Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core

UF is a center of research for this novel approach to therapeutics, including therapeutic intermittent hypoxia and hyperbaric oxygenation.

	Researcher/Clinician Name	Title	Department	Cores	Specialties
	Jennifer Bizon, PhD	Professor & Interim Chair	Department of Neuroscience	Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core	Therapeutic intermittent hypoxia and cognitive function in rodent models
	Andrew Bryant, MD	Clinical Assistant Professor	Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine	Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core	Pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine; hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension
	Emily Fox, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS	Research Associate Professor	Department of Physical Therapy	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 & 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
	Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi, DPT, PhD	Research Assistant 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
	Jada Lewis, PhD	Professor	Department of Neuroscience	Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core	Pathogenic and therapeutic IH in neurodegenerative disease
	Carolina Maciel, MD, MSCR	Clinical Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology	Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core	Cognitive function after cardiac arrest/recovery; neurocritical care, TBI
	Gordon Mitchell, PhD	Preeminence Professor & Director	Department of Physical Therapy	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
	Nicholas Napoli, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Neurotechnology Core	Hyperbaric oxygenation
	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
	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
	Adam Woods, PhD	Associate Professor & Assistant Director	Department of Clinical and Health Psychology	Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core	Therapeutic intermittent hypoxia and cognitive function in aging humans