Qingling Duan, McGill University

Research

Epidemiology Chronic Lung Disease Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease Inflammation Airways Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Computed Tomography Genome Wide Association Study

Latest funding

Immune dysanapsis: Updating the paradigm of inflammation and lung health trajectories in diverse populations to achieve lifelong health for all
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$1,998,780
A genome-wide association study of dysanapsis
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$240,000

All 2 grants and awards

Immune dysanapsis: Updating the paradigm of inflammation and lung health trajectories in diverse populations to achieve lifelong health for all

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Lung Health - Inflammation and Lung Health

Principal investigators: Smith, Benjamin M; Brook, Jeffrey R; Doiron, Dany; Duan, Qingling; Lu, Zihang; Sin, Donald; Subbarao, Padmaja

Keywords: Chronic Lung Disease; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Epidemiology; Inflammation

$1,998,780

A genome-wide association study of dysanapsis

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Smith, Benjamin M; Duan, Qingling

Keywords: Airways; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Computed Tomography; Epidemiology; Genome Wide Association Study

$240,000

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: Epidemiology Dear Professor Duan, 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 epidemiology 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 "Immune dysanapsis: Updating the paradigm of inflammation and lung health trajectories in diverse populations to achieve lifelong health for all" (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]