Border & Regions

Airways Training Hub

The BREATH project signifies a strong cross-border partnership between the Smooth Muscle Research Centre (DkIT), the School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences (QUB) and the Institute of Biomedical & Environmental Health Research (UWS).

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).

Dundalk Institute of Technology

Involved in the Smooth Muscle of the Breath Project

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University of the West of Scotland

Involved in the Inflammation of the Breath Project

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Queen’s University Belfast

Involved in the Epithelium and Clinical Management of the Breath Project

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Crossborder, Inter Regional

Ireland,
Northern Ireland
& Scotland

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Latest News

30^th September, 2020

BREATH Presented at Scottish Parliament CPG on Lung Health

General News Outreach News

Professor John Lockhart and Clinical BREATH Affiliate Phyllis Murphie presented BREATH at the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Lung Health 21st September.

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1^st July, 2020

Covid Pneumonia Seminars

General News Outreach News

Given the potential impact on COPD patients, Respiratory Consultants as BREATH Clinical Affiliates are presenting a series of webinars on Covid Pneumonia starting July 17th 2020.

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11^th June, 2020