learn more about the UF BREATHE CENTER
our mission & goals
BREATHE Basics
The only center of its kind in the US, the UF BREATHE Center unites basic and clinician scientists across the university and beyond.
dedicated members
Meet Our Team
The UF BREATHE Center houses outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who are working to advance our understanding and treatment of neuromuscular disorders that compromise breathing.
areas of expertise
Research
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.
educating the next generation
BREATHE Training Program
The UF BREATHE Center is the administrative home of the BREATHE Training Program, an NHLBI-funded predoctoral and postdoctoral training opportunity.
in the spotlight
Application Open: BREATHE T32 Predoctoral Fellows
The BREATHE Training Program is currently recruiting 2 graduate fellows for our NHLBI-funded training program. Applications due by June 13 for August…
Ramon Sun & Harrison Clarke Create a…
In a new paper, McKnight Brain Institute researchers show capability of a next-generation method to peer into tiny molecules in the brain made by…
BREATHE at APS Summit 2025
BREATHE members and trainees were in full force at the American Physiological Society Summit in Baltimore, MA. Beyond presenting 24 posters, 14 oral…
Center-sponsored events
Stories of Brain Resilience Inspire UF’s…
Two powerful stories of perseverance took center stage Wednesday evening at an MBI Insights event called “The Resilient Brain: Patient Journeys …
MBI Insights Series: The Resilient Brain: Patient…
Join us for our third MBI Insights event, The Resilient Brain: Patient Journeys & Neuroplasticity.” Parent & caregiver Suzanne Weitzel and patient…
BREATHE Co-Sponsors Brain Awareness Week Event…
One by one, the teenagers bent their heads and peered into the laboratory microscope. Mouths agape, eyes wide, they took in cells from a human…
