The BC Lung Association is able to grant more than a million dollars annually in support of ground-breaking research taking place in BC thanks to our donors. Grant applications are subject to a strict national review process designed to ensure that only the most promising and relevant research receives support. Below find the most recent recipients of research grant funding.
Research Grants 2018-2020
AsthmaDr. Del Dorscheid
IgE-mediated inflammation generated by the airway epithelium is antigen independent - a cause of a novel asthma phenotype
UBC - Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
TuberculosisDr. Lindsay Eltis
Improved inhibitors of cholesterol catabolism in mycobacterium tuberculosis
UBC Department of Microbiology and Immunology
COPD Dr. Neil Eves
Can microdoses of exercise offset the negative cardiovascular consequences of being sedentary with COPD?
UBC (Kelowna) – School of Health and Exercise Sciences
UBC (Kelowna) – School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Tuberculosis preventionDr. Zakarai Hmama
A Tuberculosis prevention: novel vaccine approaches
UBC - Jack Bell Research Centre
COPD/Obstructive sleep apnea overlay syndromeDr. Rachel Jen
Inflammatory and oxidative stress profile of patients with COPD and OSA overlap syndrome
UBC - Vancouver General Hospital
Lung cancer and virotherapy treatmentDr. Honglin Luo
Engineering Coxsackievirus B3 for KRAS-driven lung cancer therapy
UBC – Centre for Health Lung Innovation
COPD genomicsDr. Ma'en Obeidat
The interaction of genes and sex in COPD
UBC – Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
Cystic fibrosis flare-ups and inflammationDr. Bradley Quon
TH2 Inflammation during Cystic Fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations
UBC – Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
Atelectasis (lung collapse or closure)Dr. Steven Reynolds
Reducing atelectasis with transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation will mitigate ventilator induced lung injury
SFU - Biomedical, Physiology and Kinesiology
Interstitial Lung Disease - PneumonitisDr. Chris Ryerson
Quantitative computed tomography in hypersensitivity pneumonitis
UBC – Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
