As part of the Department of Neuroscience and McKnight Brain Institute Joint Seminar Series, Dr. Gordon Mitchell presented “Intermittent hypoxia and spinal cord plasticity: breathing and walking after spinal cord injury.”…
Dr. Lauren Tabor-Gray and Dr. Alicia Vose BREATHE T32 alumni Alicia Vose, PhD and Lauren Tabor-Gray, PhD presented their research at the 2021 World Dysphagia Summit held in Nagoya, Japan this past weekend. Dr. Vose and Dr.
Gerard Robinson, a former BREATHE T32 Training Program trainee, recently graduated with his PhD in Exercise Physiology. He is currently a postdoc in Clanton Lab, where his research explores the role of skeletal muscle in the innate response to infection,…
Dr. Cara Donohue was awarded the ASHA Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award, which aims to support students and postdocs in the field of communication science and disorders by providing them with research career development opportunities. This award will allow Dr. Donohue…
BREATHE alumnus, Dr. Adrienn Varga received a K99 award for her project “Role of an arousal circuit in respiration and opioid-induced respiratory depression” from NHLBI.
Robert Lamprecht, a visiting undergraduate student from Wofford College, participated in this year’s Summer Neuroscience Internship Program sponsored by the McKnight Brain Institute, Neuroscience Department, Biomedical Sciences Grad program, and the Center for Aging and Memory. Robert spent an intense 10 weeks in center…
Congratulations to Dr. Yasin B. Seven! Dr. Seven was awarded a highly competitive R21 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. In collaboration with Dr. Gordon Mitchell and collaborators at the University of Miami, Dr. Seven has…
Sabhya Rana, PhD, was awarded a $150k 2-year Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum (SCIRTS) Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. Under the mentorship of Dr. David Fuller, Dr. Rana will investigate the use of ampakines, molecules…
Kevin Vincent, MD, PhD, (center) founding chair of the UF College of Medicine’s new PM&R Department, speaks during a meeting with department faculty and residents. The BREATHE Center is happy to announce that our friends in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation have launched…
The Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy featured Drs. Emily Fox and Kate Cavka in their Discussions in Spinal Cord Injury Science (DiSCIS) Podcast. This episode centered on a conversation about respiratory rehabilitation and diaphragm pacing after spinal cord injury and their recent paper in…
