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Tom is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the USF Morsani College of Medicine and a faculty member of the USF Health Heart Institute in Tampa, Florida, USA. He earned his Ph.D. from Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, where he was...

Dr. Ajit Magadum is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Regenerative Medicine within the Department of Internal Medicine at the USF Health Heart Institute. His research is dedicated to advancing mRNA-based therapeutics for cardiovascular disease (CVD), with a particular focus on cardiac repair...

Dr. Mohd Rihan, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Ajit Magadum at the Center for Regenerative Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa. He earned his M.S. (Pharm) and Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the National Institute of...

I am a research scientist under the tutelage of Dr. Song and I conduct translational research within the field of cardiology. I developed a research background in cancer immunology during my undergraduate career, which has lent itself well to understanding the signaling mechanisms for...

Katelyn Carlsen is an honors Undergraduate Student majoring in Biomedical Sciences at the University of South Florida. Her primary work focuses on integrating and applying computer science with neurology, with a particular emphasis on diagnosing mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) using deep learning...

I earned my PhD from South China Agricultural University and began my postdoctoral training in Dr. Xu’s lab in November 2021. My doctoral research investigated how nutritional signals regulate hedonic feeding through their effects on dopamine neurons. Currently, my work focuses on uncovering the...

My research focuses on the neural control of metabolic disorders, particularly obesity. I earned my PhD at Zhejiang University, where I investigated the neural mechanisms regulating reward and feeding behavior. In September 2024, I joined the Xu lab to study how hypothalamic circuits contribute to...