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.

Institute of Occupational Medicine

2023

Institute of Occupational Medicine - Annual collation and analysis of published materials on carbon monoxide and health

This work will ensure that this extensive catalogue of materials on CO and health is made available as widely as possible, thus gaining the greatest b ... 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

University of Hertfordshire

2020

University of Hertfordshire - Evaluation of Chromodynamic Pupillometry as a Sensitive Indicator of Carbon Monoxide Exposure

Clinically important information on the effects of low-level exposure to CO on the brain; information that they can immediately make use of within the ... Read more

Aintree University Hospital

2020

Aintree University Hospital - Measuring Exhaled Carbon Monoxide - Does Breath Alcohol Cross React?

Measurement of exhaled CO is a rapid way of measuring CO exposure without the need for blood tests. 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