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Project Vision
BREATH (Border and REgions Airways Training Hub) is an ambitious, collaborative research Partnership that will harness complementary resources & expertise of 10 Principal Investigators from DkIT, QUB & UWS with a mission to tackle Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an incurable lung disease, highly prevalent in the border regions of Ireland & Western Scotland.
€7.7 million has been offered under the European Union’s INTERREG VA Programme for a pioneering cross-border research project, designed to better understand and alleviate the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Queen’s University Belfast
Involved in the Epithelium and Clinical Management of the Breath Project
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Latest News
BREATH Public Engagement at Girvan Academy
Kids Outreach News UWS
New PhD student Jennifer Loudon (funded by Cunningham Trust) and BREATH PI Dr Anne Crilly presenting the BREATH misssion to combat COPD at Girvan Academy.
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BREATH research publication helps in the design of new asthma and COPD drugs
DKIT QUB Research
Click on research links below: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-asthma-copd-drugs-side-effects.html https://www.newswise.com/articles/better-asthma-and-copd-drugs-with-fewer-side-effects-are-within-reach
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BREATH Success: UWS PhD student Kirsty McCallum successfully defends thesis at viva
General News Research UWS
Kirsty McCallum successfully undertook her viva voce examination on the 9th Sep, defending a doctoral thesis entitled: Pulmonary Ageing in COPD.
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