Linking early childhood respiratory infections to adult respiratory disease

This talk by Dr James Allinson provides an overview of how early childhood respiratory infections are linked to adult respiratory disease.

Dr Allinson is a consultant respiratory physician at Royal Brompton Hospital, working in the fields of  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and respiratory failure.

Dr Allinson graduated in 2002 from St Peter’s College, University of Oxford and completed his postgraduate training at Oriel College, University of Oxford, in 2005. He trained in respiratory and general medicine in London and was awarded a PhD from Imperial College London in 2018.

Dr Allinson’s research interests include how airways disease develops across life and how to identify the early stages of COPD development. His research also addresses how to improve the management of already established COPD. Dr Allinson is the primary investigator on an Asthma + Lung UK Project Grant.