
Summary (Research in a nutshell)
RESPIRE aims to reduce the impact and number of deaths caused by respiratory diseases in Asia in collaboration with partners from four Asian countries – Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and Pakistan.
The programme includes a number of major research projects (some across multiple countries), fellowship projects and PhD studentships focussed on delivering against identified local needs.
Stakeholder engagement, training and capacity development and methodology/data science are all core activities of the Unit, with leads and coordinators in place to help shape this activity.

Key People
Name | Role |
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Professor Aziz Sheikh | Director | Professor of Primary Care Research and Development |
Professor Harry Campbell | Co-Director / UK Lead for Pakistan | Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health |
Professor Harish Nair | Lead: Acute Respiratory Conditions / UK Lead for India | Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health |
Professor Hilary Pinnock | Lead: Chronic Respiratory Conditions / UK Lead for Malaysia | Professor of Primary Care Respiratory Medicine |
Professor Ee Ming Khoo | Lead: Chronic Respiratory Conditions | Professor of Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya |
Professor Devi Sridhar | Lead: Stakeholder engagement and governance | Professor of Global Public Health |
Siân Williams | Lead: Stakeholder engagement and governance | IPCRG |
Professor Igor Rudan | Lead: Training and Capacity Building / UK Lead for Bangladesh | Professor of International Health and Molecular Medicine |
Professor Tabish Hazir | Lead: Training and Capacity Building | Principal Investigator, MNCHRN Pakistan |
Professor John Norrie | Lead: Methodology and Data Science | Professor of Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology |
Professor Shams El Arifeen | Lead: Methodology and Data Science | Senior Director and Senior Scientist, icddr,b |
Dr Sanjay Juvekar | Data Access and Sharing Lead | Officer in charge, Vadu Rural Health Programme, KEMHRC, India |
Dr Dominique Balharry | Research Manager |
Contact
Morag Edwards, RESPIRE Administrator
Website
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE)
Key publications
RESPIRE: The National Institute for Health Research's (NIHR) Global Respiratory Health Unit.
Sheikh A, Campbell H, Balharry D, Baqui AH, Bogaert D, Cresswell K, Cunningham S, Dockerell D, El Arifeen S, Fletcher M, Grant L, Ghazali SS, Habib M, Hazir T, Isaac R, Juvekar S, Khoo EM, McKinstry B, Morris AD, Nair H, Norrie J, Nwaru BI, Pinnock H, Robertson D, Saha S, Salvi S, Schwarze J, Simpson C, Sridhar D, Stoddart A, Weller D, Whyte M, Worth A, Williams S, Yusuf O, Zumla A, Rudan I; RESPIRE Collaboration.
J Glob Health. 2018 Dec;8(2):020101.
Rudan I, Agrawal D, Hussein N, Cheong AT, Cunningham S, Dockerell D, Ghazali SS, Ghorpade D, Habib M, Hazir T, Juvekar S, Kawade A, Lee PY, Liew SM, Luz S, Khoo EM, Nair H, Norrie J, Patil R, Pinnock H, Ramdzan SN, Roy S, Salim H, Smith P, Yahya HM, Williams S, Campbell H, Sheikh A.
J Glob Health. 2018 Dec;8(2):0201314.
See the full list of publications on the RESPIRE website
Funder

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
Disclaimer:
This research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE) using UK aid from the UK Government to support global health research. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK Department of Health and Social Care.
Timeline
August 2017- May 2021
Scientific themes
Respiratory, Asthma, COPD, RSV, Pneumonia, Epidemiology, Burden of disease, Clinical trials, Global health