NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE)

2018

A selection of news from RESPIRE in 2018, including the inaugural Annual Scientific Meeting

Highlighting the need for RESPIRE in the Journal of Global Health

Skyline of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in pollution cloud
Two papers have been published this month (December 2018) in the Journal of Global Health, introducing the RESPIRE collaboration and its research priorities.

Showcasing stakeholder engagement in India

RESPIRE team members outside CMC Vellore stood next to banner
The RESPIRE India team has been busy developing stakeholder engagement activities through a series of workshops and visits.

RESPIRE PhD student in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine cover story

Cover Image from Lancet Respiratory Medicine Dec 2018 - cooking with biomass stove
Congratulations to RESPIRE PhD student, Rutuja Patil, whose image appears on the cover of the December 2018 edition of The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

World Pneumonia Day 2018

Participants at the World Pneumonia Day 2018 rally in Bangladesh
World Pneumonia Day 2018 activities took place in Edinburgh and Bangladesh

Building RESPIRE relationships in Malaysia

Participants at the RESPIRE Malaysia Workshop October 2018
The RESPIRE Malaysia team recently ran its first stakeholder engagement workshop at the University of Malaya.

First paper published from RESPIRE

Large crowd assembles to pray at Haram Mosque, Saudi Arabia
The first publication from RESPIRE has appeared in the August 2018 issue of The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

RESPIRE Annual Scientific Meeting 2018

The RESPIRE team gathered outside the ASM in Porto
Thank you to all of our members and guests who contributed to a successful first Annual Scientific Meeting for RESPIRE!

PhD induction week

RESPIRE PhD Group Photo 4
A warm welcome to our RESPIRE PhD students, who arrived in Edinburgh this week for their induction week (26 – 30 March 2018). 

RESPIRE gathers in Bangladesh

Group photograph inside in front of 'Policy Dialogue' banner
International partners gathered in Dhaka, Bangladesh this month (7 – 9 February 2018) for our second RESPIRE meeting.