Christina Thornton

Research

Asthma Eosinophils Imaging Inflammation Lung Microbiome Neuroinflammation Neutrophils

Latest funding

Wildfire Particles Exacerbate Asthma by Increasing Inflammation Through Neural and Microbial Alterations
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$1,875,000

Wildfire Particles Exacerbate Asthma by Increasing Inflammation Through Neural and Microbial Alterations

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Lung Health - Inflammation and Lung Health

Principal investigators: Kubes, Paul; Jull, Janet E; Kaufmann, Eva; Leigh, Richard; Talbot, Sébastien; Thornton, Christina S; Zhao, Ran

Keywords: Asthma; Eosinophils; Imaging; Inflammation; Lung; Microbiome; Neuroinflammation; Neutrophils; Trained Immunity; Wildfires

$1,875,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Asthma Dear Professor Thornton, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on asthma connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Wildfire Particles Exacerbate Asthma by Increasing Inflammation Through Neural and Microbial Alterations" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]