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One mystery of COVID-19 is the occurrence of silent hypoxaemia, a condition where some patients experience dangerously low levels of oxygen in the blood without apparent awareness or discomfort (often misleadingly termed “happy hypoxia”). In a recent Editor’s Choice 2021 Review in The Journal of Physiology, Center…
The BREATHE Team extends a huge THANK YOU for your generosity! We received 24 donations over the past 24 hours that will allow our center to grow and thrive! Every bit counts!…
Learn more about the generous donation of Dr. Jon Wilkins and his late wife Nancy to support the continued fight for enhanced therapeutics and outcomes in ALS.
BREATHE Steering Committee Member, Dr. Barbara Smith, received the James Dunleavy Distinguished Service Award at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting.
New preclinical research led by Drs. David Fuller and Michael Sunshine demonstrates a novel method to restore breathing following opioid overdose or spinal cord injury.
Learn about the research and experiences of BREATHE alumni, Dr. Latoya Allen, who earned a Toffler Leadership Award.
The UF Neuromuscular Plasticity Training Program presents the 16th Annual NMPT Symposium on March 19, 2021. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the symposium will be held virtually.
As part of our continued efforts to serve the CoBAD Community, the BREATHE Center hosted an online Town Hall to discuss the future of the series. The Town Hall included an overview of Qualtrics results, a presentation on seminar and consortium options, and breakout discussions. We had a robust conversation,…
Congratulations to BREATHE Center members Erica Dale, Leah Reznikov, and Michele Singer, recipients of the 2020 McKnight Brain Institute Education & Outreach awards! Drs. Dale and Reznikov were awarded the Career Accelerator Award, which provides funds to assist recipients with preliminary data acquisition and subsequent R01 application. Ms. Singer, a…
Drs. Dave Fuller and Ashley Smuder were recently awarded an NIH R01 grant to study the impact of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) on respiratory neuromuscular recovery after spinal cord injury. They will investigate their hypothesis that HBO, delivered in the acute phases after cervical spinal cord…
