The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) Seminar Series featured Dr. Anthony DiMarco, Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University, on Friday, July 7 at 3:00pm ET. Dr. DiMarco’s research focuses on the restoration of respiratory muscle function in individuals with…
BREATHE trainee & Fuller Lab postdoc, Dr. Sabhya Rana, was among the 13 awardees for the 2023 Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program. This fellowship will support her work in Direct Current Stimulation to Restore Breathing Following Spinal Cord Injury. Respiratory dysfunction is the leading cause of morbidity…
The Control of Breathing and Airway Defense (CoBAD) Seminar Series featured Drs. Michael Lane, Professor at Drexel University, & Lana Zholudeva, Research Scientist at Gladstone Institutes, on Friday, June 9 at 3:00pm ET. Dr. Lane’s research explores the consequences of cervical spinal cord injury, the potential for spontaneous…
A new rat-model study by Erica Dale, PhD and Ian Malone, BS found that applying a form of electrical stimulation below a spinal-cord injury and in sync with natural breathing rhythm elicited respiratory neuroplasticity, or ability of neurons and neural networks to change and adapt.
Co-hosted by the BREATHE & BRAIN Centers, the Acquired Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Retreat aimed to bring the SCI &TBI communities at UF together for a half-day of presentations and discussion. If you missed out on watching this retreat live, you can view the recording…
Robert Lamprecht, a visiting undergraduate student from Wofford College, participated in this year’s Summer Neuroscience Internship Program sponsored by the McKnight Brain Institute, Neuroscience Department, Biomedical Sciences Grad program, and the Center for Aging and Memory. Robert spent an intense 10 weeks in center…
Congratulations to Dr. Yasin B. Seven! Dr. Seven was awarded a highly competitive R21 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. In collaboration with Dr. Gordon Mitchell and collaborators at the University of Miami, Dr. Seven has…
The Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy featured Drs. Emily Fox and Kate Cavka in their Discussions in Spinal Cord Injury Science (DiSCIS) Podcast. This episode centered on a conversation about respiratory rehabilitation and diaphragm pacing after spinal cord injury and their recent paper in…
Congratulations to BREATHE Steering Committee member Erica Dale, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology & Functional Genomics! Dr. Dale was awarded a $2M 5-year R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study functional recovery of breathing ability…
Drs. Dave Fuller and Ashley Smuder were recently awarded an NIH R01 grant to study the impact of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) on respiratory neuromuscular recovery after spinal cord injury. They will investigate their hypothesis that HBO, delivered in the acute phases after cervical spinal cord…
