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Professor Cliff Taggart

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Professor Cliff Taggart

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Professor Cliff Taggart has 20 years+ experience in the area of respiratory disease with an interest in dysregulated protease activity in acute and chronic lung disease and its role in altered innate immunity and predisposition to viral and bacterial infection in the airways.

Prof Taggart was appointed to the Chair of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology at Queen’s in 2007 and his research is funded by MRC, NIHR, EU-H2020, NICHSA, CFF and the Rosetrees Trust. He has previously supervised 22 PhD and 4 MD students to completion.

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Research Interests

  • Tackling protease-mediated inflammation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Protease-mediated inflammation in chronic lung disease
  • The impact of CFTR modulators on the virome and viral-induced inflammation in early Cystic Fibrosis (CF) lung disease

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Tackling protease-mediated inflammation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Protease-mediated inflammation in chronic lung disease

Public outreach & key achievements

  • Previous recipient of the Romain Pauwels Research Award from the European Respiratory Society
    QUB DNA of Innovation Volume 1
    My previous PhD students and postdocs have won a wide range of awards at national and international meetings including the European Respiratory Society and the European Cystic Fibrosis Society
     
     
     

Research students

PhD Title Antimicrobial and immuno-modulatory peptides as a treatment for lung disease and delivery by nebulisation
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title  A neutrophil elastase derived marker as a predictor of inflammation and exacerbation
Country  Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title  Epstein-Barr virus suppression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (EViSCO trial)
Country  Northern Ireland

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Functional studies of the antimicrobial proteins LL-37 and eppin
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position  Lecturer in Respiratory Science, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, U.K.
   
PhD Title  Mechanisms of Immunomodulation by the Periodontal Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis
Country  Serbia
Current Position  Clinical Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Biomedical Science, Peninsula Dental School, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, U.K
   
PhD Title Functional Characterisation of Novel WFDC proteins
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position  Marie Curie Fellow, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.

 

 


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