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Shaping the future of health

Laura Bohn smiling wearing a USF Health branded medical white coat with a green blouse

The Morsani College of Medicine has active research programs in basic, translational, and clinical sciences. Research is carried out in Departments, Institutes, Centers and at our Veterans Hospitals and our primary teaching facility, Tampa General Hospital. In addition, there are rich collaborations with the Colleges of Public Health, Nursing and Pharmacy as well as the USF College of Arts and Sciences.

Our goal is to pursue new knowledge in the biomedical sciences, clinical sciences, and healthcare delivery, relevant to human health and disease. Please explore our research initiatives using the tabs above. The resources tab provides information for current faculty to facilitate research efforts.

Laura M. Bohn, PhD 
Senior Associate Vice President of Research, USF Health
Vice Dean for Research, Morsani College of Medicine
Professor, Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Email: lbohn@usf.edu

Research Day

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine logo; USF Health Research Day 2027 March 5

Celebrating health science research on March 5, 2027

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October 28, 2026 - January 8, 2027, 11:55pm.

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Health Science Innovation

Acute Kidney Injury Disrupts Cardiac Remodeling via SerpinA3N

Acute Kidney Injury Disrupts Cardiac Remodeling via SerpinA3N

CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that SerpinA3N serves as a key mediator of cardiorenal syndrome type 3 pathogenesis, by inhibiting granzyme B, which promotes profibrotic remodeling in the heart following AKI. Targeting SerpinA3N could be a potential therapeutic approach that restores balanced extracellular matrix turnover and mitigates cardiac fibrosis.

Zero-Shot Protein-Ligand Binding Site Prediction from Protein Sequence and SMILES

Zero-Shot Protein-Ligand Binding Site Prediction from Protein Sequence and SMILES

MOTIVATION: Accurate identification of protein-ligand binding sites is critical for mechanistic biology and drug discovery, yet predictive performance varies substantially across ligand families and data-availability regimes. We present a systematic ligand-aware benchmark and evaluation framework for residue-level binding-site prediction across three settings: overrepresented ligands with abundant examples, underrepresented ligands with limited examples, and zero-shot ligands unseen during...

Luxatio Erecta with Complex Medical Decision-Making Regarding Reduction: A Case Report

Luxatio Erecta with Complex Medical Decision-Making Regarding Reduction: A Case Report

CONCLUSION: Inferior shoulder dislocations are rare; severe hyperglycemia in diabetics is not an absolute contraindication to procedural sedation, but the patient may need individualized risk-benefit assessment.

Treatment-seeking time and its determinants among patients with confirmed malaria in Thailand: a national surveillance analysis, 2012-2024

Treatment-seeking time and its determinants among patients with confirmed malaria in Thailand: a national surveillance analysis, 2012-2024

CONCLUSIONS: Most individuals with confirmed malaria in Thailand were diagnosed within a relatively short period following symptom onset, although delays persisted among migrants, individuals with non-P. vivax infections, and residents of elimination-phase settings. Targeted interventions to improve access to care and awareness among mobile populations and low-transmission areas could further reduce treatment-seeking delays and support Thailand's malaria elimination goals.