CO Funded Research Projects | Academic Bodies | Statutory Organisations | Charities

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.

Category
A&E Air quality Airplanes Alcohol Alzheimers Ambulances Babies Biomarkers Biomass Boats Canals Cardiovascular Cars Charcoal Coroners Data Collection Dementia Diagnosis Doctors Domestic gas appliances Emergency department First responders Fuel poverty Gerentology Healthcare professionals Heart Housing survey Human brain Indoor environment Lived experience Long-term exposure Low income homes Low-level poisoning Medical examiners Mothers Narrow boats Neurology NPIS Nurses Older people Open flue appliances Paramedics Post mortem Pregnancy Pyrolysis Research Rivers Solid fuel Survivors Toxicity Travellers Treatment Vehicles Ventilation Veterans Victims experience Vulnerable households

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Completed

Manchester Metropolitan University

2025

The Chris Bielby Summer Studentship - CO exposure to heart valves and the extracellular matrix (ECM) which influences valve development

The Chris Bielby Summer Studentship - CO exposure to heart valves and the extracellular matrix (ECM) which influences valve development Read more

Completed

Sheffield Hallam University

2025

The Chris Bielby Summer Studentship - Invisible Threats call For Visible Change: Using Social Media to increase Carbon Monoxide Awareness Amongst Young People

The Chris Bielby Summer Studentship - Invisible Threats call For Visible Change: Using Social Media to increase Carbon Monoxide Awareness Amongst Youn ... Read more

Completed

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

2024

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust - Measuring Air Pollution from Ambulances (MAPA Pilot)

Delays to handover patients from ambulance crews to staff in Emergency Departments (ED) have become widespread. These patients receive care within amb ... Read more

Completed

University of Leeds

2023

University of Leeds - Proarrhythmic effects of CO on human cardiac myocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells and potential therapeutic interventions

The study will use standardized, commercially available human iPSC cardiomyocytes to study the effects of CO on heart rhythm, the mechanisms that unde ... Read more

Completed

Manchester Metropolitan University

2023

Manchester Metropolitan University - Characterising the cell-specific effects of low-level carbon monoxide exposure during vertebrate cardiac development

To further understanding of the impact of low-level CO exposure on the developing heart by identifying the specific cell types, processes and develop ... Read more

Completed

Cranfield University

2022

Cranfield University - The efficient operation of regulation and legislation: An holistic approach to understanding the effect of carbon monoxide on mortality

This research investigates the opportunities offered by the introduction of the medical examiner system and recent scientific developments, which have ... Read more