team grant: lung health

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• address the biological, social, environmental and/or behavioural effects on lung health through rigorous research approaches informed by intersectional analyses;
• coordinate the collection and sharing of data to understand, prevent, detect and manage lung health to improve reproducibility and rigour of research results;
• disseminate, inform and implement high-quality evidence into practice and policy for improved and more equitable health outcomes;
• strengthen and promote lung health research capacity through interdisciplinary and experiential-based approaches to foster the next generation of lung health researchers;
• meaningfully integrate equity, diversity and inclusion analyses and considerations within research studies and teams;
• broadly strengthen the respiratory health and wellness of people living in canada with meaningful consideration of historically excluded groups and indigenous peoples (first nations, inuit, and métis).