Theodore Walrond

About Theodore Walrond

Theodore Rex Walrond is currently a student at the University of Florida (UF) and an active researcher at the college’s School of Medicine. He is also an experienced lifeguard and scuba diving leader, trained in multiple water safety and life rescue best practices. As an undergraduate researcher, Walrond worked within the McKnight Brain Institute, where he utilized his analytical skills to discover, extract, and organize data alongside his colleagues and mentors. He played a pivotal role in the writing of a scientific paper that detailed research outcomes on subarachnoid hemorrhages and their potential to predispose individuals to Alzheimer’s Disease.

Theodore Walrond of Florida interned at Romark, a research-centered pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tampa, FL. While there, Walrond worked directly under the CEO and the head of research in collaboration with other scientific and technological divisions of the firm to develop innovative new medicines, with a focus on discovering innovative medicinal therapies to fight infectious diseases.

Walrond is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at the University of Florida, where he majored in Psychology with an emphasis on the study of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. This field of study focuses on how neurological mechanisms in the human brain contribute to learning, behavior, mood, and motor systems. Theodore chose this specific subset of psychology because of his interest in understanding human behavior from a physiological (physical and chemical processes) viewpoint, in addition to the mental processes as studied by psychiatrists.