Inhalation & Infection Core supports airway infection research
Official title: Inhalation & Infection Core (IIC)
Funded at Louisiana State Univ A&m Col Baton Rouge · NIH-11382848 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A specialized core facility helps researchers study how inhaled pollutants and infections affect the lungs, with training and tools to create realistic exposure models.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Louisiana State Univ A&m Col Baton Rouge NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Baton Rouge, United States) |
| Project start | January 2, 2019 |
| Project end | June 30, 2029 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $160,221 |
| NIH project number | 5P20GM130555-08 |
| Project ID | NIH-11382848 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Not applicable to patient recruitment; this is a research infrastructure project supporting studies that may include patient-derived samples or future clinical work.
✕Less likely to help
The core itself does not enroll patients or provide direct patient interventions.
What this research studies
The Inhalation & Infection Core (IIC) provides expert support and training to researchers working on lung infections and exposure to real-world air pollutants. It offers new exposure systems and animal infection models, plus air-liquid interface in vitro models that mimic how pollutants and pathogens reach the lungs. This core expands safety capabilities to handle inhalation studies at BSL-2, enabling more realistic and comprehensive investigations. By combining inhalation exposure with infection models, the IIC seeks to uncover mechanisms of respiratory disease under environmentally relevant conditions.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: This core could accelerate understanding of how air pollution and infections interact, potentially guiding better prevention and treatment strategies for lung diseases.
How similar studies have gone: Other inhalation-infection research efforts have shown that realistic exposure models improve the relevance of findings to human health.
Where this research is happening
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Louisiana State Univ A&m Col Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Noel, Alexandra — Louisiana State Univ A&m Col Baton Rouge
- Study coordinator: Noel, Alexandra
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.