Grants from the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation
In the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation’s latest call, CMMers have received research grants of more than SEK 39 million.
Carolina Hagberg received a grant of SEK 1,500,000 during 3 years for the project “Elucidating the contribution of adipose tissue to atherogenic dyslipidemia to reduce cardiovascular risk among patients with obesity”. Carolina Hagberg also received SEK 570,000 during 3 years within the category of research position/research months.
Apostolos Bossios received a grant of SEK 810,000 during 2 years for the project “Severe Asthma with bronchiectasis – exploring the role of regulatory T cells.” This grant will be added to previous ones from HLF to explore the role of T regulatory cells in airway diseases.
Tong Jiao received SEK 912,000 during 2 years within the category of postdoc position/research
months for the project “Erythrocyte-derived microRNA-210 in diabetic infarct heart: role of extracellular vesicles”.
John Pernow received a grant of SEK 6,600,000 during 3 years for the project “The red blood cell as a mediator and therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease”.
Zhichao Zhou received SEK 720,000 for 2 years to be used for a PhD student within the project “Erythrocyte-derived microRNAs as mediators and biomarkers of diabetes-related vascular complications”.
Anna Smed-Sörensen received a grant of SEK 6,000,000 during 3 years for the project “Deciphering
the immunopathogenesis of sarcoidosis to identify patients at risk of severe disease – studies of TNF production, granuloma composition and autoantibody responses”.
Hanna Björck received a grant of SEK 3,900,000 during 3 years for the project “Ascending aortopathy and aortic valve disease -underlying molecular and genetic mechanisms and clinical outcomes”. Hanna Björck also received SEK 594,000 during 1 year to be used for a PhD student within the project “Ascending aortic aneurysm – implications of aortic valve phenotype”.
Rebecka Hultgren received a grant of SEK 6,000,000 during 3 years for the project “How can we identify women and men with a high risk to develop aneurysm disease and prevent rupture and death?”.
Christopher Sundling received a grant of SEK 6,000,000 during 3 years for the project “Investigating
the host-response in tuberculosis to identify disease mechanisms and diagnostic biomarkers in children and adults”.
Oskar Kövamees received SEK 800,000 during 2 years within the category of research months for the project “Perivascular adipose tissue, a key behind residual cardiovascular risk in diabetes?”.
Magnus Sköld received a grant of SEK 1,000,000 during 2 years for the project “From loci to function: mapping the molecular basis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Sweden”. Magnus Sköld also received SEK 540,000 during 1 year to be used for a PhD student within the project “Impact of pulmonary fibrosis on daily life”.
Aida Collado received SEK 1,140,000 during 2 years within the category of research months for the project “Erythrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of vascular complications in type 2
diabetes”.
Stephen Malin received SEK 360,000 during 1 year to be used for a PhD student within the project “From lipids to lesions: mapping the cellular origins of atherosclerosis”.
Ljubica Matic received SEK 720,000 during 2 years to be used for a PhD student within the project “The biology and targeting of smooth muscle cells for therapeutic approaches in vascular disease”.
Elin Rönnberg Höckerlind received SEK 1 200 000 during 2 years for the project “The role of mast cells in bronchiectasis”.