Respiratory Dr with interest in asthma and airways immunology, personalised medicine and effects of the environment. Also coffee, comedies and music.

Joined January 2014
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ERJ Open Research: Young adults with severe asthma experience disproportionately poor outcomes despite specialist care, highlighting the need for age-appropriate personalised management bit.ly/3KiSIaS
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#newpublication Alert ‼️ EGPA, benralizumab reduced airway autoimmune responses (spANCA and IL-17A) and eosinophilic inflammation, while mepolizumab was linked to persistent or increased autoimmune activity bit.ly/4hJJIYv check out the mechanistic substudy of #Mandara Trial #MukherjeeLab Shout out to PhD student Nadia Suray Tan for the crucial work @machealthsci @ResearchStJoes @ERSpublications
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This week's question was written by Prof Paul Pfeffer, who is an Asthma specialist at Bart's Hospital. Answers to come Friday!
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New respiratory education account Sharing Respiratory SCE-style questions, exam tips, and regular updates on UK courses, key papers, podcasts and exam news. Follow along and learn together. #MedTwitter #Mededucation @LancetRespirMed @BTOGORG @BTSrespiratory
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ERJOR: Severe asthma biologics are effective in a broad range of patients, including those not meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria for phase 3 RCTs, although noninferiority could not be shown for those RCT-ineligible by poor medication adherence bit.ly/40ZL8a8
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Indoor and outdoor air pollution come from many sources and can worsen asthma control @DoctorPfeffer @dr_abi_w bit.ly/ERSM108
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Important to understand the health beliefs of patients towards changes to their asthma medication, including in emergency settings @ImogenSkene emj.bmj.com/content/early/20… bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/conte…

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And to provide patient-friendly education on why we might advise changes to inhaled therapy. @NHSBartsHealth @NELHCP youtube.com/watch?v=DvJ1HdzD…

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A great infographic @asthma management. @BTSrespiratory @asthmalunguk
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This articles summarises recommendations on asthma diagnosis, monitoring, and chronic management. This #BMJInfographic outlines new management pathways for people aged 5 years and older bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r116…
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Is an Emergency Department presentation at opportunity to tackle SABA overuse and improve asthma control? Our new paper explores patient beliefs, and attitudes to inhaler changes @DoctorPfeff bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/conte… #Asthma #EmergencyMedicine
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We've developed a short video for people with asthma who may be offered a new type of inhaler therapy called MART or AIR. 🎥 Watch the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=DvJ1HdzD… ✅ Right medication ✅ Right way ✅ Right support #asthma @DoctorPfeff

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The BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guideline @BTSrespiratory Read the editorial I’ve written- thorax.bmj.com/content/early…

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BTS/NICE/SIGN joint guideline on asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (November 2024) - summary of recommendations thorax.bmj.com/content/early…
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NIHR funded research has developed a mobile phone app to support people recovering from long Covid at home 📱 Read the #MakingaDifference story ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/story/living-covi…
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It’s published! An international consensus on the us of #asthma #biologics in #pregnancy doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(2…
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Congratulations to Professor Frank Kelly OBE who has been recognised in the 2025 New Years Honours list for services to air pollution research and to human health.
A huge congratulations to #OurImperial researchers recognised in the 2025 New Year Honours list 🎖️ Professor Robert J Wilkinson OBE Professor Daniel M Davis MBE Professor Frank Kelly CBE Read more 🔽 imperial.ac.uk/news/259480/i… @ImperialInfect | @ImperialLifeSci | @ImperialSPH
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Well said @Nickmaskell1! Supporting the growth of a thriving community of lung researchers is imperative if we're going to transform lung health! @asthmalunguk @aluk_research
Incoming @BTSrespiratory President Professor Nick Maskell tells us that a key priority during his tenure will be encouraging and supporting the next generation of respiratory clinical academics, given the concerning decline in their numbers #BTSWinter2024 thelimbic.com/uk/respiratory…
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Wasn't expecting Del Amitri to get it so right #Melbourne
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#BTSWinter2024 Fantastic opening of Severe asthma biologic session by @DoctorPfeff sharing registry real world data of patients who did not show association of inferior biologic response despite being ineligible for clinical trials.
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