RESPIRE Partners

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

RESPIRE members at the 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting — RESPIRE team members pictured at the 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting in Kuala Lumpur

Partners

Name	Key Affiliation	Role	Country	RESPIRE role
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
Professor Rita Isaac	Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs, Christian Medical College Vellore	Professor of Community Medicine	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 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
Associate Professor Savithri Wimalasekera	Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura	Associate Professor in Physiology	Sri Lank	Platform 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
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
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

This article was published on 14 Mar, 2023