Department of Respiratory Sciences

Research

The Department of Respiratory Sciences is engaged in internationally-recognised research. We bring together fundamental and clinical scientists, health services researchers and clinicians with established strengths in the broad subject areas of: exercise physiology, immunity, inflammation and microbiology. Our researchers work collaboratively, across these disciplines and within the following themes:

Chronic inflammatory airways disease

The University of Leicester has a deserved international reputation in respiratory research with genuine strengths in both fundamental and clinical research in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cough and other respiratory diseases. The Respiratory Sciences theme contributes substantially to the Institute for Lung Health (ILH) and has strong and developing links with basic and clinical respiratory scientists at the University of Nottingham through RSCEM (Respiratory Science Collaboration – East Midlands).

A central question being addressed is what is the pathogenesis of environmentally-driven lung disease? Theme members come together to address this question from a diversity of perspectives, encompassing fundamental molecular and cellular investigations, through to clinical, epidemiological approaches. The main areas of research are chronic lung diseases; asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchiectasis (a common form of obstructive lung disease).

Exercise rehabilitation and muscle biology

Microbial sciences

Paediatric respiratory health

Population health

The quality of the respiratory research has been recognised by the award of a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit.

We welcome enquiries from UK, European and overseas research students, postdoctoral and academic researchers interested in working in a stimulating and exciting research environment.

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