CoBAD

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

This round of the Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) Seminar Series drew to a close on Friday, September 10th at 3:00 pm ET. The final session featured Natasha Kumar, PhD & Simon McMullan, PhD. Dr. Kumar’s lab investigates cellular and physiological mechanisms used by autonomic systems…

The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Tammie Bishop, PhD & Emma Hodson, PhD on Friday, August 27th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Bishop’s research is focused on understanding the role of hypoxia in cancer. She is specifically interested in defining the…

The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Carlos Mantilla, MD, PhD on Friday, August 13th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Mantilla’s research is focused on understanding mechanisms that enhance recovery of respiratory function, the potential therapeutic role of trophic factors in mitigating…

The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Clifford Saper, MD, PhD & Satvinder Kaur, PhD on Friday, July 16th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Saper’s lab focuses on the brain circuitry that regulates key functions including regulation of wake-sleep cycles, circadian rhythms,…

The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Jan-Marino Ramirez, PhD on Friday, June 18th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Ramirez’s research focuses on understanding the neuronal basis of a variety of brain functions to find novel ways to treat and cure neurological…

The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Tracy Baker, PhD on Friday, June 4th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Baker’s research focuses on homeostatic synaptic plasticity of respiratory motor output and recovery of respiratory motor output following spinal injury. Her seminar was…

The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Kevin Yackle, MD, PhD, on Friday, May 21st at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Yackle’s research focuses on how opioids suppress breathing and how innate vocalizations, like neonatal cries, are timed and coordinated with breath. His seminar was entitled: “Breathing in…

The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured David Gozal, MD, MBA, PhD (Hon) on Friday, May 7th at 3:00 pm ET. Dr. Gozal is a pioneer in the study of childhood sleep problems and the relationships between sleep disorders and neurobehavioral, cardiovascular…

The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) International Online Seminar Series featured Bill Milsom, PhD, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, & Graham Scott, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, McMaster University, on Friday, April 9th at 3:00 pm ET. The Milsom Lab studies evolutionary trends in…