UCL Respiratory

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 provide national and international leadership through positions on grant-giving organisations, conference organisation and clinical guideline committees, and contribute to technical reports from the World Health Organisation and other bodies.

Teaching and training

UCL Respiratory hosts a specialist MSc 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.

UCL Respiratory