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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 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. 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...

Emma Abell-Selby is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. Her research interests focus broadly on the nexus of policy, power, and academic practices within higher education. Emma’s dissertation research explores the teaching practices of...

Chrystal A. S. Smith, Ph.D., is an external affiliate of the AQUASS Research Lab. She is an anthropologist with an M.P.H. in epidemiology. Her research interests include chronic disease and behavioral health management. Dr. Smith has extensive experience developing and writing grant proposals for...

Dr. Enola Okonkwo is a Faculty Affiliate of the AQUASS Research Lab, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Morsani College of Medicine, and the Associate Program Director for the USF Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She also serves as an Emergency Medicine Physician at Tampa...

I have been the lab manager since 2021. I earned my master’s degree in Law from Shanghai University in China. I have over 15 years of experience in customer service and education. My primary focus is laboratory management and logistics. Additionally, I culture and differentiate human iPSCs and...