Since 2013 the Trust has provided funding to a wide range of academic bodies, statutory organisations, charities, voluntary groups, social housing associations, local authorities, and others that meet our chosen areas of focus for research.


Below you will find details of all our funded research projects, including final reports, where we have them.

Click here to read all the papers published following CORT-funded research projects.

University College London

2023

University College London - Carbon monoxide toxicity: studies of a neuroprotective strategy in vivo and in vitro in a human cell model

The main objective of this research project is to investigate the inhibition of the specific enzyme which produces oxidative stress at the time of re- ... Read more

Sheffield Hallam University

2023

Sheffield Hallam University - The effects of low-level CO exposure on the adult and developing brain

The aim of this study is to address this outstanding question, and determine the effects of CO at exposures ranging from 0-9 ppm on the brain, looking ... Read more

Completed

University College London

2019

University College London - Unravelling the Mechanism of Carbon Monoxide Toxicity (Part 2)

This project studied the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress in the mechanism of neuronal cell death induced by carbon monoxide ... Read more

Sheffield Hallam University

2019

Sheffield Hallam University - The Impact of Low-Level CO Exposure on the Human Brain

While we understand the danger of CO poisoning, much less is known about health damage caused by persistent low-level CO poisoning. This is important, ... Read more

Imperial College

2016

Imperial College – Investigating Novel Therapies for Acute Carbon Monoxide Exposure, Injury Mechanisms and Biomarkers for Low Level and Repeated Exposure to Carbon Monoxide in an In Vivo Rodent Model

This piece of research looks at low-level exposure to carbon monoxide (CO), how to improve understanding of what constitutes low-level, how can diagno ... Read more