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Research
Latest papers
The Worldwide Puzzle of Bronchiectasis Etiology in Adults.
Archivos de bronconeumologia · 2026
Management of Adult Bronchiectasis: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline.
Chest · 2026
Taking a wider view: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on bronchiectasis.
The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2026
Latest funding
- $875,926
Deciphering How Host-Microbe and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Drives Bronchiectasis Outcomes
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
- $120,000
Cross-kingdom interactions between airway Candida species, bacterial pathogens, and the host immune system in ventilator-associated pneumonia
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $50,000
Evaluating the pyroaeromicrobiome of wildfire smoke and its role in asthma
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
8 publications.
The Worldwide Puzzle of Bronchiectasis Etiology in Adults.
Martinez-Garcia MA, Aksamit T, Asakura T, Burr L, Chia-Ling C, Giron RM, Guan WJ, Kizilirmak D, Oh YM, Penizzotto M, Ringshausen FC, de Soyza A, Thornton C, Wong C
Management of Adult Bronchiectasis: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline.
Thomson R, Thornton C, Aksamit T, Barker A, Basavaraj A, Burr L, Hill AT, Jarand J, Lee AL, Metersky M, Moores L, Morimoto K, O'Donnell A, Smith M, Somayaji R, Tino G, Frazer-Green L
Taking a wider view: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on bronchiectasis.
Chalmers JD, Aliberti S, Long MB, Xu JF, Morgan L, Choi H, Haworth C, Hull R, Spinou A, Dhar R, Daley C, McShane PJ, Thornton C, Mall MA, Chotirmall SH, Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on bronchiectasis
Impact of Digital Health on Patient-Provider Relationships in Respiratory Secondary Care Based on Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence: Systematic Review.
Senek M, Drummond D, Pinnock H, Hansen K, Ankolekar A, O'Connor Ú, Gonsard A, Mazulov O, Sreter KB, Thornton C, Powell P
Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical dysplasia in adult female cystic fibrosis (CF) lung transplant recipients.
Thornton C, Somayaji R, Chu A, Parkins MD
Upfront riociguat and ambrisentan combination therapy for newly diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension: A prospective open-label trial.
Weatherald J, Thakrar MV, Varughese RA, Kularatne M, Liu J, Harper L, Kiamanesh O, Fine N, Orlikow E, Nwaroh C, Thornton C, Swiston J, Kolkman L, Brunner NW, Helmersen D, Hirani N
Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Cystic Fibrosis Hospitalized With Cirrhosis in the United States.
Thornton C, Somayaji R, Parkins M, Swain MG, Ramos KJ, Goss CH, Shaheen AA
Sputum microbiota in adults with CF associates with response to inhaled tobramycin
Heirali A, Thornton C, Acosta N, Somayaji R, Lapointe IL, Storey D, Rabin H, Waddell B, Rossi L, Arrieta MC
Deciphering How Host-Microbe and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Drives Bronchiectasis Outcomes
Principal investigators: Thornton, Christina S; Lee, Amy H; McDonald, Braedon A
Keywords: Bronchiectasis; Immunology; Microbiome; Respiratory Medicine
Cross-kingdom interactions between airway Candida species, bacterial pathogens, and the host immune system in ventilator-associated pneumonia
Principal investigators: Strayer, Kathryn A
Keywords: Critical Illness; Fungi; Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia; Host-Microbe Interactions; Immune-Microbe Interactions; Microbiome
Evaluating the pyroaeromicrobiome of wildfire smoke and its role in asthma
Principal investigators: Thornton, Christina S
Keywords: Asthma; Microbiology; Microbiome; Mycobiome; Wildfire Smoke
Deciphering How Host-Microbe and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Drives Bronchiectasis Outcomes
Principal investigators: Thornton, Christina S; Lee, Amy H; McDonald, Braedon A
Keywords: Bronchiectasis; Immunology; Microbiome; Respiratory Medicine
Elucidating lung microbiota and bronchoalveolar macrophage interactions that drive bronchiectasis exacerbations using a novel microfluidic human lung-on-a-chip platform
Principal investigators: Kim, Ariel J
Keywords: Bronchiectasis; Lung Inflammation; Macrophages; Microbial Therapeutics; Microbiome; Organ-On-A-Chip; Respiratory Medicine
Re-defining airway colonization by Candida in ventilator-associated pneumonia
Principal investigators: McDonald, Braedon A; Gillrie, Mark R; Thornton, Christina S
Keywords: Airway Microbiome; Candida; Critical Illness / Icu; Lung-On-A-Chip; Pneumonia
Engineering an immune-reconstituted human lung-on-a-chip to functionally integrate and study the human pulmonary microbiome
Principal investigators: Gillrie, Mark R
Keywords: Bone Marrow On A Chip; Live Cell Imaging; Lung Microbiome; Lung On A Chip; Multi-Omic Analysis; Pneumonia; Tissue Engineering
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Michael Surette and Ranjani Somayaji: 16 shared papers
- Ranjani Somayaji and Christina Thornton: 4 shared papers
- Michael Parkins and Ranjani Somayaji: 2 shared papers
- Michael Surette and Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe: 1 shared paper
- Michael Surette and Christina Thornton: 1 shared paper
- Michael Parkins and Christina Thornton: 1 shared paper
- Jason Weatherald and Ranjani Somayaji: 1 shared paper
- Jason Weatherald and Christina Thornton: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe and Ranjani Somayaji: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe and Christina Thornton: 1 shared paper
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