NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE)

Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, RESPIRE is a Global Health Research Unit focusing on respiratory health in Asia.

Summary

RESPIRE aims to reduce the number of deaths and wider health and societal impacts from respiratory diseases in Asia.

Co-led by the University of Edinburgh and Universiti Malaya, RESPIRE partners based in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UK collaborate to deliver low-cost, scalable policy and clinical interventions to reduce respiratory disease and death in Asia.

RESPIRE’s projects are thematically grouped into three programmes of research – infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and preventable risk factors – while its supporting platforms increase the ability of RESPIRE's partners to plan, undertake and implement the findings of research within their unique contexts:

  • Platform I: Stakeholder Engagement & Community Engagement and Involvement
  • Platform II: Capacity Building, Education & Training
  • Platform III: Open Science, Data & Methodologies
  • Platform IV: Digital Health and Innovation

RESPIRE's Knowledge Mobilisation Hub complements the activities of the programmes and platforms, and touches on wider topics such as Universal Health Coverage, gender inequalities and climate change.

RESPIRE logo
RESPIRE Overview Poster (4.53 MB / PDF)

Leadership

NameRoleKey Affiliation
Ee Ming KhooCo-DirectorDepartment of Primary Care Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Harry CampbellCo-DirectorUsher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
Harish NairProgramme Co-Lead: Infectious DiseasesUsher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
Shams ArifeenProgramme Co-Lead: Infectious DiseasesMaternal and Child Health Division (MCHD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
Hilary PinnockProgramme Co-Lead: Non-Communicable DiseasesUsher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
Nik Sherina HanafiProgramme Co-Lead: Non-Communicable DiseasesDepartment of Primary Care Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Linda BauldProgramme Co-Lead: Preventable Risk FactorsUsher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
Savithri WimalasekeraProgramme Co-Lead: Preventable Risk FactorsFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sanjay JuvekarPlatform Co-Lead: Stakeholder Engagement & Community Engagement and InvolvementVadu Rural Health Programme, KEM Hospital Research Centre
Siân WilliamsPlatform Co-Lead: Stakeholder Engagement & Community Engagement and InvolvementInternational Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG)
Hana MahmoodPlatform Co-Lead: Capacity Building, Education & TrainingNeoventive Solutions
Ruth McQuillanPlatform Co-Lead: Capacity Building, Education & TrainingUsher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
Chris WeirPlatform Co-Lead: Open Science, Data & MethodologiesUsher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
Tathagata BhattacharjeePlatform Co-Lead: Open Science, Data & MethodologiesKEM Hospital Research Centre
Syed Ahmar ShahPlatform Co-Lead: Digital Health and InnovationUsher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
Zakiuddin AhmedPlatform Co-Lead: Digital Health and InnovationRiphah Institute of Healthcare Improvement & Safety (RIHIS), Riphah International University
Dominique BalharryRESPIRE Research and Operations ManagerUsher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
RESPIRE ASM 2024 delegates in Sri Lanka
RESPIRE partners at the 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting

Website

Contact

Morag Edwards

Unit Operations Coordinator

  • NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health, RESPIRE
  • Usher Institute

Contact details

Availability

0700-1500 UK time, Monday-Friday

Key publications

RESPIRE: The National Institute for Health Research's (NIHR) Global Respiratory Health Unit.

Sheikh A, Campbell H, Balharry D, Baqui AH, Bogaert D, Cresswell K, Cunningham S, Dockerell D, El Arifeen S, Fletcher M, Grant L, Ghazali SS, Habib M, Hazir T, Isaac R, Juvekar S, Khoo EM, McKinstry B, Morris AD, Nair H, Norrie J, Nwaru BI, Pinnock H, Robertson D, Saha S, Salvi S, Schwarze J, Simpson C, Sridhar D, Stoddart A, Weller D, Whyte M, Worth A, Williams S, Yusuf O, Zumla A, Rudan I; RESPIRE Collaboration.

J Glob Health. 2018 Dec; 8(2):020101.

 

Setting research priorities for global respiratory medicine within the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit in Respiratory Health (RESPIRE).

Rudan I, Agrawal D, Hussein N, Cheong AT, Cunningham S, Dockerell D, Ghazali SS, Ghorpade D, Habib M, Hazir T, Juvekar S, Kawade A, Lee PY, Liew SM, Luz S, Khoo EM, Nair H, Norrie J, Patil R, Pinnock H, Ramdzan SN, Roy S, Salim H, Smith P, Yahya HM, Williams S, Campbell H, Sheikh A.

J Glob Health. 2018 Dec; 8(2):0201314.

Funder

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

Disclaimer:

This research was funded by NIHR 16/136/109 and NIHR132826 using UK international development funding from the UK Government to support global health research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK government. 

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Timeline

August 2017- May 2026

 

Scientific themes

Respiratory, Asthma, COPD, RSV, Pneumonia, Epidemiology, Burden of disease, Clinical trials, Global health

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