Training Program News

The BREATHE Training Program is currently recruiting 2 graduate fellows for our NHLBI-funded training program. Applications due by June 13 for August 2025 appointments.

In a new paper, McKnight Brain Institute researchers show capability of a next-generation method to peer into tiny molecules in the brain made by metabolism, the chemical processes that break down food, drugs or chemicals. To do so, the interdisciplinary team of biochemists, neuroscientists and biostatisticians combined state-of-the-art imaging with…

BREATHE members and trainees were in full force at the American Physiological Society Summit in Baltimore, MA. Beyond presenting 24 posters, 14 oral presentations, and organizing multiple game-changer sessions, BREATHE helped sponsor the Control of Breathing Mixer: Hot Topics in Respiratory Control and organized the Marilyn Menker Trainee Highlights Breakfast,…

Applications are now open for 4 new MBI Gator NeuroScholars, an enhanced postdoc fellowship at the University of Florida with up to $70K stipend, up to $10K in research support, annual travel funds, mentorship opportunities and more. Learn more and apply by June 13: http://bit.ly/GNS-Info.

Dr. Sabhya Rana, a Research Assistant Scientist at the BREATHE Center, has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Neuroscience and the Belford Center for Spinal Cord Injury at The Ohio State University. Her independent research program will officially launch on August 1st, 2025,…

Alyssa Mickle, BREATHE T32 alum and member of Dr. Erica Dale’s Lab, has been awarded a Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to support her research on improving breathing after spinal cord injury. The Dale Lab has shown…

The BREATHE Training Program is now accepting applications for 1 postdoctoral fellow starting in Spring 2025. Apply by March 7 to ensure eligibility for currently available positions.

BREATHE member, Dr. Sabhya Rana, was recently appointed as one of the new fellows for the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology.

BREATHE Steering Committee member and T32 alum, Dr. Alicia Vose, was recently awarded an NIH R41 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant.The grant is a collaboration between the University of Florida (PI: Dr. Alicia Vose) and Novis Products, LLC, a Florida-based, small business in Jacksonville, FL. The…

BREATHE postdocs, Drs. Alex Marciante, Sabhya Rana, and Michela Mir, were recently promoted by the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. Congratulations to all! Dr. Alex Marciante, a former BREATHE T32 postdoc fellow, currently serves as a Research Assistant Scientist (Department of Physical Therapy) in Dr. Gordon…