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…
BREATHE members and trainees were in full force at the American Physiological Society Summit in Long Beach, CA. Beyond presenting nearly 30 posters and 10 oral presentations, BREATHE helped sponsor the Control of Breathing Mixer: Hot Topics in Respiratory Control, organized the Marilyn Menker Trainee Highlights Breakfast, and rocked the…
BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Leo Ferreira, was recently awarded a 2-year, $457k R21 grant from the National Institute on Aging to study “Systemic antioxidant treatment for cardiomyopathy, muscle weakness, and exercise intolerance in postmenopausal HFpEF.” This project will test whether an over-the-counter dietary supplement with antioxidant properties…
Dr. Yasin Seven, former Mitchell Lab member and BREATHE Center trainee, has recently joined the Department of Physiological Sciences as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Dr. Seven has been developing cell-specific nanoparticle-based therapies to target respiratory centers in the brain, with the aim of improving respiratory function via neuroprotection and neuroplasticity.
As part of a multidisciplinary team of neurocritical care, neurosurgery and pain medicine investigators, BREATHE Steering Committee member Dr. Carolina Maciel, has been awarded a $12.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to test a novel way to relieve pain from sudden, excruciating headaches stemming from a burst brain aneurysm…
BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Emily Fox, has been selected as the new Director of the Brooks/UF-PHHP Research Collaboration; a formal partnership between Brooks Rehabilitation and the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions (UF-PHHP).
Hosted by the Department of Physical Therapy in collaboration with the BREATHE and Neuromuscular Plasticity NIH-funded T32 Training Programs, the 18th annual Neuromuscular Plasticity Training Symposium was held on March 23-24. The symposium gives predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees the chance to highlight their cutting-edge research through data blitz and poster…
On March 15-17, nearly 400 experts and trainees in the area of skeletal muscle biology gathered at the University of Florida on March 15-17 for the Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology Conference.
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.
