Respiratory research funding is inadequate, inequitable, and a missed opportunity

Affiliations

¹ International Primary Care Respiratory Group, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: sian.health@gmail.com.
² Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ International Primary Care Respiratory Group, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Institute of Population Health Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
⁵ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
⁶ Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁷ MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁸ International Primary Care Respiratory Group, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
⁹ Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.

Siân Williams et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;8(8):e67-e68.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30329-5.

¹ International Primary Care Respiratory Group, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: sian.health@gmail.com.
² Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ International Primary Care Respiratory Group, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Institute of Population Health Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
⁵ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
⁶ Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁷ MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁸ International Primary Care Respiratory Group, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
⁹ Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.

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