BREATHE trainee Dr. Aline Oliveira was recently awarded a K99/R00 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study “Neuroimmune axis contribution to the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension.” The K99/R00 program enables a mentored postdoctoral researcher to more rapidly transition into a stable independent research position.
BREATHE alumnus, Dr. Adrienn Varga received a K99 award for her project “Role of an arousal circuit in respiration and opioid-induced respiratory depression” from NHLBI.
Congratulations to BREATHE Member, Leah Reznikov, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiological Sciences! Dr. Reznikov was recently awarded a $1.25M R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for her research into “Central Nervous System Plasticity…
Dr. Donald Bolser, BREATHE Steering Committee Member and Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Physiological Sciences, was awarded an R01 research grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to study the “Influence of Opioids on the Brainstem Respiratory Network.”…
Ashley Ross, graduate student in the Mitchell Lab, was recently awarded a Diversity Research Supplement by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to support her work, “Intermittent hypoxia-accelerated recovery from phrenic nerve injury.” Ashley’s work may indicate new applications for therapeutic repetitive acute intermittent hypoxia,…
