Network Coordinators
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Prof Bindi Brook
NETWORK CHAIR
Bindi is a Professor in Mathematics at the University of Nottingham. She has a wide range of research expertise in respiratory modelling, including biomechanical and biochemical processes across scales from single-cell to whole-organ.
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Prof Alex Horsley
DEPUTY CHAIR
Alex is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester and a specialist in Cystic Fibrosis (CF). His expertise is in lung disease physiology, with a particular focus on CF and the measurement of ventilation heterogeneity.
Research Theme Leads
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Prof Salman Siddiqui
THEME 1 LEAD
Salman is a Clinical Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute and Imperial College, UK. His research interests focus on the development and application of new technologies to experimental medicine in asthma and COPD.
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Prof Peter Robbins
THEME 2 LEAD
Peter is a Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford. He has a track record in the development of new measurement technologies for respiratory medicine, using a combination of expertise in physiology, mathematics, engineering and chemistry.
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Prof Declan Bates
THEME 3 LEAD
Declan is a Professor of Engineering at the University of Warwick. His research interests focus on feedback control systems in biology and medicine, including modelling mechanical ventilation and other ICU pulmonary interventions.
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Dr Carl Whitfield
THEME 1 CO-LEAD AND PART-TIME PROJECT MANAGER
Carl is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manchester interested in models of flow and transport in the airways of the lung. His work is focussed on using models to extract more information from lung measurement data.
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Prof Jim Wild
THEME 2 CO-LEAD
Jim is Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics and Head of Imaging at the University of Sheffield. He founded and leads the imaging research group POLARIS. He specialises in hyperpolarised Gas Magnetic Resonance Imaging and using this technology to garner new insights into lung function.
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Prof Nicholas Hill
THEME 3 CO-LEAD
Nick is the Simson Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow. His research interests involve the mathematical modelling of soft tissues and fluids in biology and physiology. A primary focus is in data-driven modelling of the pulmonary circulation using cutting-edge statistical methods.
Advisory Board
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Dr Tilo Winkler, Ph.D.
Dr. Tilo Winkler, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Associate Investigator at the Mass General Research Institute. His research at the Pulmonary Imaging and Bioengineering Laboratories is focussed on advanced imaging methods and computational modelling to gain deeper insights into lung disease and injury. The ultimate goal is to develop novel treatments and improve patient outcomes.
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Dr Irene Vignon-Clementel, Ph.D.
Dr Irene Vignon-Clementel is Director of Research (DR, prof. equiv.) at Inria, the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology. Her research focuses on patient-specific modeling and numerical simulations of physiological flows to better understand a number of pathophysiologies and their treatment (surgical planning, medical device design), especially related to blood circulation and breathing. She belongs to the Board of Directors of the VPH Institute.
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Professor Ling-Pei Ho
Ling-Pei Ho is a Professor of Respiratory Immunology at the University of Oxford and leads the Translational Lung Immunology research group. Her research is focused on how immunological responses impact on mechanisms of lung injury and repair. She is Chair of the NIHR Respiratory Translational Research which brings together BRC- based UK researchers and industrial partners in respiratory experimental medicine and early phase trials.
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Dr Kim Prisk
Dr G. Kim Prisk is a Professor Emeritus in the Section of Physiology, part of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine at The University of California San Diego. His was principally involved with studies of the lung in the absence of gravity through direct studies in zero gravity on astronauts on board the Space Shuttle and more recently on the International Space Station. His current focus is the development and use of quantitative functional imaging techniques using MRI for physiological studies in the lung.
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Professor Merryn Tawhai
Professor Merryn Tawhai leads a research programme at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in applied computational physiology of the respiratory system. Her research is focussed on the application of computational modelling to improving clinical diagnosis and monitoring of pulmonary disease, particularly in the older lung. She is an investigator on the ’12 Labours’ research programme which is developing personalised Physiome models from clinical images, diagnostic data, and implantable and wearable devices. Prof Tawhai is Deputy Director of the ABI and a Director of Izon Science.
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Professor Geoffrey Maksym
Professor Geoffrey Maksym leads the research group “Respiratory Cell and Lung Mechanics and Imaging Laboratory” at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. His research uses biomedical engineering to help, treat and manage respiratory disease in three key areas: Airway Modelling, Medical Devices Development and Research, Asthma and Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Mechanics and Function.
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Dr Cindy Thamrin
Dr Cindy Thamrin is an honorary affiliate at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, the University of Sydney. She has a background in respiratory physiology and electronic engineering. Her research interests include advanced lung function tests particularly to measure small airway dysfunction, home telemonitoring of lung function using such tests, and novel analyses of respiratory data for clinical prediction and management of airways diseases such as asthma and COPD
Project Manager
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Dr Anne Canning
Anne earned a PhD in Regenerative Medicine from the University of Nottingham. Since then she has held several roles in higher education and scientific research, including as a project manager for International Aerospace Technologies at the University of Nottingham.