Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases
Connect with Robert

Email: R.C.Read@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Chris Byrne

Professor of Endocrinol & Met
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Email: C.D.Byrne@soton.ac.uk

Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology
Research interests
  • Key research contributions have been:
  • discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hi…
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone miner…
Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Philip Calder

Professor In Nutritional Immunology
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Email: P.C.Calder@soton.ac.uk

Professor Ratko Djukanovic

Professor of Medicine
Research interests
  • Professor Djukanovic has a lifelong interest in asthma, especially its severe forms. where hi…
  • Underlying mechanisms of asthma: Professor Djukanovic has conducted pioneer studies into the …
  • Stratification of asthma into clinical phenotypes and mechanism-based endotypes: Professor Dj…
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Email: rd1@soton.ac.uk

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise
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Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Hasan Arshad

Prof in Allergy & Clinical Immunology
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Email: S.H.Arshad@soton.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Wootton PhD FAfN OBE

Associate Professor
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Email: S.A.Wootton@soton.ac.uk

Professor Graham Roberts

Prof in Paed. Allergy & Resp. Medicine
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Email: g.c.roberts@soton.ac.uk

Professor Saul Faust MBBS, PhD, FRCPCH, FFPM(Hon), FHEA, OBE

Professor Paediatric Immunology & Infect
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Email: s.faust@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Serial interferon-gamma release assay in lung cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: a prospective cohort study
Kohei Fujita, Paul Elkington, Gil Redelman-Sidi, Osamu Kanai, Yuli Yamamoto, Takuma Imakita, Misato Okamura, Koichi Nakatani & Tadashi Mio , 2022, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, 71(11), 2757-2764
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-022-03198-1
Type: article
The roles of eosinophils and interleukin-5 in the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
2022, International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, 12(11), 1413-1423
DOI: 10.1002/alr.22994
Type: review
Evolution of eczema, wheeze and rhinitis from infancy to early adulthood
Sadia Haider, Sara Fontanella, Anhar Ullah, Stephen Turner, Angela Simpson, Graham Roberts, Clare S. Murray, John W. Holloway, John A. Curtin, Paul Cullinan, Syed Hasan Arshad, Guillem Hurault, Raquel Granell & Adnan Custovic, 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 206(8), 950-960
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202110-2418OC
Type: article
Early-life respiratory tract infections and the risk of school-age lower lung function and asthma: a meta-analysis of 150 000 European children
Evelien R. van Meel, Sara M. Mensink-Bout, Herman T. den Dekker, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Syed Hasan Arshad, Nour Baïz, Henrique Barros, Andrea von Berg, Hans Bisgaard, Klaus Bønnelykke, Christian J. Carlsson, Maribel Casas, Leda Chatzi, Cecile Chevrier, Geertje Dalmeijer, Carol Dezateux, Karel Duchen, Merete Eggesbø, Cornelis van der Ent, Maria Fantini, Claudia Flexeder, Urs Frey, Fransesco Forastiere, Ulrike Gehring, Davide Gori, Raquel Granell, Lucy J. Griffiths, Hazel Inskip, Joanna Jerzynska, Anne M. Karvonen, Thomas Keil, Cecily Kelleher, Manolis Kogevinas, Gudrun Koppen, Claudia E. Kuehni, Nathalie Lambrechts, Susanne Lau, Irina Lehmann, Johnny Ludvigsson, Maria Christine Magnus, Erik Mélen, John Mehegan, Monique Mommers, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Wenche Nystad, Eva S.L. Pedersen, Juha Pekkanen, Ville Peltola & Graham Roberts, 2022, The European respiratory journal, 60(4)
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02395-2021
Type: article
Lung function from school age to adulthood in primary ciliary dyskinesia
Florian S. Halbeisen, Eva S.L. Pedersen, Myrofora Goutaki, Ben Spycher, Israel Amirav, Mieke Boon, M Cohen-Cymberknoh, Suzanne Crowley, Nagehan Emiralioglu, Eric G. Haarman, Bulent Karadag, Cordula Koerner-Rettberg, Philipp Latzin, Michael R. Loebinger, Jane Lucas, Henryk Mazurek, Lucy Morgan, June K. Marthin, Petr Pohunek, Francesca Santamaria, Nicolaus Schwerk, Guillaume Thouvenin, Panayiotis Yiallouros, Kim G. Nielsen & Claudia E. Kuehni, 2022, European Respiratory Journal, 60(4)
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01918-2021
Type: article
A capaciflector provides continuous and accurate respiratory rate monitoring for patients at rest and during exercise
Nick Hayward, Mahdi Shaban, James Badger, Isobel Jones, Yang Wei, Daniel Spencer, Stefania Isichei, Martin Knight, James Otto, Gurinder Rayat, Denny Levett, Michael Grocott, Harry Akerman & Neil White, 2022, Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 36(5), 1535-1546
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-021-00798-7
Type: article
Body Mass Index and clinical outcome of severe COVID-19 patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure: unravelling the “obesity paradox” phenomenon
Michael Jennings, Maria Burova, Laura G. Hamilton , Elsie Hunter, Clare Mordena, Ryan Beecham , Darshni Pandya, Helen Moyses, Kordo Saeed, Paul Afolabi, Philip Calder, Ahilanandan Dushianthan, Thomas Wilkinson, Anna Freeman, Michael Celinski, Saul Faust, Gareth J Thomas & Christopher Kipps, 2022, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 51, 377 - 384
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.07.016
Type: article