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Congratulations, Dr. Blair! Dr. Laura Blair was selected for an Impact Award by the James A Haley Veterans Hospital. This award is to recognize those with sustained VA funding and was presented at VA Research Day.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

Baliqis delivers her first seminar at USF! Second year PhD student, Baliqis Olukade, presented her PhD work focused on regulating Hsp90 co-chaperone networks for the regulation of tau accumulation as part of the 2025 Spring Neuroscience Institute Seminar Series.

The Healthy Minds Lab at the University of South Florida is honored to announce that it has received a $10,000 grant from the Love IV Lawrence Foundation through the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. This funding will directly support our "Addressing Suicide Risk among Justice-Involved Youth with...

"Renal Denervation Improves Cardiac Function and Exercise Duration in a Miniswine Model of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction" Aims - Overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system is a common underlying mechanism in development and progression of several heart failure with preserved...