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Katherine Casey-Sawicki

Center Advisor & PT Chair Awarded $6.25M to Expand Muscular Dystrophy Study

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…

CoBAD Seminars Return!

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…

Celebrating Our Trainees!

A global pandemic couldn’t stop the BREATHE Team from celebrating our trainees. To cap off a challenging year, all T32 and match-funded BREATHE trainees were invited to a virtual cookie party on Zoom. Everyone had an opportunity to showcase their current research and to enjoy a little holiday cheer. Congratulations…

Andrew Judge Receives Dean’s Citation Award

At the State of the College Meeting on Sept. 18, faculty members were recognized by Dean Michael Perri with several awards, including the Dean’s Citation Paper Award acknowledging innovation and excellence in research. BREATHE member and Department of Physical Therapy faculty Dr. Andrew Judge received the award for…

CoBAD: Garcia

The tenth and final installment of the Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Alfredo Garcia, PhD, on Friday, August 28th. Dr. Garcia is an assistant professor of medicine at The University of Chicago. His most recent research focuses on understanding how local brain…

CoBAD: Polotsky

The ninth installment of the Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Vsevolod Polotsky, MD, PhD, on Friday, August 21st. Dr. Polotsky is a pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine physician and a professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His most…

CoBAD: O’Halloran & Burns

The eighth installment of the Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Ken O’Halloran, PhD, and David Burns, PhD, on Friday, August 14th. A professor and head of the Physiology Department at the University College Cork, Dr. O’Halloran’s research focuses…

CoBAD: Moreira & Takakura

The seventh installment of the Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Thiago Moreira, PhD, and Ana Takakura, PhD, on Friday, August 7th. An associate professor in the Physiology and Biophysics Department at the University of São Paulo, Dr. Moreira’s research focuses on how…

NeuroNines: Barnard & Spradlin

Dr. Alison Barnard presented “Respiratory muscle changes in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Results from four years of prospective observation,” and PhD Candidate Ray Spradlin presented “Necessity of muscle IGF-1 for recovery from disuse and adaptation to endurance exercise training” on Thursday, July 30.