About the Workshop
Hosted by the UF Breathing Research and Therapeutics Center, Therapeutic AIH Workshop 2026: Exploring the Impact of Neuromodulation Strategies will focus on advancing our understanding of how tAIH and related neuromodulation strategies drive functional recovery in health and disease. The meeting will dive into the mechanisms, current breakthroughs, and clinical applications of neuromodulation for conditions impacting breathing and motor function, highlighting collaborative opportunities across the basic, translational, and clinical communities.
When: October 1–4, 2026
Where: Dune House Hotel & Spa (formerly One Ocean), Atlantic Beach, FL
Registration Information
Early Registration Rate (by June 30, 2026):
- Faculty/Staff/Non-Profit: $600
- Trainee/Postdoc: $300
- Industry/Other: $1000
Standard Registration Rate (July 1 – August 28, 2026):
- Faculty/Staff/Non-Profit: $700
- Trainee/Postdoc: $400
- Industry/Other: $1200
Your registration fee includes all workshop materials, most meals, and social events. During registration, you’ll have the option to indicate your interest in presenting in a data blitz; we will follow up with details if you are selected. See link below to register.
**Please note that housing is not included in the conference registration fee. Attendees are responsible for booking their own accommodations. We encourage you to reserve a room at the conference headquarters, Dune House Hotel & Spa, using the group rate, or to make alternative lodging arrangements independently.
Housing Information
The Dune House Hotel & Spa will be both our workshop venue and the main lodging option for attendees. Staying on-site allows convenient access to all conference activities and sessions. This recently renovated oceanfront hotel in Atlantic Beach, Florida, features modern, comfortable guest rooms, with many offering private balconies and ocean views. Guests enjoy complimentary WiFi, direct beach access, a fitness center, and valet parking.
- Be sure to reserve your room by August 28, 2026, using the booking link below. Room availability is limited, so we encourage early booking.
- As this is a boutique hotel with a limited number of rooms, we encourage trainees to share double queen rooms when possible.
- Tax exemption policy: Guests are required to provide a tax exemption form and a redacted credit card copy showing the last four digits, which must match the card listed on the reservation no later than 60 days prior to arrival. Contact Jessica Hall with any questions at: jessica.hall@dunehousehotelandspa.com.
If you have questions about housing or need accessibility considerations, please contact us at breathe-training@phhp.ufl.edu.
Scientific Program Highlights
Sessions will explore:
- New findings on tAIH mechanisms of neuroplasticity
- Translational advances in neuromodulation therapies and potential for combinatorial treatment with tAIH
- Applications for spinal cord injury, ALS, MS, and other neuromuscular disorders
- Breathing, limb function, airway defense and other neural functions
Draft agenda below!
Science Blitz Abstracts & Trainee Awards
Abstracts are now open for the Science Blitz: Emerging Ideas & Early-Career Scientists with 5 minute presentations from early-career faculy and trainees highlighting ongoing or recent research in tAIH and neuromodulation strategies.
Trainees can also apply for competitive tAIH Trainee Awards to help offset travel costs (details coming soon).
Applications are due by July 15 here.
We encourage those submitting abstracts to register for the workshop before applying.
Contact & More Info
For questions or additional details, please reach out to us at breathe-training@phhp.ufl.edu.
Previous Therapeutic AIH Workshop Agendas
Since 2016, the UF BREATHE Center has hosted researchers from across the world at our biannual tAIH Workshops. These events feature laboratories interested in therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia and its physiological impact. Topics range from basic science (cellular/network mechanisms) and translational studies in animal models or humans through the potential for clinical utilization. Although the emphasis is on plasticity and the therapeutic potential of low-dose intermittent hypoxia, there is also consideration of the transition to pathogenesis once intermittent hypoxia becomes too severe.