Ellen Breen

Our laboratory takes an integrative physiology approach to investigate how oxygen (O2) is made available and utilized by tissues and cells through the body. We investigate the interactions between the pulmonary system, skeletal muscle and even how this effect the brain. In the lung we have looked at several conditions that can impair lung function and oxygen delivery including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caused by cigarette smoke, pulmonary hypertension and most recently COVID-19. O