Neurotechnology Core  

UF is developing strength in medical approaches to treat clinical disorders with electrical stimulation of relevant neural structures.

	Researcher/Clinician Name	Title	Department	Cores	Specialties
	Erica Dale, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Spinal stimulation induced phrenic motor plasticity; neurostimulation and functional recovery of breathing capacity after spinal injury
	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
	Nicholas Napoli, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Neurotechnology Core	Hyperbaric oxygenation
	Kevin Otto, PhD	Professor & Senior Associate Chair	Department of Biomedical Engineering	Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Neural interfaces, multi-channel implantable micro devices for neural stimulation, autonomic neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics; spinal/epidural stimulation
	Christine Schmidt, Christine Schmidt, PhDPhD	Professor & Chair	Department of Biomedical Engineering	Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core	Neuroregeneration after peripheral or spinal cord injury
	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
	Glenn Walter, PhD	Professor	Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotechnology Core	MRI imaging of respiratory muscles & their plasticity