Airway Defense Core

Fundamental principles through clinical translation concerning mechanisms of swallowing disorders and cough, and changes in neuromuscular disease or injury.

	Researcher/Clinician Name	Title	Department	Cores	Specialties
	Donald Bolser, PhD	Professor	Department of Physiological Sciences	Basic Breathing Research Core, Airway Defense Core	Respiratory control, mechanisms of cough, and airway defense
	Paul Davenport, PhD	Distinguished Professor	Department of Physiological Sciences	Basic Breathing Research Core, Airway Defense Core	Respiratory sensation and airway defense
	David Fuller, PhD	Professor & Program Director	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core, Airway Defense Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Spinal stimulation and recovery of breathing activity with opiate-induced respiratory depression and spinal injury; Regulation of airway muscles; Hyperbaric oxygenation, intermittent hypoxia and respiratory plasticity, Pompe disease
	Karen Hegland, PhD, CCC-SLP	Associate Professor & Program Director	Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences	Airway Defense Core	Cough and respiratory sensation in Parkinson's Disease
	Emily Plowman, PhD, CCC-SLP	Associate Professor	Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences	Airway Defense Core	Dysphagia and cough in ALS
	Alicia Vose, PhD, CCC-SLP	Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology (UF Health -Jacksonville)	Basic Breathing Research Core, Airway Defense Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Acute intermittent hypoxia and respiratory strength training to enhance breathing and swallowing in people with chronic spinal cord injury; effects of diaphragm stimulation on respiratory neural drive and function