Early life origins of asthma and COPD

This talk discusses the early life origins of asthma and the trajectories leading to later adult lung disease.

Professor Saglani explains the relevance of identifying whether a child is at high risk within the first five years.

• To understand the risk factors for early severe wheeze and long-term asthma outcomes and developments
• To gain insights of the lung functionalities
• To gain knowledge of identifying children who are at high risk

Professor Sejal Saglani, is a consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital, and part of the Paediatric Difficult Asthma Team.

Professor Saglani has established a translational research programme, which involves an integrate approach using airways samples from children and direct application and clinical translation of her findings in interventional clinical trials.

Learn more about Professor Sejal Saglani, her clinical expertise and research interests here.