The only center of its kind in the US, the UF BREATHE Center unites basic and clinician scientists across the university and beyond.

The UF BREATHE Center houses outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who are working to advance our understanding and treatment of neuromuscular disorders that compromise breathing.

The UF BREATHE Center has 2 cores that represent the breadth of preclinical and clinical respiratory research. These include the control of breathing & airway defense core and the spinal cord injury core.

The UF BREATHE Center is the administrative home of the BREATHE Training Program, an NHLBI-funded predoctoral and postdoctoral training opportunity.