Two powerful stories of perseverance took center stage Wednesday evening at an MBI Insights event called “The Resilient Brain: Patient Journeys & Neuroplasticity,” which explored real-world impacts of rehabilitation science and the brain’s ability to change and adapt, known as neuroplasticity.
Join us for our third MBI Insights event, The Resilient Brain: Patient Journeys & Neuroplasticity.” Parent & caregiver Suzanne Weitzel and patient Carly Pfeiffer will share their personal experiences navigating through neurological recovery at UF in a discussion moderated by MBI Science Writer Michelle Jaffee. Co-hosted by Dr. Michael Jaffee,…
New research reveals that a type of support cell in the spinal cord plays an important role in influencing plasticity of motor neurons responsible for breathing, a key insight that could help refine ongoing studies into a potential therapy for compromised breathing and other movements. …
What’s your first thought when you think of the structures involved in breathing? For many people, the answer is the lungs. Gordon Mitchell, PhD, a PHHP professor of physical therapy and director of the UF Breathing Research and Therapeutics Center, or BREATHE, has a different answer.
BREATHE postdocs, Drs. Alex Marciante, Sabhya Rana, and Michela Mir, were recently promoted by the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. Congratulations to all! Dr. Alex Marciante, a former BREATHE T32 postdoc fellow, currently serves as a Research Assistant Scientist (Department of Physical Therapy) in Dr. Gordon…
BREATHE Director, Dr. Gordon Mitchell, was recently featured on an episode of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis’s Curecast. In this episode, he discusses the role of intermittent hypoxia and its effect on neuroplasticity and recovery of respiratory and motor function. This will serve as a primer to his upcoming talk at their…
Thursday, June 13, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs hosted NeuroNines featuring BREATHE T32 postdoc Dr. Alex Marciante (mentor: Gordon Mitchell) and postdoc, Dr. Jeremy Ducharme (mentor: Andrew Judge).
Thursday, May 23, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs hosted the first NeuroNines session of the season and featured BREATHE postdoc Dr. Alec Butenas (mentor: Gordon Mitchell) & PhD student Martin Schonk (mentor: Andrew Judge).
BREATHE members and trainees were in full force at the American Physiological Society Summit in Long Beach, CA. Beyond presenting 20 posters and 6 oral presentations, BREATHE helped sponsor the Control of Breathing Mixer: Hot Topics in Respiratory Control and organized the Marilyn Menker Trainee Highlights Breakfast, which was led…
BREATHE alumnus Dr. Joseph Welch, an Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham, UK, was award the 2023 Inaugural Review Prize from Experimental Physiology. This prize is awarded to an early career researcher within the first 3 years of their first full faculty appointment. Applicants submit a…
