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BREATHE Members Explore Potential Benefits of Respiratory Strength Training in ALS

BREATHE members, Drs. Emily Plowman, James Wymer, and BREATHE T32 alumnus, Dr. Lauren Tabor-Gray were recently published in Neurology. Their article “Respiratory Strength Training in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Sham-Controlled Trial” evaluates the short-term physiologic and one-year functional impact of a 12-week inspiratory and expiratory respiratory strength…

Sabhya Rana Wins Poster Award at NCF SfN

Dr. Sabhya Rana recently won the Postdoctoral Poster Prize at the 13th Annual Conference of the North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. She presented her work on the use of Ampakines to restore breathing in a rodent model of spinal cord injury. Dr. Rana’s work…

CoBAD Returns!

BREATHE will host the Spring/Summer 2023 CoBAD series twice monthly on Fridays at 3 pm ET via Zoom from March 31 until August 4. Register here.

Visiting Speaker – Dr. Jerry Dempsey (Jan 27, 11:30am-1pm)

Friend of the center and Professor Emeritus of Population Health Sciences at UW-Madison, Dr. Jerry Dempsey, will be giving a special seminar on January 27, 2023 from 11:30am-1pm. Join us in MBI DeWeese Auditorium for his presentation: “Rethinking O2, CO2 and Breathing in Wakefulness and Sleep.”…

Social & Science Jan. 24 with Dr. Pedro Trevizan-Bau

Join us on Tuesday, January 24th from 5-7pm atthe Sidecar at V Pizza (115 SE 1st St, 32601)! This special session will feature Gator NeuroScholars candidate, Dr. Pedro Trevizan-Bau from the University of Melbourne. He will present: “Neuroanatomy and neuropathophysiology of volitional control of breathing.” Come socialize with us and…

Behind the Scenes with BREATHE Assistant Director, Kate Casey-Sawicki

As the assistant director of UF’s Breathing Research and Therapeutics (BREATHE) Center as well as UF’s Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience (BRAIN) Center, Kate Casey-Sawicki‘s duties are wide-ranging, including grant writing, marketing and communications, management of training grants, web design, event planning and general project management.

Fuller Lab Uses Light to Stimulate Tongue Muscle Activity

In a recent study published in the March issue of Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, Dr. David Fuller, Dr. Michelle Singer (a former BREATHE trainee and Fuller Lab member now completing her postdoc at Johns Hopkins), and their colleagues have demonstrated for the first time that light…

BREATHE & NMPT T32 Trainee Meet-Up

The BREATHE and NMPT T32 training programs, directed by Drs. Gordon Mitchell and David Fuller, decided to join forces for a lunch at the newly renovated Swamp Restaurant. Trainees got a chance to meet and catch up with peers, as well as discuss their future career…