of South Florida I am a physician-scientist in the Pediatrics department at the USF College of Medicine with a focus on clinical translational research of the impact of anemia and enteral iron on gut microbiota in preterm infants. I hold an associate...

Madison Huszar

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Person: MS, Duke University

Madison is the current lab manager and a research scientist in the Ho lab. She graduated from the George Washington University in 2022 with a B.S. in biomedical engineering. While in DC, Madison worked for the Geneva Foundation in partnership with the Uniformed Services University contributing to...

Predicted Metabolic Pathway Distributions in Stool Bacteria in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants: Potential Relationships with NICU Faltered Growth.

Publication: Journal Article

Groer, Maureen, Elizabeth M Miller, Anujit Sarkar, Larry J Dishaw, Samia Dutra V, Ji Youn Yoo, Katherine Morgan, Ming Ji, and Thao Ho. 2020. “Predicted Metabolic Pathway Distributions in Stool Bacteria in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants: Potential Relationships With NICU Faltered Growth.”. Nutrients 12 (5).

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Dr. Hannah Wapshott-Stehli

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Person: PhD, North Carolina State University

USF Health Research Day 2025

News: February 28, 2025

On February 28th, our lab participated in USF Health Research Day. Members, Linh, Melissa, and Rachel presented their research posters as part of the "largest celebration of health sciences research collaboration across all four USF Health colleges". Melissa Olsen, a recent graduate of USF’s college...

A Systematic Review of Dietary Influences on Fecal Microbiota Composition and Function among Healthy Humans 1-20 Years of Age.

Publication: Journal Article

Dinsmoor, Andrew M, Miriam Aguilar-Lopez, Naiman A Khan, and Sharon M Donovan. 2021. “A Systematic Review of Dietary Influences on Fecal Microbiota Composition and Function Among Healthy Humans 1-20 Years of Age.”. Advances in Nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) 12 (5): 1734-50.

The Effects of Genetic Relatedness on the Preterm Infant Gut Microbiota.

Publication: Journal Article

Lim, Shen Jean, Miriam Aguilar-Lopez, Christine Wetzel, Samia O Dutra V, Vanessa Bray, Maureen W Groër, Sharon M Donovan, and Thao Ho. 2021. “The Effects of Genetic Relatedness on the Preterm Infant Gut Microbiota.”. Microorganisms 9 (2).

Melissa Olsen

Person: BS, University of South Florida

Melissa is a dedicated lab assistant who just graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Science in biological and biomedical sciences. She joined Dr. Ho’s lab in February 2023 and is now serving as Project Manager on an Anemia R21 study. Her research is centered on...

Maternal gut microbiota in the postpartum Period: A Systematic review.

Publication: Journal Article

Weerasuriya, Wasana, Julia E Saunders, Lilla Markel, Thao T B Ho, Ke Xu, Dominick J Lemas, Maureen W Groër, and Adetola F Louis-Jacques. 2023. “Maternal Gut Microbiota in the Postpartum Period: A Systematic Review.”. European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology 285: 130-47.