The Quebec Respiratory Health research Network (QRHN) is one of the 22 thematic network funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé. It brings together more than 500 researchers, pulmologists, health professionals and students working in major university hospitals in Quebec. The goal of the Network is to provide a provincial structure in respiratory health based on the participation of researchers in this field, to promote the integration of the different research components, namely clinical, evaluative, epidemiological and fundamental research, and this in Projects large enough to encourage the participation of researchers from different backgrounds and also to make Quebec researchers more competitive.