BREATHE T32 trainee, Branden Nguyen (mentor: Dr. Ashley Smuder), was chosen as this year’s recipient to the Allen, Holyoak, & Varnes Endowed Scholarship. This fund was initiated by three former professors of UF: Robert Allen, Owen J. Holyoak and Paul R. Varnes, to support…
BREATHE members are doing a deep dive into the principles of respiratory neurobiology! Check out their chapters in the latest volume of Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Chapter 15 – The Phrenic Neuromuscular System (Drs. David Fuller, Sabhya Rana, Ashley…
Congratulations to BREATHE Steering Committee member and Assistant Professor in Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, Dr. Ashley Smuder, who received the 2021 Excellence Award recognizing outstanding tenure-track assistant professors at UF. The award grants a one-time allocation of $5,000 in support of…
Dr. Ashley Smuder, BREATHE Steering Committee member and Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, was recently named one of the 40 Gators Under 40 by the UF Alumni Association. Since 2006, the University of Florida has honored Outstanding Young Alumni whose achievements positively impact The Gator Nation. Learn more…
Drs. Dave Fuller and Ashley Smuder were recently awarded an NIH R01 grant to study the impact of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) on respiratory neuromuscular recovery after spinal cord injury. They will investigate their hypothesis that HBO, delivered in the acute phases after cervical spinal cord…
