Staff Profile


Professional Qualifications
Clinical Lead for NI Clinical Research Network (Respiratory Health) and Committee member on UKCRN/NIHR Respiratory Specialty Group. (Appointed 2008)

 

 

Committee Membership

Co-Chairman British Thoracic Society (BTS) Cough Guideline Group (2004-present)

Panel Member of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Cough Taskforce (2003-present)

Member of the Scientific Organising Committee for the International Society for the Study of Cough   (ISSC) (2006-present)

Chairman of Mortality Adjudication Committee for UPLIFT, a global multi-centre 4 year study of long     acting anti-cholinergic therapy on lung function in COPD

Member of Clinical Endpoint Committee for TORCH, a global multi-centre 3 year mortality study in COPD

Clinical Lead for NI Clinical Research Network (Respiratory Health) (Appointed 2007)

Committee member on UKCRN/NIHR Respiratory Specialty Group. (Appointed 2008)

Member of Scientific Research Committee (Grant Award Committee) for Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke (2006-present)

Editorial Board for Cough and Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

 

 

MD/PhD External Examiner

University of Sydney

University College Cork

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

University of Salford

University of Hull

University of Leicester

 

 

Journal Review

American Journal Respiratory Critical Care Medicine

Thorax

European Respiratory Journal

Chest

Respiratory Medicine

Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Cough (Editorial Board)

Journal of Occupational Medicine & Toxicology

 

 

Grant Review

Medical Research Council

NI Chest Heart & Stroke

 





Membership Of Other Societies / Professional Activities
Invited Lectures at National & International Meetings 2009-2010 :

 

1. Airway Nerves in Reflux & Aspiration: 8th International Symposium on Human Pepsin (ISHP). Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.  September 2008

 

2. Understanding the New Evidence in COPD. COPD Respiratory Summit, Manila, Philipines. March 2009

 

3. Cough: A Clinical Year in Review. 2nd American Cough Conference, New York, NY, USA. June 2009

 

4. Can Patients Quality of Life be improved with Treatment? COPD Masterclass. 14th Asia Pacific  Society of Respirology Meeting. Seoul, South Korea. November 2009

 

5. Chronic Cough. VIth CYNA Allergy Meeting, Madrid January 2010

 

6. Cough and Reflux.  9th International Symposium on Human Pepsin. Hull, UK, April 2010

 

7. Clinical Patterns of Cough.  6th International Symposium on Cough, London. June 2010

 

8. GORD induced cough. ERS Postgraduate Course, Barcelona. September 2010