Basic Breathing Research Core

Fundamental principles in the neural control of breathing and respiratory muscles are explored. Major areas of strength include: respiratory motor plasticity, opioid induced respiratory depression and muscle wasting with neuromuscular injury/disease, aging, heart failure, sepsis and cancer.

	Researcher/Clinician Name	Title	Department	Cores	Specialties
	Alison Barnard, DPT, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core	Pathophysiology in Muscular Dystrophy
	Elisabeth Barton, PhD	Professor & Associate Dean	Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology	Basic Breathing Research Core	Muscular dystrophy and respiratory muscle function
	Donald Bolser, PhD	Professor	Department of Physiological Sciences	Basic Breathing Research Core, Airway Defense Core	Respiratory control, mechanisms of cough, and airway defense
	Andrew Bryant, MD	Clinical Associate Professor	Division of Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core	Pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine; hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension
	Barry Byrne, MD, PhD	Professor & Associate Chair; Director	Department of Pediatrics; Gene Powell Center	Basic Breathing Research Core	Pompe disease, gene therapy
	Thomas Clanton, PhD	BK & Betty Stevens Professor	Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology	Basic Breathing Research Core	Inflammation in respiratory muscles
	Erica Dale, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Physiology & Aging	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Spinal stimulation induced phrenic motor plasticity; neurostimulation and functional recovery of breathing capacity after spinal injury
	Paul Davenport, PhD	Distinguished Professor	Department of Physiological Sciences	Basic Breathing Research Core, Airway Defense Core	Respiratory control, sensation and airway defense
	Emily Fox, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS	Associate Professor; Director; Clinical Associate Director	Department of Physical Therapy; Brooks-PHHP Research Collaboration & Brooks Neuromuscular Research; BREATHE Center	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Phrenic/diaphragm pacing as rehabilitative tool; therapeutic intermittent hypoxia and spinal injury
	David Fuller, PhD	Professor; Associate Director; Associate Director for Research	Department of Physical Therapy; BREATHE Center; College of Public Health & Health Professions	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
	Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi, DPT, PhD	Research Associate Professor	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Respiratory plasticity induced by neurostimulation and intermittent hypoxia; spinal cord injury; sleep apnea & pathogenic intermittent hypoxia after SCI
	Russell Hepple, PhD	Professor	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core	Aging and toxicology of respiratory muscle
	Andrew Judge, PhD	Associate Professor	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core	Sepsis, cachexia and respiratory muscles
	Sarah Judge, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core	Skeletal muscle biology and cancer cachexia
	Christopher Kaufmann, PhD, MHS	Assistant Professor	Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core	Sleep disorders and neurodegeneration
	Orlando Laitano, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology	Basic Breathing Research Core	Mechanisms underlying sepsis-induced myopathy with disuse in aging and on the pathophysiology of exertional heat stroke.
	Jorge Lascano, MD	Professor	Division of Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine	Basic Breathing Research Core	Pulmonary critical care
	Borna Mehrad, MD	Chief & Ethel Smith Research Professor	Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine	Basic Breathing Research Core	Lung disease
	Gordon Mitchell, PhD	Preeminence Professor; Director; Deputy Director	Department of Physical Therapy; BREATHE Center; McKnight Brain Institute	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Intermittent hypoxia induced respiratory plasticity, therapeutic intermittent hypoxia in spinal injury and ALS
	Maria Nikodemova, MS, PhD	Research Associate Scientist	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	microglial plasticity in healthy CNS and during neurodegeneration; APOE4 phenotype, sleep apnea; the role of microglia and neuroinflammation in regulating respiratory motor plasticity during hypoxia and after spinal cord injury
	Aline Oliveira, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics	Basic Breathing Core	Neuroimmune axis contribution to pulmonary hypertension; neuroinflammation and neuroplasticity
	Michael Reid, PhD	Professor; Dean	Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology; College of Health & Human Performance	Basic Breathing Research Core	Molecular biology of respiratory muscle
	Leah Reznikov, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Physiological Sciences	Basic Breathing Research Core	Neural innervation of the airways, cystic fibrosis
	Emma Schachner, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Physiological Sciences	Basic Breathing Research Core	The origin and evolution of major morphological and physiological innovations in vertebrates, with a focus on the evolution of the amniote respiratory system
	Yasin B. Seven, MS, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Physiological Sciences	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotechnology Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Neuroprotection in spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative diseases, nanoparticle-based targeted drug delivery
	Barbara Smith, PT, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core	Pompe disease, diaphragm pacing; therapeutic intermittent hypoxia in ALS patients
	Ashley Smuder, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core	Diaphragm atrophy; response to therapeutics; HBO and diaphragm muscle inflammation in Pompe and SCI
	Lee Sweeney, PhD	Professor; Director	Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics; Myology Institute	Basic Breathing Research Core	Molecular motors of the myosin superfamily; muscular dystrophy
	Krista Vandenborne, PT, PhD	Distinguished Professor & Chair	Department of Physical Therapy	Basic Breathing Research Core	Respiratory failure in human DMD
	Adrienn Varga, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Neuroscience	Basic Breathing Research Core	How the brain controls breathing and breathing-related behaviors in health and disease
	Alicia Vose, PhD, CCC-SLP	Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology (UF Health -Jacksonville)	Basic Breathing Research Core, Airway Defense Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen 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
	Glenn Walter, PhD	Professor & Vice Chair	Department of Physiology & Aging	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotechnology Core	MRI imaging of respiratory muscles & their plasticity