Dr. Adrienn Varga, BREATHE Training Program alumnus (mentor: Erica Levitt, PhD), received the Respiratory 2020 Early Investigator Prize from the Journal of Physiology for her publication “Differential impact of two critical respiratory centres in opioid-induced respiratory depression in awake mice.” This Editor’s Choice article found that opioids affect distributed key areas of the respiratory network in a dose-dependent manner and shows that countering the respiratory effects of high dose opioids via the KF may be an effective approach to combat overdose.
Learn more about the Early Investigator Prize. Congratulations, Dr. Varga!