Join us on for our upcoming Social and Science on Thursday, October 12th from 5:30-7:30pm at Cypress and Grove Brewing (1001 NW 4th St, Gainesville, FL 32601)! This session will feature Dr. Mehdi Ahmadian, incoming Gator NeuroScholar postdoc in the Mitchell Lab. He will present: "Acute Intermittent Hypoxia: A…
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…
Join the BREATHE Center and the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville for our upcoming Social and Science on Friday, September 29 (4:30-7pm). This special session will be hosted in the Swisher Conference Room at UF Health-Jacksonville (580 West 8th Street, Tower I, 10th floor, Jacksonville, FL 32209)! Dr. David Berlowitz,…
BREATHE members, Drs. Gordon Mitchell, Emily Fox, and Alex Marciante, along with alumni Drs. Jay Nair and Joe Welch, recently published a new study in APS Function. Acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) is a promising strategy to induce functional…
SCI Workshop The BREATHE Center-SCI Core (https://breathe.phhp.ufl.edu/research/spinal-cord-injury-core/) is proposing a full-day SCI retreat on December 1, 2023 at the Austin Carey Learning Center. The agenda will include research interactions, with some time devoted to discussions concerning what this community can accomplish at UF. Please let us know if you…
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…
BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Leo Ferreira, was recently awarded a 2-year, $457k R21 grant from the National Institute on Aging to study “Systemic antioxidant treatment for cardiomyopathy, muscle weakness, and exercise intolerance in postmenopausal HFpEF.” This project will test whether an over-the-counter dietary supplement with antioxidant properties…
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.
