Research
Researchers in the Centre for Inflammation Research study the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory diseases
Inflammatory disorders are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Moreover, chronic inflammation invariably leads to tissue and organ fibrosis with adverse functional consequences. There is a critical imperative to identify novel therapeutic targets in inflammation, new approaches to imaging inflammation and fibrosis and to move to translate these developments to clinical applications.
The Centre's mission is to promote the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory diseases through interdisciplinary study of the initiation, regulation and resolution of inflammatory responses and provision of an outstanding environment for research training in the field.
Our research in detail
For a full description of our research, you can visit the research profiles of our Principal Investigators. Our Grants and Publications pages below provide an additional snapshot of live projects and recent research outcomes.
Principal Investigators in CIR
Summaries of selected recent research
The following PDF document provides graphical abstracts of the research carried out by all our current lab groups. Each abstract has a link to the Principal Investigator's profile page. Profile pages give additional biographical, funding and publication information.
Research spotlights
Research Spotlights to give a broader overview of the research themes we explore at the Centre for Inflammation Research. You can get in touch if you want to know more about a particular theme.
Inflammation in COVID-19: Exploration of Critical Aspects of Pathogenesis (ICECAP)

Gut Research Unit (GRU)

Translational Healthcare Technologies (THT)

Infection Medicine

Child Life and Health

Edinburgh Skin Network
