Training Program News

Thursday, June 22, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs hosted a NeuroNines session featuring postdocs Drs. Priscila Sales de Campos (mentor: Barbara Smith) & Prajwal Thakre (mentor: David Fuller).

Thursday, June 15, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs hosted a NeuroNines session featuring doctoral students Vivian Doerr (mentor: Ashley Smuder) & Tinu Olarewaju (mentor: Emily Fox).

BREATHE trainee & Fuller Lab postdoc, Dr. Sabhya Rana, was among the 13 awardees for the 2023 Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program. This fellowship will support her work in Direct Current Stimulation to Restore Breathing Following Spinal Cord Injury. Respiratory dysfunction is the leading cause of morbidity…

Thursday, June 8, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs hosted a NeuroNines session featuring doctoral student Todd Williams (mentor: Emily Fox) & postdoc Sabhya Rana (mentor: David Fuller).

Thursday, June 1, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs hosted a NeuroNines session featuring doctoral students Ethan Benevides (mentor: David Fuller) & Oluwafemi Adegbemigun (mentor: Dorian Rose).

Thursday, May 25, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs hosted a NeuroNines session featuring postdoc Tommy Sutor (mentor: Emily Fox) and doctoral student Natalie Johnson (mentor: Daniel Wesson).

Thursday, May 18, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs hosted a NeuroNines session featuring BREATHE T32 trainee & doctoral student Emanuel Boutzoukas (mentor: Adam Woods) and Dr. David Fuller.

BREATHE members and trainees were in full force at the American Physiological Society Summit in Long Beach, CA. Beyond presenting nearly 30 posters and 10 oral presentations, BREATHE helped sponsor the Control of Breathing Mixer: Hot Topics in Respiratory Control, organized the Marilyn Menker Trainee Highlights Breakfast, and rocked the…

Hosted by the Department of Physical Therapy in collaboration with the BREATHE and Neuromuscular Plasticity NIH-funded T32 Training Programs, the 18th annual Neuromuscular Plasticity Training Symposium was held on March 23-24. The symposium gives predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees the chance to highlight their cutting-edge research through data blitz and poster…

BREATHE trainee Dr. Aline Oliveira was recently awarded a K99/R00 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study “Neuroimmune axis contribution to the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension.” The K99/R00 program enables a mentored postdoctoral researcher to more rapidly transition into a stable independent research position.