E. Fiona Bailey, PHD

Professor, Physiology
Professor, Evelyn F Mcknight Brain Institute
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Speech/Language and Hearing
 
Education: 
  • LaTrobe University, Melbourne Australia, Dec 1982 (B.S., Applied Science)
  • Melbourne University, Australia Dec 1986  (M.S., Audiology )
  • UNC-Chapel Hill, Dec 1993 (M.S., Physiology)
  • University of Arizona, Dec 1998  (Ph.D., Speech & Hearing)
  • University of Arizona, 1999-2002  (Post - Doc Physiology)
Honors and Awards: 
  • A. & M. Hamer Research Prize, LaTrobe University, Melbourne Australia 1983
  • Graduate Student Research Award, University of North Carolina 1992
  • Flinn Foundation Scholar, University of Arizona 1993
  • Motor Control Trainee, Motor Control Training Grant, University of Arizona1994-97
  • Graduate Student Research Development Award, University of Arizona 1995
  • Graduate Student Scholarship, American Speech Language Hearing Foundation 1997
  • APS Editorial Board. Star Reviewer, Journal of Applied Physiology 2007
  • Honorary Visiting Professor, School of Integrative Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Australia 2015-16
Major Areas of Research Interest: 
  • The research focus in the Bailey laboratory is on the neural control of breathing in human and nonhuman mammals.
Selected Publications: 
Association between Laryngeal Airway Aperture and the Discharge Rates of Genioglossus Motor Units.  LaCross A, Watson PJ, Bailey EF. Frontiers in physiology. 2017; 8:27. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28179887 PMCID: PMC5263150
 
Evaluating the control: minipump implantation and breathing behavior in the neonatal rat.  Kidder IJ, Mudery JA, Barreda S, Taska DJ, Bailey EF.  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 2016; 121(3):615-22.  PubMed [journal] PMID: 27402557
 
Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Sleep and Mitigates Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Vranish JR, Bailey EF.  Sleep. 2016; 39(6):1179-85.  PubMed [journal] PMID: 27091540 PMCID: PMC4863204
 
Daily respiratory training with large intrathoracic pressures, but not large lung volumes, lowers blood pressure in normotensive adults.  Vranish JR, Bailey EF.  Respiratory physiology & neurobiology. 2015; 216:63-9.  PubMed [journal] PMID: 26112283
 
Phonation-related rate coding and recruitment in the genioglossus muscle.  Shumway KR, Porfirio DJ, Bailey EF.  Experimental brain research. 2015; 233(7):2133-40. NIHMSID: NIHMS683544  PubMed [journal] PMID: 25899868 PMCID: PMC4466132
 
A comprehensive assessment of genioglossus electromyographic activity in healthy adults.  Vranish JR, Bailey EF.  Journal of neurophysiology. 2015; 113(7):2692-9.  PubMed [journal] PMID: 25695653 PMCID: PMC4416595
 
Developmental nicotine exposure adversely effects respiratory patterning in the barbiturate anesthetized neonatal rat.  Barreda S, Kidder IJ, Mudery JA, Bailey EF.  Respiratory physiology & neurobiology. 2015; 208:45-50.  PubMed [journal] PMID: 25596542
 
Thursday, August 24, 2017