Professor Paul Pfeffer, MA MBBS MRCP PhD
Clinical Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Email: p.pfeffer@qmul.ac.ukWebsite: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0369-2885
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Paul Pfeffer is a Clinical Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Consultant Respiratory Physician with Specialist Interest in Asthma at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK. He studied medicine at University of Cambridge and University College London. After qualification he completed medical training placements in the North East London training rotation during which he undertook a PhD at King’s College London as a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship. He was appointed as a Consultant Respiratory Physician at Barts Health in 2016 and as a Clinical Professor at QMUL in 2026. Research interests include the capacity of the environment to subvert homeostatic and protective immune responses in the lung; and severe asthma cohort studies including the UK and International Severe Asthma Registries, of both of which he is on the Steering Committee; and applied respiratory research. His clinical interest is in how personalisation of treatment to each patient, both in terms of individual disease immunology and healthcare beliefs, can improve patient quality of life, reduce breathlessness and reduce exacerbations. |
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Research
Research Interests:
Paul has an active programme of respiratory research at Queen Mary University of London. Research interests include the capacity of environmental factors such as air pollution and airways infections to subvert homeostatic and protective adaptive immune responses in the lung resulting in airway pathology; severe asthma cohort studies including the UK and International Severe Asthma Registries, of both of which he is on the Steering Committee; and applied respiratory research. Paul is Principal Investigator for clinical trials in asthma and COPD at Barts/QMUL.
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