Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infectious Disorders

Leads: Samir Saha, Child Health Research Foundation, and Harish Nair, University of Edinburgh

Acute illnesses are those that are of short duration, in contrast to chronic conditions which are long-term. This programme of work focuses on acute lower respiratory tract infections, such as pneumonia.

RESPIRE projects in this area focus on four key areas

1. The adaptation and tailoring of existing interventions, which can be incorporated into existing health care systems in each country. This also involves assessing the ability of such interventions to be delivered at a larger scale.
2. To enrich and/or develop new cohorts of lower respiratory tract infections that will provide platforms for future clinical trials.
3. Developing new interventions through small scale projects, to serve as proofs of concept for larger scale trials.
4. Conducting multi-country trials to inform the development of new patient management guidelines, feeding into the evidence base for the World Health Organization (WHO).

Our projects

Fellows and PhD students

In addition to the above projects, a number of our Fellows and PhD students are also working on stand-alone projects related to acute lower respiratory tract infections.

Find out more about Nomana Zeeshan's Fellowship

Find out more about Ahad Mahmud Khan's PhD studentship

Find out more about Lois King's PhD studentship

Find out more about Sudipto Roy's PhD studentship