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BREATHE Clinical Associate Director, Dr. Emily Fox, recently presented a pillar talk titled Recovery Is A Team Sport: Collaboration To Advance Respiratory Recovery. In this engaging presentation, Dr. Fox focuses on spinal cord injury and respiratory health, illustrating the impact of BREATHE’s work in advancing research, clinical care, and advocacy.
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Daryl Fields has been elected into the Nature Editorial Board of Spinal Cord, one of the foremost journals in spinal cord injury research. Dr. Fields’ career is driven by a deeply personal mission: restoring independence to people living with paralysis. Before medical school…
BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Barbara Smith, has been promoted to Professor by the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. Congratulations, Dr. Smith!…
Learn how BREATHE member, Dr. Orlando Laitano, helped Brazil’s national soccer team tackle the intense summer heat at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, using cutting-edge hydration science to keep players performing at their best. By analyzing each athlete’s sweat with advanced monitoring technology, Dr. Laitano developed personalized strategies to replace…
Congratulations to BREATHE T32 mentors Drs. Ramon Sun and Matthew Gentry, along with the talented trainees who contributed to this important new study published in Nature Metabolism! Their groundbreaking work reveals a link between glucosamine and accelerated Alzheimer’s progression, highlighting the power of collaborative, BREATHE-supported research to advance our understanding…
Cohosted by the BREATHE and NMPT T32 Training Programs, the Neuromuscular Plasticity Nines (affectionately know as “NeuroNines”) invite doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows to present talks about their own research. Scientists in all roles are invited to listen and participate in interactive discussions, including students at every level, from undergraduate…
Join us for our upcoming Social & Science seminar featuring Dr. Patrick Ganzer, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, on Thursday, May 28 (5:30-7:30 pm) in CTRB, Room 2161. He will present: Targeted Plasticity Therapy: New Techniques for Assessing Neural…
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BREATHE members and trainees were in full force at the American Physiological Society Summit in Minneapolis, MN. Beyond presenting 24 posters, 8 oral presentations, and organizing multiple game-changer sessions, BREATHE helped sponsor the Control of Breathing Mixer: Hot Topics in Respiratory Control.. Clearly, we had an outsized presence at this…
Nine UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have been awarded pilot funding for innovative cancer research projects that aim to advance our understanding of how cancer develops and resists treatment, as well develop novel strategies for preventing cancer and personalizing treatment. Researchers will unravel cancer biology and disease mechanisms on the cellular…
