Jason Mateika PhD

Dr. Mateika is an Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Internal Medicine and a Professor in the Department of Physiology at Wayne State University. He is also a VA Research Career Scientist. He is a respiratory physiologist investigating the impact of genetic 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 cordsthe National Institutes of Health and Veterans Affairs fund Dr. Mateika's research.