Active lung disease in survivors of preterm birth? Can we treat it? [ 2018 - 2020 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Shannon Simpson (Principal investigator)

Brief description More than 15 million babies are born preterm each year. Those that survive face a lifetime of ongoing breathing problems and lung function that worsens through childhood. Our study will work out how inflammation in the lungs contributes to these ongoing breathing problems during childhood. We will also look at how the exhaled breath of preterm children is different to term children and test how treatment with an inhaled anti-inflammatory medicine changes the lung disease in preterm children.

Funding Amount $AUD 621,441.76

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes New Investigator Grant