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Respiratory Medicine

The UCL Respiratory Research Department investigates the pathogens, diagnosis, and management of the major lung diseases, including lung infections, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and pulmonary oncology.

Key contacts

Co-Head: Professor Rachel Chambers
Co-Head: Professor Jeremy Brown

Location: Bloomsbury and Hampstead

PA / Administration

Nicole Halliday | nicole.halliday@ucl.ac.uk
020 3549 5979 (ext.65979)

Our work

Respiratory diseases are one of the commonest causes of ill health and mortality both globally and within the UK.

UCL Respiratory has around ten investigators researching how respiratory disease develops, identifying who is most at risk, and novel approaches to their management using diverse approaches. The diseases investigated include most of the common respiratory problems, including lung infections, lung cancers, COPD and ILD.

Our research is funded by an extensive portfolio of external grant funding (including multiple Wellcome, MRC and NIHR awards). It involves close collaborations within UCL, across the UK, and internationally, with centres in Africa, North and South America, Asia, Australasia, and Europe.

UCL Respiratory investigators work closely with their clinical colleagues. They often hold dual appointments with University College London Hospitals (UCLH) or the Royal Free Hospitals Trusts and are integral to the UCLH Biomedical Research Centre. These links help support translational and clinical research and ensures our research remains patient focussed.

UCL Respiratory investigators frequently provide national and international leadership through positions on grant-giving organisations, conference organisation and clinical guideline committees, as well as contributing to technical reports from the World Health Organisation or other international bodies.

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Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair

Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair

Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair (CITR) conducts world leading fundamental and translational research in the field of inflammation and tissue repair within the setting of respiratory disease and tissue fibrosis.

Lungs for Living

Lungs for Living Research Centre

We conduct world-leading airway stem cell biology and lung cancer research. Our aim is to delineate the biological processes supporting airway homeostasis and to identify the earliest cellular and molecular events causing lung cancer. 

Respiratory Biology

Centre for Respiratory Biology

The group focuses on understanding disease mechanisms and the search for novel therapies.

Nuclear Medicine

Institute of Nuclear Medicine

The Institute of Nuclear Medicine is an internationally renowned clinical & research unit, and the largest single site nuclear medicine department in UK, serving an ever-larger number of patients.

Teaching and training

UCL Respiratory hosts a specialist MSc in Respiratory Clinical Science. We are a major centre for clinical and non-clinical PhD students with a high success rate in obtaining external fellowships, and with our students frequently winning national and international prizes for their research. UCL Respiratory has regular NIHR-funded Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) and Clinical Lecturer (CL) Respiratory posts, with many of the holders of these posts going to develop a career in academic medicine.

Our centres

Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair

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Lungs for Living Research Centre

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Centre for Respiratory Biology

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