Two proposals from the University of Florida College of Medicine — one that aims to build a fully immersive digital replica of operating rooms and intensive care units, and another that will enhance and expand programs in cell and gene therapy — have received $3.5 million from the…
A project led by Physical Therapy Chair & BREATHE Advisor, Dr. Krista Vandenborne, seeks to improve the effectiveness of clinical trials designed to treat childhood neuromuscular diseases. Supported by a $480,000 award from UF President Ben Sasse’s strategic funding initiative, the AI Applications to Pediatric Neuromedicine project combines a…
On Friday, September 29, the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville hosted the first Social & Science event on the Jacksonville campus. This event featured Dr. David Berlowitz from the University of Melbourne and was preceded by a day of hands-on demonstrations in intermittent hypoxia, volitional and…
The Breathing Research and Therapeutics Center hosted the SCI Workshop on December 1, 2023. The event was held at the Austin Cary Forest Campus with over 60 attendees. The workshop included a faculty and early career blitz from 24 faculty members & trainees, covering the breadth of spinal…
The time of day that an experimental oxygen therapy is given highly influences its efficacy in spurring a form of plasticity in the neural system controlling breathing, according to new rat-model research by University of Florida neuroscientists.
The University of Florida Foundation has awarded BREATHE Center Director, Dr. Gordon Mitchell, one of two UF Foundation Term Professorships for 2023-24. The three-year professorship, which comes with a $25,000 award, is presented in support of the university’s preeminence goals to further advance faculty research efforts.
The BREATHE Center was pleased to be part of the 6th International CCHS Science Conference held at the Disney World Beach Club resort in Orlando, Florida from September 6-9, 2023. The aim of this meeting was to target collaborations among researchers and clinicians to advance understanding…
As part of a new effort, the Fixel Institute is raising money and will be providing over $200,000 to fund 6 outstanding proposals in four different departments and three different colleges. This pilot grant program evaluated the highest ranking grant submissions with a selected…
BREATHE T32 postdoc, Dr. Alex Marciante, lead a recent publication in APS Function along with BREATHE members Dr. Gordon Mitchell, Dr. Yasin Seven & Mia Kelly, and alumnus Dr. Raphael Perim. The Mitchell Lab has studied the effects of intermittent exposure to low oxygen, or acute intermittent hypoxia, on spinal…
BREATHE member, Dr. Karen Hegland, is featured in the College of Public Health & Health Profession’s newest Researcher Spotlight Series. She discusses the impact of airway protection for individuals with Parkinson’s, as well as how her research aims to help people with swallowing and cough disorders maintain eating, drinking and…
