Jayakrishnan Nair, PT, MSPT, PhD
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Jayakrishnan Nair, PT, MSPT, PhD
He / Him / His
Assistant Professor
Education
PhD, Rehabilitation Sciences (Movement Science Concentration), University of Florida, 2016
MSPT, Guru Nanak Dev University, 2005
BPT, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 2002
Publications
- Cardiorespiratory Responses to Acute Intermittent Hypoxia in Humans With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
- APOE4, Age, and Sex Regulate Respiratory Plasticity Elicited by Acute Intermittent Hypercapnic-Hypoxia
- Acute intermittent hypercapnic-hypoxia elicits central neural respiratory motor plasticity in humans
- Therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia: A translational roadmap for spinal cord injury and neuromuscular disease
- Effect of acute intermittent hypoxia on cortico-diaphragmatic conduction in healthy humans
- Advancements in AAV-mediated Gene Therapy for Pompe Disease
- Anatomy and physiology of phrenic afferent neurons
- Histological identification of phrenic afferent projections to the spinal cord
Additional Trainings
- University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Physical Therapy, Focus: Respiratory Neurobiology, 2020-2022
- University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Focus: Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2016-2020
Research & Clinical Interests
Dr. Nair is a physical therapist and clinician scientist with a research interest in developing functional, imaging, genetic, and molecular biomarkers to predict recovery outcomes in patients with neurological injuries and diseases. Dr. Nair’s research expertise includes human respiratory functional testing, neural control of breathing, neurorehabilitation, genetics, and molecular biology. At Thomas Jefferson University, he is working on several research projects, which include the development of clinical biomarkers to predict responders from non-responders to neuroplasticity-based interventions in patients with spinal cord injury. He is collaborating with the Departments of Radiology, Gynecology, Neuroscience, and Neurology to develop biomarkers to 1) predict responders from non-responders to neuroplasticity-based interventions in patients with spinal cord injury; 2) monitor early disease progression in asymptomatic patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Awards
- Respiratory Section Physiological Reports Award, Experimental Biology, 2022
- Respiratory Section Poster Presentation Award, Experimental Biology, 2022
- Respiratory Section Research Recognition Award, Experimental Biology, 2021
- Pediatrics Research Day Poster Award, University of Florida, 2019
- Usha Respiratory Section Abstract Award, Experimental Biology, 2016
- Respiration Section Trainee Presentation Award, Experimental Biology, 2016
- Rehabilitation Science Best Paper Award, University of Florida, 2016
- Frederick Family Scholarship in Physical Therapy, University of Florida, 2016
- Outstanding International Student Award, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, 2015