Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Read

Chair in Infectious Diseases
Connect with Robert

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

Other researchers

Professor Chris Byrne

Professor of Endocrinol & Met
Connect with Chris

Email: C.D.Byrne@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Cyrus Cooper

Professor of 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 of Nutritional Immunology
Connect with Philip

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…
Connect with Ratko

Email: rd1@soton.ac.uk

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean (KEE) & Professor of Epidemiology & Human Development
Connect with Keith

Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Hasan Arshad

Professor of Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Connect with Hasan

Email: S.H.Arshad@soton.ac.uk

Professor Graham Roberts

Professor of Paediatric Allergy & Resp. Medicine
Connect with Graham

Email: g.c.roberts@soton.ac.uk

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

Professor of Paediatric Immunity & Infection
Connect with Saul

Email: s.faust@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Unravelling the mechanisms driving multimorbidity in COPD to develop holistic approaches to patient-centred care
H. Burke & T. M.A. Wilkinson, 2021, European Respiratory Review, 30(160)
DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0041-2021
Type: article
Methodology to detect oxidised phospholipids and their relevance in disease
Ahilanandan Dushianthan & Anthony Postle, 2021, Biochemical Society Transactions, 49(3), 1241-1250
DOI: 10.1042/BST20200852
Type: review
Short time horizons for fracture prediction tools: time for a rethink.
E.V. McCloskey, Fredrik Borgstrom, Cyrus Cooper, Nicholas C. Harvey, M. Kassim Javaid, M. Lorentzon & J.A. Kanis, 2021, Osteoporosis International, 32(6), 1019-1025
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-021-05962-y
Type: letterEditorial
Convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised controlled, open-label, platform trial
Peter W. Horby, Martin J Landray, L Escourt, Saul Faust & Sophie Fletcher, 2021, The Lancet, 397(10289), 2049-2059
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00897-7
Type: article
Dysregulation of COVID-19 related gene expression in the COPD lung
Alastair Watson, Lisa Oberg, Bastian Angermann, C. Mirella Spalluto, Michael Huhn, Hannah Burke, Doriana Cellura, Anna Freeman, Daniel Muthas, Damla Etal, Graham Belfield, Fredrik Karlsson, Karl Nordstrom, Kristoffer Ostridge, Karl J. Staples & Thomas Wilkinson, 2021, Respiratory Research, 22(1), 164
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01755-3
Type: article
Letter to the Editor: Response to Plat and Mensink
Philip Calder & Margaret P. Rayman, 2021, British Journal of Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114521001793
Type: letterEditorial
Repeat bronchoalveolar lavage in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: proceed with caution?
Mark Jones & Martin Kolb, 2021, European Respiratory Journal, 57(5)
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00691-2021
Type: review