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Learn about incoming Gator NeuroScholar and BREATHE member, Mehdi Ahmadian. He will be working with Dr. Gordon Mitchell in the Department of Physical Therapy.

Learn about incoming Gator NeuroScholar and BREATHE member, Dr. Pedro Trevizan-Bau. He will be working with Dr. Leah Reznikov in the Department of Physiological Sciences.

BREATHE members, Drs. Gordon Mitchell, Emily Fox, and Alex Marciante, along with alumni Drs. Jay Nair and Joe Welch, recently published a new study in APS Function. Acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) is a promising strategy to induce functional…

This summer, the McKnight Brain Institute is launching a new postdoctoral fellowship program, Gator NeuroScholars, directed by Dr. Gordon Mitchell. BREATHE is excited to be welcoming two new postdocs, Drs. Mehdi Ahmadian & Pedro Trevizan-Bau.

In a recent publication, BREATHE T32 alumni, Drs. Cara Donohue and Lauren Tabor-Gray discuss the use of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R) in detecting and monitoring dysarthria in individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

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…

BREATHE Center Director, Dr. Gordon Mitchell, has been named deputy director of the McKnight Brain Institute. Mitchell joins a leadership team of MBI Director Dr. Jennifer Bizon; fellow Deputy Directors Drs. Steven DeKosky, and Jada Lewis; and Chief Operating Officer Dr. Kevin McNaught, in guiding the MBI’s 230-member neuroscience…

Welcome to our newest BREATHE Center member, Dr. Emma Schachner! She recently joined the Department of Physiological Sciences as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Schachner is an esteemed evolutionary functional morphologist and paleontologist. Her research focuses on the evolution and structural diversity of the respiratory system, with a particular emphasis on…

BREATHE Associate Director, Dr. David Fuller was named one of two PHHP Doctoral Mentors of the Year. Nominators noted that every PhD student under his guidance has published their dissertation work in high quality scientific journals, participated in multiple national or international scientific conferences, and given numerous local scientific presentations.

The Breathing Research and Therapeutics Center hosted it’s 6th Retreat on May 19, 2023.  The event was held at the Austin Cary Forest Campus with over 80 attendees. The day included a methods blitz from 15 faculty & trainees, covering the breadth of research happening across the center. Our…