Recent Publications
Preserved Interactions, Impaired Trafficking: New Insights into KCNJ16 Pathogenesis
Xu B, Staruschenko A. Kidney360. 2026 Oct 29.
Ma W, Owusu-Sarfo J, Zhang Z, Silvia SM, Cordeiro B, Bazinet LF, Mancini T, Aguocha BC, Aboulgheit A, O-Uchi J, Jhun BS, Ehsan A, Choudhary G, Sellke FW, Feng J, Kolodziejczack M, Terentyev D, Sodha NR, Clements RT. Antioxidants (Basel). 2026 Oct 21.
Hall N, Williams K, Zheleznova NN, Chellappan DR, Morrison G, Melaika M, Ni R, Soto NH, Agyekum G, Wang L, Liu R. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2026 Oct 26.
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Across Renal Compartments in Diabetic Kidney Disease
Shapiro A, Tiwari R, Staruschenko A. Diabetes. 2026 Oct 12.
The cardiac calcium handling machinery is remodeled in Friedreich ataxia
Abou-Assali O, Czornobil R, Daniel D, Sara K, Thummala H, Smith T, Remily-Wood E, Lynch DR, McDonald TV, Noujaim SF, Chidipi B. Heart Rhythm. 2026 Oct 5.
MPP News
From mountains to molecules: Laura Bohn’s pursuit of safer pain relief
For years, scientists tended to think about receptors in relatively simple terms, believing that a drug bound to a receptor and turned it on, almost like flipping a switch. Bohn’s research illuminated a much more complicated picture.
From mountains to molecules: Laura Bohn’s pursuit of safer pain relief
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine claims two national Top 10 rankings in NIH funding
Two USF Health Morsani College of Medicine departments now rank among the Top 10 nationally for NIH funding, with nine programs among the Top 50 in the latest Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research rankings, up from seven last year.
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine claims two national Top 10 rankings in NIH funding
By targeting high blood pressure, USF Health research on kidneys could also help your heart
You would be hard-pressed to find a researcher who knows more about kidneys than USF Health’s Alexander “Sasha” Staruschenko, PhD.