BREATHE Center

BREATHE hosted the Spring/Summer 2022 CoBAD series twice monthly on Fridays at 3 pm ET via Zoom from February 11 until June 17.

The BREATHE Center will host the Therapeutic Intermittent Hypoxia Virtual Workshop on January 7th & 14th, 2022 (3-7pm EST). The agenda can be viewed by clicking the button below. If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please email us at breathe-training@phhp.ufl.edu for the registration link.

BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Leah Reznikov, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence Award. Through this award, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recognizes researchers whose innovative work has advanced the scientific standing of veterinary medicine.

BREATHE T32 trainees had the opportunity to meet for lunch with Dr. Eileen Hasser, a cardiovascular physiology professor from University of Missouri. Dr. Hasser visited the University of Florida to present her talk, “Forebrain – hindbrain connections and the response to hypoxia?”, in the Department of Physiological Sciences Seminar Series.

Carolina Maciel, BREATHE Steering Committee member, recently discussed her article, “Neurologic Outcome Prediction in the Intensive Care Unit” from the October Neurocritical Care Continuum issue, on the Neurology Minute podcast.

Erica Levitt, BREATHE Steering Committee member, recently discussed her work with mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression on the UF Care Podcast with host, Oliver Grundmann.

Congratulations to BREATHE Center member, Dr. Christine Schmidt, on being elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) during their virtual annual meeting!…

Sabhya Rana, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the department of physical therapy, is the latest investigator to be featured in MBI Rising Stars, a video series highlighting up-and-coming neuroscience researchers at the University of Florida.

Co-hosted by the BREATHE & BRAIN Centers, the Acquired Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Retreat aimed to bring the SCI &TBI communities at UF together for a half-day of presentations and discussion. If you missed out on watching this retreat live, you can view the recording…

Steering Committee member and BREATHE Training Program Clinical Coordinator Emily Plowman, PhD, was awarded the 2021 Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship from the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Nominations for the Landis Award were initiated by current and former trainees.