Ocular oncology
Volunteer experience with ultra-widefield ophthalmic imaging, alongside recent manuscript work on bilateral choroidal melanoma and treatment-associated retinopathy.
2024–presentMurray Ocular Oncology
& Retina
Medicine & research
From mechanism to patient care.
Earlier research in chemical biology and recent work in ocular oncology form a scientific foundation for a future in cardiac surgery, outcomes research, and clinically grounded bioethics.
- 01Direction
- 02Research record
- 03Publications
- 04Manuscripts
Prospective direction
Cardiac surgery as the field ahead.
I am drawn to cardiac surgery by the union it demands: precise knowledge of mechanism, disciplined technical practice, coordinated clinical judgment, and responsibility to patients at moments of exceptional consequence.
My present task is medical formation. I do not claim a current cardiothoracic research appointment; the interests below describe the direction in which I intend to develop during medical school and beyond.
Developing interests
- Cardiovascular diseaseMechanism and intervention
- Surgical outcomesEvidence and quality
- Perioperative ethicsConsent, risk, and responsibility
- BiostatisticsTransparent clinical inference
Research record
Clinical work and earlier laboratory science.
Colibactin-induced DNA damage
Characterized interactions between colibactin and short oligonucleotides and used enzymatic assays to investigate ClbS activity, DNA alkylation, damage, and repair.
Aug. 2023–May 2026Bruner Lab
University of Florida
Mycosporine-like amino acid biosynthesis
Studied enzymes involved in the synthesis of UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids through activity assays and crystallography-informed approaches.
Jan.–May 2023Bruner Lab
University of Florida
Biostatistics & evidence synthesis
Completed certificate training in public-health biostatistics, including hypothesis testing and regression; now learning systematic review and meta-analysis methods.
Certificate completedMeta-analysis in progress
Published work
Philosophy and law.
These publications document an important part of my intellectual formation; they do not define the whole of my developing medical identity.
A Theory of Doxastic Courage
Randazzo, N. Synthese 207, 225 (2026). DOI: 10.1007/s11229-026-05590-1.
View publicationScholarly journalSynthese
Towards a Thomistic Doctrinal Framework: How Medieval Personhood Can Overcome Modern Transhumanist Challenges
Randazzo, N. Florida Undergraduate Law Review. 2025;3:129–143.
Student-edited law reviewFlorida Undergraduate Law Review
Knowing and Culpability in Criminal Law
Randazzo, N. Florida Undergraduate Law Review. 2024;1:109–117.
Student-edited law reviewFlorida Undergraduate Law Review
Works in progress
Clinical science and bioethics.
Descriptive substitute titles are used where necessary for anonymous peer review.
A study of genetic expression in bilateral choroidal melanoma
Becker B, Randazzo N, et al.
Anonymized for reviewOcular oncology
A case of treatment-associated retinopathy in ocular melanoma
Randazzo N, et al.
Anonymized for reviewOcular oncology
A study of a novel ATP-grasp ligase in Nostoc linckia
Wanniarachchi T, Anu, Randazzo N, et al.
Anonymized for reviewNatural products
A study in clinical bioethics
Randazzo N
Anonymized for reviewBioethics
Selected presentations
Science and philosophy in public.
Research presented at symposia, conferences, and interdisciplinary educational forums.
April 2026
Mechanistic Studies of Colibactin-Induced DNA Damage and Repair Using Synthetic Analogs
UF Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium and Biology Honors Symposium.
November 2025
UF Students Weigh In on New Hamilton School and the Classical Education Revival
Fox & Friends Weekend. Watch the interview.
February 2026
Cartesian Resistance to Modal Collapse
Florida Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.
April 2025
Probing Colibactin Interactions with Short Oligonucleotides
UF Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium and Emerging Pathogens Institute Research Day.
November 2024
Doxastic Courage
Florida Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.