Environmental Exposures
The lungs represent a key interface between the body and the environment.
Healthy Lungs & Immune Development
Focusing on the developmental trajectories of respiratory health includes developing strategies to improve and support immune system function and development over the life course.
Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity
Each year, 11% (15 million) of the world’s babies are delivered before 37 weeks’ gestation.
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life‐shortening genetic disease affecting children.
Aboriginal Respiratory Health
Respiratory illness accounts for 12% of the age-standardised gap in mortality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.