Imperial’s Heart and Lung research centre gets £10 million funding

The refurbished building will have over 3,500 square metres of cutting-edge research and teaching facilities for Imperial researchers.

Philanthropist Dr Victor Dahdaleh has offered a gift of over £10 million to support the refurbishment of the Dr Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building – a new home for world-changing lung research at Imperial’s Hammersmith Hospital Campus and also to create the Dr Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Graduate Centre for Respiratory and Cardiac Sciences at the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI).

Dr Dahdaleh is a leading Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist. His charitable work has supported health-related research and social and economic development in UK and Canada and he also supported the education sector.

Dr Dahdaleh said, “The Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Charitable Foundation is proud to continue its support of and association with Imperial through these latest gifts to the NHLI to promote respiratory science and cardiology. We are delighted that we can support a new home for respiratory science at Imperial, bringing it together with cardiology for the first time. Through our support here and at other leading institutions, we hope to make a sustained and impactful difference through philanthropy towards ending diseases of the heart and lungs that affect so many people."

"The new Graduate Centre and associated Graduate Fellowships will also continue our long and celebrated history of supporting people to further their education in these important areas of research," he added.

"From transforming cystic fibrosis treatment to leading trials that have made asthma more manageable, Imperial’s National Heart & Lung Institute has helped improve the lives of millions of people with cardiac and respiratory conditions. We are extremely grateful to the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Charitable Foundation for this generous donation towards the refurbishment of the Dr Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building, and the new Graduate Centre and Graduate Fellowships for respiratory science and cardiology," said Professor Hugh Brady, President of Imperial College London.

About National Heart and Lung Institute

It is the world's leading centre for lung, heart and vascular research. It has over 500 staff who work alongside international partners to deliver exceptional research, education and development in cardiovascular and respiratory science. As per the university, most of the significant advances in the worldwide treatment of heart and lung diseases have come from NHLI’s work.

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