Jens Spiesshoefer

MD thesis on disordered breathing in heart failure (HF) in 2016. PhD thesis on sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) in respiratory diseases (RD) at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa in 2023. Respiratory physician (currently RWTH Aachen UH). Our group´s and lab´s research into translational respiratory physiology focuses on 2 areas: (1) Diaphragm dysfunction and it’s association with CO2, dyspnea and prognosis in patients with RD (and VIDD in the ICU). #IMT (2) SNA (driving inflammation) in RD.