BREATHE T32 postdoc and Mitchell Lab alum, Dr. Alex Marciante, will be opening her new lab in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Florida College of Medicine in March 2026! The laboratory will investigate factors that influence the neural control of breathing, focusing on how…
BREATHE member, Dr. Yuhan Mou, has joined the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences as a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Bachelor of Health Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders program. Dr. Mou is a speech-language pathologist and graduate of the College of Public Health…
In honor of SCI Awareness Month, join us for an exciting new Social & Science on Thursday, September 11 (5:30-7:30 pm) at the CTRB Building, Room 2161. This special session, Epidural Stimulation to Restore Breathing: From Bench to Bedside to Rehabilitation, will feature a panel discussion with: Dr. Dimitry Sayenko, Associate Professor…
Mark your calendar! September is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month, and we’ve got a full lineup of events co-hosted by BREATHE! Check back in below for further details and keep an eye out for event invitations in the coming weeks. September Event Schedule: Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, & BREATHE Center…
More than 70 researchers from over 15 University of Florida departments and partner institutions gathered on August 7 at the Austin Cary Forest Campus for the UF Brain Injury Research Workshop, co-sponsored by the UF BRAIN Center, the UF BREATHE Center, and the McKnight Brain Institute. This one-day event featured…
Social & Science returns this fall with our first session on August 21 (5:30-7:30pm) at the CTRB Building, Room 2161. This session will feature Dr. Barbara Smith, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, and Dr. Karen Hegland, Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. They will present: Once Upon a Time,…
BREATHE Steering Committee members, Drs. Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi and Alicia Vose, were recently awarded an R21 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Their project: Mechanisms of swallowing dysfunction in a translational rodent model of chronic cervical spinal cord injury, will investigate how swallowing…
BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Karen Hegland, has been promoted to Professor by the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. Congratulations, Dr. Hegland!…
Hosted by the UF BRAIN Center & UF BREATHE CenterIn partnership with the McKnight Brain Institute…
BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi, was recently awarded an R01 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Her project: Combinatorial respiratory rehabilitation approaches to enhance breathing recovery after cervical spinal cord injury, will investigate combining therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia (tAIH) with task-specific respiratory…
