Significant Results

The below list covers some of our research highlights. Please refer to our publications list for more detailed information. 

2022 - First evidence that infants born prematurely have increased susceptibility to air pollution.

2022 - Pollen exposure is associated with risk of respiratory symptoms in the first year of life

2020 - Summarized evidence of hereditary and environmental factors on lung functional development. Discussed possibilities for the prevention or modification of such early abnormal lung functional growth trajectories.

2019 - New evidence that infants and young children are prone to deterioration of lung function in response to air pollution.

2019 - Showed that the dynamic network behavior of the asthmatic lung following viral challenge is different to the healthy lung.

2018 - First evidence that the protective effect of breastfeeding is genetically modified and related to a known asthma gene.

2013 - Novel evidence showing the deleterious effects of air pollution on respiratory health in infants.