Dr. Jatinder Lamba, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Dr. Jatinder Lamba is currently the associate dean of research and graduate education and a professor in the department of pharmacotherapy and translational research in the UF College of Pharmacy. Dr. Lamba’s research is focused on identification, characterization and clinical validation of genomic/epigenomic markers predictive of therapeutic outcome in cancer patients.
Email: jlamba@cop.ufl.edu
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Current Lab Members’ Research Interests
Post-doctoral Associates
Vivek M. Shastri, Ph.D.
2019, PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Research Interests: Biological characterization of CD33 isoforms; DNA damage response (DDR) pathway-based score to predict response to GO; development and cellular evaluation of anti-CD33 based bispecific T cell engagers (BiTEs) and multi-target adaptable cell engagers (MACEs) for potential use in AML immunotherapy.
Email: vivekshastri@cop.ufl.edu
Phani Krishna Parcha, Ph.D.
2019, PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pondicherry Central University, India
Research Interests: Cancer signaling, Drug screening, Patient derived in vitro cancer models (tumorspheres & Organoids) for drug discovery.
Email: phanikrishparcha@cop.ufl.edu
Graduate Students
Richard “RJ” Marrero, Pharm.D.
2019, Pharm.D., Palm Beach Atlantic University
Research Interests: Genome-wide association analysis, identification and validation of genomic markers predictive of clinical outcomes in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia, and preemptive pharmacogenomic multi-gene panel-based testing.
Email: marreror@ufl.edu
Nam K. Nguyen, Pharm.D./M.S.
2019, PharmD/MS, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Research Interests: Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 synthetic lethal screening in AML cell lines and primary leukemic cells to identify drug resistance genes and to uncover druggable genome.
Email: namnguyen@ufl.edu
Francisco Marchi
2020, Bachelor of Science in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida
Research Interests: Multi-omics integration, deep learning, liquid biopsies
Email: flourenco@ufl.edu
Undergraduate Students
Fernando Sckaff
2021 – Present: Pursuing Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science – Anticipated Graduation Fall 2023
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Data Science, Deep Learning, Artificial General Intelligence.
Email: mailto:sckaffs.fernando@ufl.edu
Additional Pharm.D. Students
- Bailey Gregory
- Molly Lofy
- Hanh Tran
- Leila Becirevic
Undergraduate Students
- None at this time
Lamba Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Associates
| Name | Year | Affiliation | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Amit K Mitra | 2009-2012 | University of Minnesota | Assistant Professor- Auburn University, Alabama |
| Dr. Yogita Ghodke | 2010-2012 | University of Minnesota | Assistant Professor – NYU Langone Medical Center, New York |
| Dr. Lata Chauan | 2012-2016 | University of Minnesota | Manager/Senior Scientist at CPL Biologicals US, LLC |
| Dr. Miyoung Shin | 2015-2016 | University of Florida | Clemson School of Health Research |
| Dr. Roya Rafiee | 2016- 2021 | University of Florida | National Cancer Institute |
| Dr. John Papageorgiou Ioannis | 2018-2019 | University of Florida | Emory University |
Graduate Students
| Name | Graduation Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neha Bhise | 2015 | PhD | University of Minnesota |
| Taraswi Mitra Ghosh | 2016 | PhD | University of Minnesota |
| Salma Bargal | 2017 | MS | University of Florida |
| Bradley Stockard | 2019 | PhD | University of Florida |
| Mohammed Gbadamosi | 2022 | PhD | University of Florida |
Pharm.D. Students
| Name | Year | Affiliation | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Kassem | 2015 | University of Florida | Summer Research Mentor- University of Florida and Directed Research |
| Emile Bergsma | 2015 | University of Florida | Summer Research Mentor- University of Florida and Directed Research |
| Charles Davis | 2016 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | Summer Research Mentor |
| Elham Elmasry | 2016 | Visiting scientist from Egypt | NA |
| Andrew Asante | 2018 | University of Florida | ISRP (Intensive summer research program) |
| Akhila Dadwai | 2019-2020 | Osmania University, Sangareddy, Telangana, India | International PharmD Intern |
| Satyavardhan Rao Nittu | 2019-2020 | Osmania University, Sangareddy, Telangana, India | International PharmD Intern |
| Natasha Emanuel | 2019-present | University of Florida | PharmD Intern |
| Angelica de Jesus Sosa | 2019-present | University of Florida | PharmD Intern |
| Alessandra Diioia | 2019-present | University of Florida | PharmD Intern |
| Yennifer Nunez | 2021-present | University of Florida | PharmD Intern |
| Jennifer Ahmed | 2021-present | University of South Florida | PharmD Intern |
High School students mentored through University of Florida SSTP program
- Rachel Goepner – 2015
- Ella Singh – 2016