Thank you for your interest in participating in one of our research studies. Our research is clinically-oriented, which means we are trying to understand how disease directly impacts patients. For example, we are studying what immune factors might contribute to someone remaining on life support for a prolonged amount of time after severe injury. Or what types of long-term complications patients might have from a respiratory virus infection. We cannot use animal or lab models to answer these types of clinical questions. These studies can only be conducted with you or your loved one’s generous participation.
Primary Contact: Debbie Wang – xw236@uw.edu
This study is called a “biorepository” because it collects and stores lung and blood samples from participants over time to allow future researchers to answer questions. We are one of 15-sites across North America participating in this study. As of 2023, there have been over 800 participants who have contributed to this study. Your generous participation in this study is leading to research that will hopefully help improve the lives of all lung transplant recipients.