Dr. Hariom Yadav serves as the Director of the USF Center for Microbiome Research and the Microbiomes Institute at the University of South Florida, holding a tenured Associate Professor position in the Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair. With over 20 years of research and 10 years of leadership experience, he is a renowned world leader in microbiome and aging translational studies. His research focuses on advancing our understanding of how abnormalities in the gut can impact brain functions, influencing learning, memory, and food intake behaviors, thereby affecting pathologies such as Alzheimer's/dementia, obesity, and diabetes. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and personalized medicine approaches, he is at the forefront of pioneering research in this field. He has an extensive track record of securing research funding, mentoring over 70 young scientists, engaging in didactic teaching, and establishing and expanding research cores and centers through cross-institutional collaborations. Overall, Dr. Yadav is a visionary leader and scientist dedicated to advancing and expanding the research enterprise. His goals include increasing research funding and initiatives, strengthening infrastructure, fostering strategic internal and external collaborations and partnerships, promoting economic development and entrepreneurial activities, and passionately advocating for the research enterprise.
Shalini Jain is an Assistant Professor at the Department of
Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. She
completed her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the National Dairy Research Institute,
India, in 2007. She worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of
Illinois (2007–2009) and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health (2009–2012). From 2018 to 2021,
she was the Director of the Wake Forest Mouse Metabolic Core, at Wake Forest
School of Medicine. She was awarded the Ramanujan Fellow Award in 2012. Her
research interests are microbiome; gut microbiome; aging-related diseases;
Alzheimer’s disease; obesity; and diabetes.
