treatment of those with established disease. Clinically, he
subspecialises in the fields of advanced COPD and respiratory failure.
Peter M.A. Calverley
Peter M.A. Calverley is Emeritus Professor of Respiratory
Medicine at the University of Liverpool (Liverpool, UK) and
continues to work in the Institute of Life Courses and Medical
Science (University of Liverpool). His research interests focus on
the pathophysiology and management of COPD, and he has
published over 500 papers and several textbooks, as well as
lecturing widely on these topics.
Professor Calverley has been an Associate Editor of the European
Respiratory Journal, Thorax and the American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. He is currently Chief
Editor of the ERS Monograph. Professor Calverley has chaired the
scientific committee of the British Lung Foundation, the British
Sleep Society and the Clinical Physiology Assembly of the
European Respiratory Society (ERS) and was a member of the ERS
Executive Committee. He was a founder member of the Global
Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) and
chaired its Dissemination Committee and Scientific Committee. He
was President of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) in 2006,
co-chaired the External Reference Group advising Ministers on the
content of the COPD Clinical Service Strategy, and chaired the
Respiratory Specialty groups of the UK Comprehensive Clinical
Research Network until 2015. He currently Chairs the UK
BEACON study (British Early COPD Network), researching the
origins of COPD in young adults.
Professor Calverley is a Fellow of both the London and Edinburgh
Colleges of Physicians and of the Academy of Medical Sciences,
ERS and the American Thoracic Society. In 2023, he received the
BTS medal for outstanding contributions to respiratory medicine.
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subspecialises in the fields of advanced COPD and respiratory failure.
Peter M.A. Calverley
Peter M.A. Calverley is Emeritus Professor of Respiratory
Medicine at the University of Liverpool (Liverpool, UK) and
continues to work in the Institute of Life Courses and Medical
Science (University of Liverpool). His research interests focus on
the pathophysiology and management of COPD, and he has
published over 500 papers and several textbooks, as well as
lecturing widely on these topics.
Professor Calverley has been an Associate Editor of the European
Respiratory Journal, Thorax and the American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. He is currently Chief
Editor of the ERS Monograph. Professor Calverley has chaired the
scientific committee of the British Lung Foundation, the British
Sleep Society and the Clinical Physiology Assembly of the
European Respiratory Society (ERS) and was a member of the ERS
Executive Committee. He was a founder member of the Global
Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) and
chaired its Dissemination Committee and Scientific Committee. He
was President of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) in 2006,
co-chaired the External Reference Group advising Ministers on the
content of the COPD Clinical Service Strategy, and chaired the
Respiratory Specialty groups of the UK Comprehensive Clinical
Research Network until 2015. He currently Chairs the UK
BEACON study (British Early COPD Network), researching the
origins of COPD in young adults.
Professor Calverley is a Fellow of both the London and Edinburgh
Colleges of Physicians and of the Academy of Medical Sciences,
ERS and the American Thoracic Society. In 2023, he received the
BTS medal for outstanding contributions to respiratory medicine.
x https://doi.org/10.1183/2312508X.10000724