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BME Postdoc Awarded BREATHE Fellowship

Congratulations to BME postdoc Eleana Manousiouthakis, PhD, on being awarded BREATHE postdoctoral fellowship funded through the McKnight Brain Institute. The BREATHE Training Program combines basic science and translational research to educate predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. She is one of nine trainees currently in the program.

Erica Levitt Receives ASPET Early Career Award

BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Erica Levitt, has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the ASPET Neuropharmacology Early Career Award. She has been granted this award in recognition of her commitment to mentoring and for her highly impactful research on the mechanisms of opioid-induced…

BREATHE Members Lead Special Issue of Experimental Neurology

Gordon Mitchell, Ph.D., served as an editor for a special issue of the journal Experimental Neurology. The issue is focused on intermittent hypoxia, a potential treatment for spinal cord injury and multiple neurological disorders, and includes several articles authored or co-authored by UF faculty members and trainees from…

Leah Reznikov Receives 2021 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence

BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Leah Reznikov, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence Award. Through this award, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recognizes researchers whose innovative work has advanced the scientific standing of…

Carolina Maciel Featured on Neurology Minute Podcast

Carolina Maciel, BREATHE Steering Committee member, recently discussed her article, “Neurologic Outcome Prediction in the Intensive Care Unit” from the October Neurocritical Care Continuum issue, on the Neurology Minute podcast.

Erica Levitt Featured on UF Care Podcast

Erica Levitt, BREATHE Steering Committee member, recently discussed her work with mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression on the UF Care Podcast with host, Oliver Grundmann.

5th Annual Graduate Research Symposium

The UF BREATHE Center was pleased to co-sponsor the Annual Graduate Research Symposium. The Society for Advancing Native Americans and Chicanos in Research (SACNAS) and the UF Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSO) worked together to host this event, which was an opportunity for…

David Fuller & Barbara Smith Featured in JNP Podcasts

Drs. David Fuller and Barbara Smith, BREATHE Steering Committee members, were recently featured on the Journal of Neurophysiology Podcast. They met with Editor-in-Chief Dr. Nino Ramirez to discuss their most recent publication, “Case Studies in Neuroscience:…