Peter has served as national and global lead on multiple clinical
trials in cystic fibrosis. He is on the committee of the UK Cystic
Fibrosis Medical Association and has, in the past, lead the
Pulmonology, Immunology and Inflammation Assembly of the
European Cystic Fibrosis Society’s Scientific Committee. He has
served as a clinical expert on National Institute for Health and Care
Excellence (NICE) evaluations of cystic fibrosis transmembrane
conductance regulator modulator therapies and is a regularly invited
speaker at international conferences.
Brian D. Kent
Brian D. Kent is a Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician at
St James’ Hospital (Dublin, Ireland).
A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he completed specialist
training in respiratory medicine in Dublin, before undertaking a
3-year Health Research Board-funded research training fellowship
in sleep medicine. Following this, he was appointed as a consultant
in respiratory and sleep medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital
(London, UK) in 2013. Over the following 6 years, he helped build
one of Europe’s largest multidisciplinary sleep services, and also
established one of the largest severe asthma services in the UK,
before returning to St James’ Hospital in 2019.
Brian’s clinical practice encompasses the full range of physical
sleep disorders (from obstructive sleep apnoea through parasomnia
to narcolepsy) as well as the care of people with difficult and
severe asthma, alongside other respiratory diseases.
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trials in cystic fibrosis. He is on the committee of the UK Cystic
Fibrosis Medical Association and has, in the past, lead the
Pulmonology, Immunology and Inflammation Assembly of the
European Cystic Fibrosis Society’s Scientific Committee. He has
served as a clinical expert on National Institute for Health and Care
Excellence (NICE) evaluations of cystic fibrosis transmembrane
conductance regulator modulator therapies and is a regularly invited
speaker at international conferences.
Brian D. Kent
Brian D. Kent is a Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician at
St James’ Hospital (Dublin, Ireland).
A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he completed specialist
training in respiratory medicine in Dublin, before undertaking a
3-year Health Research Board-funded research training fellowship
in sleep medicine. Following this, he was appointed as a consultant
in respiratory and sleep medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital
(London, UK) in 2013. Over the following 6 years, he helped build
one of Europe’s largest multidisciplinary sleep services, and also
established one of the largest severe asthma services in the UK,
before returning to St James’ Hospital in 2019.
Brian’s clinical practice encompasses the full range of physical
sleep disorders (from obstructive sleep apnoea through parasomnia
to narcolepsy) as well as the care of people with difficult and
severe asthma, alongside other respiratory diseases.
viii https://doi.org/10.1183/2312508X.10009024