Guest Editors
Jadwiga A. Wedzicha
Jadwiga A. Wedzicha is Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Head
of the Respiratory Division at the National Heart and Lung Institute
(Imperial College London, London, UK), Consul at Imperial
College and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Brompton and
Harefield Hospitals (London, UK). She qualified from Somerville
College (Oxford University, Oxford, UK) and St Bartholomew’s
Hospital Medical College (University of London, London, UK).
She was elected as Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
(FMedSci) and is a fellow both of the American Thoracic Society
(ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). She received
the Helmholtz International Fellow Award in 2014.
Professor Wedzicha has a major interest in the causes, mechanisms,
impact and prevention of COPD exacerbations, and in the role of
bacterial and viral infection in COPD exacerbations. She directs an
active research group specialising in COPD exacerbations, and has
published extensively on this topic. She also directs the British
Lung Foundation Early COPD Cohort.
Professor Wedzicha was Editor-in-Chief of Thorax from 2002 to
2010, and until March 2022 she was Editor-in-Chief of the American
Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. She was the
Lancet Ombudsman until 2014, Publications Director for the ERS
and has also previously been ERS Guidelines Director. She is a
member of the GOLD Scientific Committee.
James P. Allinson
James P. Allinson is Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Royal
Brompton Hospital (London, UK) and an honorary Senior Clinical
Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute (Imperial College
London, London, UK).
Dr Allinson graduated from the University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
in 2005. He trained in respiratory and general medicine in London
and was awarded a PhD from Imperial College London in 2018.
Dr Allinson leads research exploring how COPD and lung health
develop across the life course, aiming to find ways to improve the
Copyright ©ERS 2024. Print ISBN: 978-1-84984-175-7. Online ISBN: 978-1-84984-176-4. Print ISSN: 2312-508X. Online
ISSN: 2312-5098.
https://doi.org/10.1183/2312508X.10000724 ix
Jadwiga A. Wedzicha
Jadwiga A. Wedzicha is Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Head
of the Respiratory Division at the National Heart and Lung Institute
(Imperial College London, London, UK), Consul at Imperial
College and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Brompton and
Harefield Hospitals (London, UK). She qualified from Somerville
College (Oxford University, Oxford, UK) and St Bartholomew’s
Hospital Medical College (University of London, London, UK).
She was elected as Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
(FMedSci) and is a fellow both of the American Thoracic Society
(ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). She received
the Helmholtz International Fellow Award in 2014.
Professor Wedzicha has a major interest in the causes, mechanisms,
impact and prevention of COPD exacerbations, and in the role of
bacterial and viral infection in COPD exacerbations. She directs an
active research group specialising in COPD exacerbations, and has
published extensively on this topic. She also directs the British
Lung Foundation Early COPD Cohort.
Professor Wedzicha was Editor-in-Chief of Thorax from 2002 to
2010, and until March 2022 she was Editor-in-Chief of the American
Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. She was the
Lancet Ombudsman until 2014, Publications Director for the ERS
and has also previously been ERS Guidelines Director. She is a
member of the GOLD Scientific Committee.
James P. Allinson
James P. Allinson is Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Royal
Brompton Hospital (London, UK) and an honorary Senior Clinical
Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute (Imperial College
London, London, UK).
Dr Allinson graduated from the University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
in 2005. He trained in respiratory and general medicine in London
and was awarded a PhD from Imperial College London in 2018.
Dr Allinson leads research exploring how COPD and lung health
develop across the life course, aiming to find ways to improve the
Copyright ©ERS 2024. Print ISBN: 978-1-84984-175-7. Online ISBN: 978-1-84984-176-4. Print ISSN: 2312-508X. Online
ISSN: 2312-5098.
https://doi.org/10.1183/2312508X.10000724 ix