RESPIRE Partners
The RESPIRE team includes partners from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.

Partners
Name | Key Affiliation | Role | Country | RESPIRE role |
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Dr Shams Arifeen | Maternal and Child Health Division (MCHD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) | Senior Director | Bangladesh | Programme Co-Lead: Infectious Diseases |
Professor Abdullah Baqui | Projahnmo Research Foundation (PRF) | Founder and Senior Advisor to PRF | Bangladesh | |
Dr GM Monsur Habib | Bangladesh Primary Care Respiratory Society | President | Bangladesh | |
Dr Rumana Huque | ARK Foundation | Executive Director | Bangladesh | |
Dr Farzana Khan | Fasiuddin Khan Research Foundation (FKRF) | CEO & President | Bangladesh | Platform Coordination Group Co-Lead |
Professor Samir Saha | Department of Microbiology, Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) | Executive Director | Bangladesh | Platform Coordination Group |
Associate Professor Sajid Soofi | Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, The Aga Khan University | Professor of Paediatrics | Bangladesh | |
Dr Mimi Lhamu Mynak | Department of Paediatrics, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital | Head | Bhutan | Platform Coordination Group |
Dr Shally Awasthi | Department of Paediatrics, King George's Medical University | Professor and Chair | India | |
Tathagata Bhattacharjee | KEM Hospital Research Centre | India | Platform Co-Lead: Open Science, Data & Methodologies | |
Dr Biswajit Paul | Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs, Christian Medical College Vellore | Professor and Head | India | |
Professor Sanjay Juvekar | Vadu Rural Health Programme, KEM Hospital Research Centre | Professor and Head of Vadu Rural Health Program | India | Platform Co-Lead: Stakeholder Engagement & Community Engagement and Involvement |
Dr Dhiraj Agarwal | Vadu Rural Health Programme, KEM Hospital Research Centre | Senior Scientist and Global Projects Lead | India | |
Dr Sundeep Salvi | Pulmocare Research and Education Foundation | Director | India | |
Dr Ashish Satav | MAHAN Trust (Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital) | President & Chief Medical Officer | India | |
Professor Cissy Kartasasmita | Department of Child Health, Padjadjaran University | Professor of Paediatrics | Indonesia | Platform Coordination Group |
Dr Rina Triasih | Department of Paediatrics, Universitas Gadjah Mada | Paediatrician and Chair of Paediatric Training Programme | Indonesia | |
Professor Nik Sherina Hanafi | Department of Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya | Head of Department of Primary Care Medicine | Malaysia | Programme Co-Lead: Non-Communicable Diseases |
Dr Toh Teck Hock | Clinical Research Centre, Sibu Hospital | Paediatrician and Head | Malaysia | |
Dr Lee Wai Khew | Luyang Health Clinic | Consultant Family Medicine Specialist and Head of Clinic | Malaysia | |
Professor Ee Ming Khoo | Department of Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya | Professor | Malaysia | Co-Director |
Dr Cheong Ai Theng | Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia | Head of Family Medicine Department | Malaysia | |
Dr Zakiuddin Ahmed | Riphah Institute of Healthcare Improvement & Safety (RIHIS), Riphah International University | Project Director RIHIS | Pakistan | Platform Co-Lead: Digital Health and Innovation |
Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta | Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University | Noordin Noormahomed Sheriff Professor | Pakistan | Co-Deputy Director |
Dr Amina Khan | The Initiative | Executive Director / Public Health Consultant | Pakistan | |
Dr Hana Mahmood | Public Health, Neoventive Solutions | Director of Research | Pakistan | Platform Co-Lead: Capacity Building, Education and Training |
Dr Osman Yusuf | The Allergy & Asthma Institute, Pakistan | Chief Consultant | Pakistan | |
Dr Nandika Harischandra | Respiratory Department, Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital | Consultant Respiratory Physician | Sri Lanka | |
Dr Dushantha Madegedara | Department of Health, National Hospital, Kandy | Consultant Respiratory Physician | Sri Lanka | |
Professor Savithri Wimalasekera | Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura | Associate Professor in Physiology | Sri Lanka | Programme Co-Lead: Preventable Risk Factors |
UK grantholders
In addition to our named RESPIRE Partners in our partner countries, there are a number of grantholders and partners based in the UK, as listed below.
Name | Key Affiliation | Role |
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Professor Harry Campbell | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | Co-Director |
Dr David Carruthers | Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC) | |
Dr Gail Carson | ISARIC, Department of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford | |
Professor Steve Cunningham | Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh | Research Theme Lead: Pneumonia |
Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | |
Monica Fletcher | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | Platform Co-Lead: Digital Health and Innovation |
Professor Liz Grant | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | Knowledge Mobilisation Hub Co-Lead |
Dr Ruth McQuillan | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | Platform Co-Lead: Capacity Building, Education and Training |
Professor Harish Nair | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | Programme Co-Lead: Infectious Diseases |
Professor John Norrie | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | Platform Co-Lead: Open Science, Data & Methodologies |
Professor Hilary Pinnock | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | Programme Co-Lead: Non-Communicable Diseases |
Professor Igor Rudan | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh | Application of tools for priority setting |
Professor Jürgen Schwarze | Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh | Research Theme Lead: Child Health |
Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh |
Co-Deputy Director |
Professor Kamran Siddiqi | Centre for Health and Population Sciences, The University of York |
Research Theme Lead: Tobacco |
Helen Stagg | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | Research Theme Lead: Tuberculosis (TB) |
Professor David Weller | Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh |
Theme Lead: Adult Health |
Siân Williams | International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) | Platform Co-Lead: Stakeholder Engagement & Community Engagement and Involvement |