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Dr. Thomas Clanton (left) and Gerard Robinson (right) BREATHE Trainer, Dr. Thomas Clanton, and his predoctoral T32-funded BREATHE trainee, Gerard Robinson, recently demonstrated that skeletal muscles play a critical role in defense against septic infection. The study was supported by…
The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Bill Milsom, PhD, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, & Graham Scott, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, McMaster University, on Friday, April 9th at 3:00 pm ET. The Milsom Lab studies evolutionary trends in…
After a major health procedure like cardiac surgery, a patient’s main focus should be one thing: recovery. However, new research published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery highlighted previously underrecognized threats to postoperative success: Dysphagia, or swallowing impairment, characterized airway invasion of ingested material into the lungs…
Join us for the 16th Annual Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium on Friday, Mar 19, to celebrate the NMPT and BREATHE trainees. The keynote speakers include Dr. Monica Perez (Northwestern University), Dr. Henriette van Praag (Florida Atlantic University), and Dr. Rachelle Crosbie (University of CA, LA).
The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Rebecca German, PhD, and François Gould, PhD, on Friday, March 12th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. German is a professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University. Her work is…
The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured David Fuller, PhD, and Mai ElMallah, MD, on Friday, February 26th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Fuller is a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Florida. His research program is aimed at understanding how neuroplasticity in the…
The return of the Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Daniel Mulkey, PhD, on Friday, February 12th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Mulkey is a professor in the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology at the University of Connecticut. His most recent research involves the study of RTN chemoreception mechanisms…
Dr. Krista Vandenborne, Chair of the UF Department of Physical Therapy and BREATHE Center advisor, was recently awarded a new five-year, $6.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support continued efforts to develop MRI biomarkers for individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, expanding the study to…
The UF Breathing Research and Therapeutics (BREATHE) Center is pleased to announce the return of the Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series. Our Programming Committee has chosen a slate of internationally renowned speakers representing the depth and breadth of respiratory neurobiology. We invite you to…
Dr. Donald Bolser, BREATHE Steering Committee Member and Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Physiological Sciences, was awarded an R01 research grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to study the “Influence of Opioids on the Brainstem Respiratory Network.”…
