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UF Innovate | Tech Licensing celebrated the achievements of University of Florida innovators at its eighth annual Standing InnOvation event on Wednesday, October 29, recognizing the groundbreaking research discoveries made in fiscal year 2025. This year’s event also marks 40 years since UF began transferring technologies from the lab into…
Barbara Smith, Ph.D., P.T., an assistant professor in the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy, is one of 22 early career scholars and industry professionals named to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida, or ASEMFL, 2025 list of Rising Stars.
BREATHE Center director Dr. Gordon Mitchell, has successfully renewed his R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. His project, Microglial regulation of intermittent hypoxia-induced phrenic motor plasticity, focuses on how the nervous system adapts to support breathing. One of the most essential models…
After a spinal cord injury seven years ago, Jared Hogg found himself learning how to navigate life with the help of a team of clinicians and researchers at Brooks Rehabilitation Clinical Research Center in Jacksonville. Then, he joined them. Hogg is now a member of the leadership team for the Spinal…
BREATHE T32 postdoc and Mitchell Lab alum, Dr. Alex Marciante, will be opening her new lab in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Florida College of Medicine in March 2026! The laboratory will investigate factors that influence the neural control of breathing, focusing on how…
The Evelyn F. & William L. McKnight Brain Institute, UF Department of Neurosurgery, and the Breathing Research & Therapeutics Center will host a special guest lecture by Matthew MacDougall, MD, Head of Neurosurgery for Neuralink and Chief of Neurosurgery for California Pacific Medical Center. Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025Time: 3:30 – 5:00…
BREATHE T32 Curriculum Coordinator, Dr. Leah Reznikov, has received a new 2-year R21 grant exceeding $400k from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Emerging impact on airway health by airborne red tide toxins following major hurricanes Helene and Milton at the Gulf coast. This project,…
BREATHE T32 trainer, Dr. Ramon Sun, was named a Falling Walls Global Call 2025 finalist for his groundbreaking work in metabolism research with 3D & AI. Dr. Sun is a biochemist and molecular biologist specializing in metabolism and spatial biology. His research focuses on how metabolic pathways influence physiology, signalling…
BREATHE member, Dr. Yuhan Mou, has joined the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences as a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Bachelor of Health Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders program. Dr. Mou is a speech-language pathologist and graduate of the College of Public Health…
