December 7th, 2022
Supporting research pioneers, working hard to help the one in five British Columbians affected by a lung or breathing conditions, is a fundamental initiative of the BC Lung Foundation.
Our annual Lung Health Research Grants are a peer-reviewed competition that supports research that’s directly relevant to human respiratory health. To encourage new investigators, particular consideration is given to principal investigators who’ve received their first faculty appointment within the past five years.
Our 2022 Top Researchers are:
Dr. Jordan Guenette, UBC, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
Dr. Illiassou Hamidou Soumana, UBC, Medicine
Dr. Sarah Henderson, UBC and BCCDC, Environmental Health Services
Dr. Ana Hernandez Cordero, UBC, Medicine
Dr. Kate Johnson, UBC, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Honglin Luo, UBC, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Inna Sekirov, UBC and BCCDC
Dr. Tirosh Shapira, UBC, Medicine
Dr. Amrit Singh, UBC, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Dr. Scott Tebbutt, UBC, Medicine
Learn more about our research grants here.