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Our research impact

We're Asthma + Lung UK, and we're leading the fight for healthy lungs. Every year, with the help of our supporters, we fund groundbreaking studies – transforming how lung conditions are prevented, diagnosed and treated. 

Thanks to supporters like you, we've funded vital projects across asthma, COPD and more – leading to breathing breakthroughs that revolutionise treatments and save lives.

Diagnosis is too slow and tools are not fit for purpose. We need change.

£100 million

£100 million invested in research

93 projects

93 projects currently being supported

Over 1,000

Over 1,000 researchers funded

Our work in research

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Our funded research

We fund researchers across the country to better understand how we can prevent, diagnose and treat lung conditions. Find out more about what we've worked on together in 2023-24.
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Pushing for better research into lung conditions

Find out how Asthma + Lung UK is shaping the future of lung health through a bold research strategy, national collaboration and long-term goals to transform diagnosis, prevention and treatment of lung conditions.
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Involving people with lived experience in research

Learn about Asthma + Lung UK’s initiative that helps researchers shape their work through the lived experiences of people with lung conditions, making respiratory research more relevant, accessible and impactful.
Professor James Chalmers

Since I began working in bronchiectasis, I’ve done everything I possibly can to raise the profile of the disease and to bring new investigators and scientists into the field. It’s so exciting to see the progress we’re achieving and it's only thanks to the generous donations of Asthma + Lung UK supporters.

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Help us end the diagnosis delay and improve the future of lung health research

Dr Erika Kennington, Head of Research and Innovation at Asthma + Lung UK talks us through why early diagnosis is crucial for people living with lung conditions now but also the future of lung health research.
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Life with a Lung Condition 2025

We recently ran our Life with a Lung Condition survey. We heard from thousands of people living with asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, and other lung conditions.
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Addressing asthma self-management: why we need a new approach

The UK has one of the highest asthma death rates in Europe. Over half of these deaths are considered preventable through better self-management. We developed a map of asthma management behaviours to help us understand what the barriers to and enablers of better asthma self-management.

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Find out what research funding is available, how to apply and how we support your work.

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Get involved in research as a patient or carer

Join our Respiratory Voices Network and use your experience to improve research into lung conditions.

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