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Brendan Walker, PhD, is a USF Health Morsani College of Medicine professor in psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences. He discusses his research on how the development of alcohol dependence (and potentially other addictions) induces depression and dysphoria leading to even more alcohol use to self...

Chris started her tenure-track assistant professor role in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology in the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida.

Vineetha is a biomedical engineering masters student who will be assisting the lab and leading the mass-spec analysis of taurine and other osmolytes in cystic fluid. Welcome Vineetha!

After 15 years at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the Swamynathan Lab moved to the Morsani College of Medicine, USF, Tampa in Jan 2023! Peri and Satinder helped Sudha and Shiva coordinate the move. Even as we miss our home for the last 15 years, we are looking forward to the sunny...

Renowned ocular surface surgeons Dr. Virender Sangwan and Dr. Abha Gour from the Shroff Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH), New Delhi, India visited our lab. They presented the Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. It was a proud day for us as our previous post-doctoral fellow Dr. Anil Tiwari, now a Scientist at...

We welcomed the newest member of our team, Simran Kumar. Simran graduated from the USF in 2023 and is an aspiring medical professional. We look forward to a productive stint for her in our lab.

Sudha presented our latest research outcomes in the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research at Gold Coast, Australia. Shiva organized and chaired a session on 'Corneal Epithelial Homeostasis' in the same meeting.

On May 15, Shiva began serving as a member of the ARVO Professional Development and Education Committee. He will be engaged in this committee for the next three years.

Niat Gebru was awarded the 2022 Dorothy Benjamin Graduate Fellowship in Alzheimer's Disease.

Congratulations, Niat Gebru! Niat Gebru was awarded the 2023 The Dr. Christopher P. Phelps Memorial Fund Neuroscience Student Travel Award for his outstanding poster and presentation at the 2023 USF Health Research Day.