BREATHE Labs

The core of the BREATHE Center is built by collaborating investigators with research interests in understanding and treating neuromuscular disorders that compromise respiratory and related non-respiratory movements. To learn more about individual labs within our center, visit their pages below.

Molecular Physiology of Muscle Lab

PI: Elisabeth Barton, PhD

Barton lab

Muscle Stress Physiology Lab

PI: Thomas Clanton, PhD

Clanton lab

Lab for the Study of Upper Airway Dysfunction

PI: Karen Hegland, PhD, CCC-SLP

Hegland lab

Judge Lab

PI: Andrew Judge, PhD & Sarah Judge, PhD

cachexia

Molecular Cardiology & Myology Lab

PI: Ashley Smuder, PhD

MCML Lab

Vandenborne Lab

PI: Krista Vandenborne, PT, PhD

vandenborne lab