News

June 2025

Welcome to the lab, Anmol!

Anmol Hemanth joins the lab as an undergraduate student. He is a rising senior at Texas A&M University.

May 2025

UT Dallas URAP Funding

Saesha Dravekar awarded the UT Dallas Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) funding of $4,500 to work in the Thomas lab for Summer 2025

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May 2025

Welcome to the lab, Saesha!

Saesha joins the lab as an undergraduate student. Working with our lab for the summer, she will graduate from UT Dallas in 2027 with BS in Neuroscience.

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July 2024

Welcome to the lab, Sri!

Sri Srinivas joins the lab as a medical student. He is currently in his research year and set to graduate from UT Southwestern in 2026.

RSBC

September 2023

Resting State Brain Conference 2023

Suhaas presented his research with Dr. Thomas on cerebrovascular reactivity in aMCI patients undergoing aerobic exercise at RSBC 2023.

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January 2023

Welcome to the lab, Suhaas!

Suhaas joined the lab as an undergraduate at UTD. He obtained his bachelors in biomedical engineering at UT Dallas.

August 2023 - December 2024

Grant Award

Dr. Thomas (PI) received a grant from the Nutrition and Obesity Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern. The title of the proposed study is "Changes in cognition, brain function, and cardiometabolic outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity following treatment with tirzepatide to reduce risk of dementia"
Grant#: 5P30DK127984-03 ($50k)

suhaas_penukonda

May 2020

Press Release

Exercise improves memory, boosts blood flow to brain
Study: 1-year workout program shows benefits for older people at risk of dementia