Recent News

Learn about the research and experiences of BREATHE alumni, Dr. Latoya Allen, who earned a Toffler Leadership Award.

A global pandemic couldn’t stop the BREATHE Team from celebrating our trainees. To cap off a challenging year, all T32 and match-funded BREATHE trainees were invited to a virtual cookie party on Zoom. Everyone had an opportunity to showcase their current research and to enjoy a little holiday cheer. Congratulations…

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…

At the State of the College Meeting on Sept. 18, faculty members were recognized by Dean Michael Perri with several awards, including the Dean’s Citation Paper Award acknowledging innovation and excellence in research. BREATHE member and Department of Physical Therapy faculty Dr. Andrew Judge received the award for…

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…

Seven University of Florida neuroscientists have earned Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust Bridge Funds, which support developing research programs that demonstrated financial need in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Emily Plowman, BREATHE Clinical Director and Director of the UF Aerodigestive Research Core, was recently recognized for having one of the most read articles in Muscle in Nerve for 2018-2019. It is still one of the Top 5 most downloaded articles this month alone, despite being published in July 2018.

Dave Fuller, Professor of Physical Therapy and BREATHE Associate Director, and Barry Byrne, Associate Chair of Pediatrics, Director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center, and BREATHE member, received a 5-year NIH R01 award to continue their work on gene therapy for …

Rehabilitation Science faculty, Andrew Judge, PhD, professor in the Dept. of Physical Therapy, and collaborator Glenn Walter, PhD, professor in the Dept. of Physiology and Functional Genomics, received funding from the UF Opportunity Seed Fund for their study, “The Role of Trim63 in Cancer Cachexia.”

Center Member Richard Berry, MD, FAASM, received the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) 2020 Nathaniel Kleitman Distinguished Service Award. The award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions in the areas of administration, public relations, and government affairs. The medical director of…