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Aditi Ragothaman

Person: Aditi Ragothaman, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Aditi joined the Healthy Minds Lab in 2025 as an undergraduate research assistant. She’s a second-year Honors student at USF, majoring in Biomedical Sciences with a minor in Public Health. Aditi supports the team’s work with community partners and brings a deep passion for research and its power to...

Quint Gfroerer

Person: Quint Gfroerer, Clinical Research Assistant

Quint joined the team in 2025 and is a 2023 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Vanderbilt University. Quint earned dual honors (one in Neuroscience and one from the College of Arts and Science). During undergrad, he completed a standout honors thesis exploring the role of the amygdala in shaping human...

Dr. Blair presents plenary talk at Killion Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics Retreat

News: April 17, 2025

Dr. Blair was invited to give a Plenary talk on her research and participate in a Panel Discussion for the 2025 Killion Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics Retreat, which was hosted in Birmingham, AL. Killion Center Retreat - Killion Center for Neurodegeneration and...

Dr. Ngoc Uyen Nhi Nguyen

Person: Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), USF Health Heart Institute, Morsani College of Medicine

Dr. Nguyen is a molecular biologist whose research lies at the intersection of cardiac and skeletal muscle regeneration, cancer resistance in striated muscle, and translational therapeutic development. She joined the University of South Florida in 2025 as an Assistant Professor following over a...

Dr. Ahmed Ramadan was selected as VA Poster Award Finalist and presented in the Lightning Round.

News: May 09, 2025

Ahmed was selected as one of 14 poster award finalists for Tampa VA Research Day 2025 Dr. Ramadan presented his work on the development of FKBP51-targeting therapies in a one-minute flash talk during the Lightning Round and as a poster during the session that followed.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Dr. Ahmed Ramadan, awarded $200,000 Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship

News: May 01, 2025

Congratulations, Dr. Ramadan! Dr. Ahmed Ramadan's work to develop therapies that reduce Hsp90 co-chaperones has been funded by the Alzheimer's Association. This grant will provide $200,000 of support for Ahmed's work over the next three years.

2025 AHA BCVS - CONFERENCE: Dr. Sharp speaks on Renal Denervation to Treat Heart Failure

News: July 23, 2025

Dr. Sharp speaks at the 2025 American Heart Association, Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Session, Baltimore, MD. AHA BCVS is one of the largest meetings globally dedicated to fundamental and translational research in cardiovascular science. The BCVS Scientific Sessions is a unique and...

Abigail Esquivel passed her defense and graduates with her PhD

News: March 26, 2025

Congratulations, Dr. Esquivel! Abigail Esquivel successfully defended her PhD dissertation on the effects of DnaJB6b on tau accumulation. Her dissertation research focused on screening across molecular chaperone families to identify the most potent regulators of tau seeding, which identified DnaJB6b...

Circadian control of histone turnover during cardiac development and growth.

Publication: Journal Article

Arrieta, Adrian, Douglas J Chapski, Anna Reese, Todd H Kimball, Kunhua Song, Manuel Rosa-Garrido, and Thomas M Vondriska. 2024. “Circadian Control of Histone Turnover During Cardiac Development and Growth.”. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 300 (7): 107434.

2025 Inaugural USF Heart Institute Symposium: Dr. Sharp Speaks on Gut-derived metabolites & CVD

News: May 15, 2025

Dr. Sharp speaks at the 2025 Inaugural USF Heart Institute Symposium. Talk entitled "Microbiota, Metabolites, and Myocardium: Cardiovascular Consequences of Alcohol-Induced Gut Dysbiosis"