BREATHE members and trainees were in full force at the first American Physiological Society in-person annual meeting in two years. Beyond presenting nearly 30 posters and 8 oral presentations, BREATHE helped sponsor the Control of Breathing Mixer: Hot Topics in Respiratory Control, organized the Experimental Biology Trainee Highlights Breakfast, and…
BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Erica Levitt, has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the ASPET Neuropharmacology Early Career Award. She has been granted this award in recognition of her commitment to mentoring and for her highly impactful research on the mechanisms of opioid-induced…
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.
Thursday, June 17, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs will host a NeuroNines session featuring Dr. Adrienn Varga (mentor: Erica Levitt) and PhD Student Ian Malone (mentor: Kevin Otto). Register via Zoom.
Experimental Biology (EB) is the annual meeting of five societies that explores the latest research in anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, investigative pathology, pharmacology, and physiology. This international meeting is the highlight of the year for many BREATHE researchers and, despite being virtual this year, EB2021…
The third installment of the CoBAD series featured Erica Levitt, PhD, on Friday, July 10. An assistant professor of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Florida, Dr. Levitt’s research is focused on understanding how opioids modulate neurons in the respiratory network to cause breathing disturbances.
