Research
The BC Lung Association provides approximately $1.2 million each year to physicians and scientists doing research in British Columbia on lung diseases such as asthma, lung cancer, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, and many others.
This world-class research is discovering the causes of lung disease, finding new treatments, and giving hope for a future free of lung disease.
All research funding proposals go through a rigorous national peer review system so the most promising research can be explored.
Research Grant Recipients 2010/2011
Note: All grants are effective October 2010 to September 2011.
| Grant Recipient 2010-11 | Research | Project Title |
Dr. David Granville James Hogg iCapture Centre University of British Columbia Department of Medicine |
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Role in Pulmonary Injury and Wound Healing |
Dr. Tillie Louise-Hackett James Hogg iCapture Centre University of British Columbia Department of Medicine |
Asthma |
The New Emerging Mechanism for Airway Remodeling: Potential Role of E-cadherin in th Pathogenesis of Asthma |
Dr. Catherine Pallen Child & Research University of British Columbia; Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
Tuberculosis |
A Steroid-Degrading Oxygenase as a Target for Novel TB Therapeutics |
Dr. Richard J Finley Dr. John Mayo University of British Columbia; Department of Surgery |
Lung Disease |
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine if Thoracoscopic Resection of Subcentimetre Lung Nodules after Localization Using Percutaneously Inserted Platinum Microcoils Under CT Guidance Reduces Rate of Conversion to Open Thoracotomy from 50% to 10% |
Dr. John Fleetham University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine |
Sleep Apnea |
Genetics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. |
| Grant Recipient 2010-11 | Research | Project Title |
Dr. David Granville James Hogg iCapture Centre University of British Columbia Department of Medicine |
|
Role in Pulmonary Injury and Wound Healing |
Dr. Tillie Louise-Hackett James Hogg iCapture Centre University of British Columbia Department of Medicine |
Asthma |
The New Emerging Mechanism for Airway Remodeling: Potential Role of E-cadherin in th Pathogenesis of Asthma |
Dr. Catherine Pallen Child & Research University of British Columbia; Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
Tuberculosis |
A Steroid-Degrading Oxygenase as a Target for Novel TB Therapeutics |
Dr. Richard J Finley Dr. John Mayo University of British Columbia; Department of Surgery |
Lung Disease |
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine if Thoracoscopic Resection of Subcentimetre Lung Nodules after Localization Using Percutaneously Inserted Platinum Microcoils Under CT Guidance Reduces Rate of Conversion to Open Thoracotomy from 50% to 10% |
Dr. John Fleetham University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine |
Sleep Apnea |
Genetics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. |
| Grant Recipient 2010-11 | Research | Project Title |
Dr. David Granville James Hogg iCapture Centre University of British Columbia Department of Medicine |
|
Role in Pulmonary Injury and Wound Healing |
Dr. Tillie Louise-Hackett James Hogg iCapture Centre University of British Columbia Department of Medicine |
Asthma |
The New Emerging Mechanism for Airway Remodeling: Potential Role of E-cadherin in th Pathogenesis of Asthma |
Dr. Catherine Pallen Child & Research University of British Columbia; Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
Tuberculosis |
A Steroid-Degrading Oxygenase as a Target for Novel TB Therapeutics |
Dr. Richard J Finley Dr. John Mayo University of British Columbia; Department of Surgery |
Lung Disease |
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine if Thoracoscopic Resection of Subcentimetre Lung Nodules after Localization Using Percutaneously Inserted Platinum Microcoils Under CT Guidance Reduces Rate of Conversion to Open Thoracotomy from 50% to 10% |
Dr. John Fleetham University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine |
Sleep Apnea |
Genetics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. |
Research Grant Recipients 2009/2010
Note: All grants are effective October 2009 to September 2010.
| Grant Recipient 2009-10 | Research | Project Title |
Dr. Yossef Av-Gay University of British Columbia Division of Infectious Diseases |
Tuberculosis |
Protein Phosphatase a Signaling in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Pathogenesis |
Dr. Najib Ayas University of British Columbia Department of Medicine |
Sleep Apnea |
The Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Injuries and Crashes. |
Dr. Lindsay D Eltis University of British Columbia; Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
Tuberculosis |
A Steroid-Degrading Oxygenase as a Target for Novel TB Therapeutics |
Dr. Richard J Finley Dr. John Mayo University of British Columbia; Department of Surgery |
Lung Disease |
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine if Thoracoscopic Resection of Subcentimetre Lung Nodules after Localization Using Percutaneously Inserted Platinum Microcoils Under CT Guidance Reduces Rate of Conversion to Open Thoracotomy from 50% to 10% |
Dr. John Fleetham University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine |
Sleep Apnea |
Genetics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. |
Dr. Zakaria Hmama University of British Columbia Division of Infectious Diseases |
Lung Disease | Enhancing the Efficacy of Conventional BCG: Optimal Stimulation of Dendritic Cells |
Dr. William W Mohn University of British Columbia Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
Lung Disease | The Role of a Mycobaterial P450 Monooxygenase in Cholesterol Metabolism and Pathogenesis |
Dr. W. Darlene Reid University of British Columbia Department of Physical Therapy |
Lung Disease |
Troponin I Following Respiratory Threshold Muscle Loading |
Dr. David Speert University of British Columbia Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
Tuberculosis | Development of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of the Transcriptional Activator WhiB7 to Sensitise Mycobacterium Tuberculosis to Conventional Antibiotics and Decrease Pathogen Virulence |
Dr. Charles J Thompson University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Child & Family Research Institute |
Tuberculosis |
Fumarate reductase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a drug target in the treatment of TB |
Dr. Joanne L. Wright University of British Columbia Department of Pathology |
Lung Disease | Mechanisms of Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension |