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In celebration of Diversity Week and Graduate Student Appreciation Week, the UF BREATHE Center was pleased to co-sponsor Graduate Student Diversity Research Day. The Organization for Graduate Student Advancement and Professional Development (OGAP) and the UF Black Graduate Student Organization…
Dr. Lauren Tabor-Gray (left) and Dr. Raele Robison (right) BREATHE Center Alumni, Dr. Lauren Tabor-Gray and Dr. Raele Robison, recently received several awards at the Dysphagia Research Society Annual Meeting. Dr. Tabor-Gray, Co-Director of the Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute ALS Center in Fort Lauderdale, was…
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…
Join us Apr 6 at 9:15 am for “Mentoring and Allyship for Faculty Working with Students of Color” during the Graduate Student Diversity Research Day. This panel features Dr. Della Mosley, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Co-founder of Academics for Black Survival and Wellness, and Dr.
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…
