NEW STUDY COMING UP FALL 2025!!
In presence of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), the ability to move oxygen (O2) from the atmosphere into the human body down to the mitochondria (i.e., small organelles functioning as batteries producing energy to power the body’s cells) is impaired at multiple levels, limiting a person ability to work, exercise, and the overall quality-of-life.
At the peripheral muscle level, the changes to this capacity, called diffusion, have not yet been well described in COPD, because previous studies used either invasive or sophisticated methods that limited the results to small group of patients that not accurately represent the COPD population. At the URI Human Integrative Physiology Lab we developed a novel, noninvasive methodology that uses infrared light to assess muscle O2diffusion capacity. This proposal aims to validate and assess the reproducibility in a group of COPD across the four severity stages of this disease.
Dr. Adami teamed up with experts in the field of exercise physiology and skeletal muscle and was invited to talk about Skeletal muscle oxidative capacity in health and disease, one of the four talks for the ACSM Highlighted Symposium on ‘Oxygen at the Final Frontier: Advances in the Assessment of Aerobic Function in Health and Disease’.
The symposiums took place on June 2025, at the 2025 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, USA
In May 2025, Dr. Adami participated as faculty at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) New Faculty Boot Camp (NFBC).
She was part of a small group of PhD scientists that mentored the new generation of postdocs and young faculties that are pursuing a career in academia, with a research focus on chronic lung diseases.
In this two days bootcamp, they discussed topics like ‘Negotiating -the first contract- for success’, ‘CV tips and tricks’, ‘Leading a research team’. It was a very enriching experience for students and mentors. If you are interested in this opportunity, check this out: https://www.thoracic.org/professionals/career-development/ats-virtual-network/2021-new-faculty-boot-camp.php
Last April 30, 2025, our PhD student, Shayan Khodabakhsh, presented preliminary data of his ancillary study titled “Cardiopulmonary Responses to Incremental Exercise Testing in Young Adults with a History of Preterm Birth are Similar to Normal Gestational Age Peers: a Preliminary Analysis” at the URI’s International Graduate Student Showcase.
Shayan’s study is part of a larger, NIH-funded R01, project called RHODE Study (https://www.rhodestudy.com), which is a collaboration between our lab and that of Dr. D’Agata (PI, ass/prof of Nursing, URI).
Stay tuned for updates on Shayan study soon!