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…
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…
During this year’s two-day Celebration of Research event, seven University of Florida College of Medicine faculty members received recognition for their contributions as outstanding, rising star and pioneering researchers in their respective fields. An additional faculty member was honored with an award that acknowledges the crucial role mentors play in research…
When most people think about spinal cord injury, they often picture paralysis, the loss of movement in the arms or legs. That image is powerful, but incomplete. Many of the most consequential effects of spinal cord injury are less visible, including impaired bladder and bowel control, changes in…
The McKnight Brain Institute has allocated seed funding across 18 new projects through the MBI Accelerator Program, aimed at bolstering emerging research in neuroscience and neuromedicine at the University of Florida. “The MBI Accelerator Program allows us to invest in scientists at a pivotal stage, when a strong idea can…
