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.

Completed

Sheffield Hallam University

2020

Sheffield Hallam University - A novel method for researching the role of CO in human diseases

In humans, CO exposure is difficult to study experimentally since the amount of CO that it is ethical to deliver is limited. Read more

Completed

University College London

2020

University College London - Carbon monoxide toxicity: Developing a neuroprotective strategy to improve treatment outcomes (Part 3)

Exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) impedes the ability of the heart and brain to function by reducing the availability of oxygen (O2). Read more

Completed

University College London

2019

University College London - Unravelling the Mechanism of Carbon Monoxide Toxicity (Part 1)

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning causes morbidity and mortality around the world and remains common in the UK. CO leads to hypoxia (lack of oxygen) by f ... Read more

Completed

Newcastle University

2019

Newcastle University - Identification of Protein Markers in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Following Carbon Monoxide Exposure – Phase II

Making a diagnosis of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is difficult, particularly if the healthcare professional does not have a raised suspicion that C ... Read more

Completed

Newcastle University

2017

Newcastle University – Identification of Protein Markers in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Following CO Exposure

Department of Health (DH) statistics state that every year in England and Wales, approximately 30 people die from CO poisoning, that 200 people are ad ... Read more

Completed

University Centre of Legal Medicine, Lausanne/Brunel University/Public Health England

2016

University Centre of Legal Medicine, Lausanne/Brunel University/Public Health England – Effect of Blood Storage Methods on COHb and use of CO as a Biomarker for Diagnosis.

The 2011 All Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group (APPCOG) report identified a key role for coroners to support increased detection of CO poisoni ... Read more

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