Research
The Department of Respiratory Research@Alfred has a number of major research areas & laboratories.
The research in the Department of Respiratory Research@Alfred encompasses predominantly programs in:
| Allergic diseases | Sleep apnoea and sleep disordered breathing |
| Severe asthma | Cystic fibrosis |
| Bronchiectasis | Adult and paediatric lung transplantation programs |
| Interstitial lung diseases | Pulmonary vascular disease |
| Primary and acquired immune deficiencies | Respiratory care |
Our research questions are clinically driven, with the goal of improving clinical care and treatment. The safe, rapid, informed translation of laboratory based research into clinical practice is a priority. We are in co-location with the Alfred Hospital, the Central Clinical School Departments of Immunology and Pathology and Medicine, the Baker and the Burnet research institutes enables extensive collaboration between all these groups.
The Department of Respiratory Research@Alfred very active clinical and biomedical research programs result in considerable success in competitive NHMRC, ARC, Cooperative Research Centre and philanthropic research funding. See Grants.
