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Associate Chair for Research, Professor and Research Career Scientist
Wayne State University and Detroit VA Medical Center
Dr. Mateika is a Professor in the Department of Physiology at Wayne State University and a VA Research Career Scientist. He is a respiratory physiologist who is presently investigating the impact of genetically or spinal cord injury induced reductions in central nervous system serotonin on mechanisms that influence breathing stability and cardiovascular/autonomic function in mice. Dr. Mateika is also exploring if repeated daily exposure to mild intermittent hypoxia enhances the impact of continuous positive airway pressure on co-morbidities linked to sleep apnea in humans with intact or injured spinal cords.