The RESPIRE team includes partners from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. Image RESPIRE team members pictured at the 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting in Indonesia Partners Name Key Affiliation Role Country RESPIRE role Shams Arifeen Maternal and Child Health Division (MCHD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) Senior Director Bangladesh Programme Co-Lead: Infectious Diseases Abdullah Baqui Projahnmo Research Foundation (PRF) Founder and Senior Advisor to PRF Bangladesh GM Monsur Habib Bangladesh Primary Care Respiratory Society President Bangladesh Rumana Huque ARK Foundation Executive Director Bangladesh Farzana Khan Fasiuddin Khan Research Foundation (FKRF) CEO & President Bangladesh Knowledge Mobilisation Hub Co-Chair Samir Saha Department of Microbiology, Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) Executive Director Bangladesh Sajid Soofi Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, The Aga Khan University Professor of Paediatrics Bangladesh Mimi Lhamu Mynak Department of Paediatrics, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital Head Bhutan Knowledge Mobilisation Hub Member Dhiraj Agarwal Vadu Rural Health Programme, KEM Hospital Research Centre Senior Scientist and Global Projects Lead India Tathagata Bhattacharjee KEM Hospital Research Centre India Platform Co-Lead: Open Science, Data & Methodologies Sanjay Juvekar Vadu Rural Health Programme, KEM Hospital Research Centre Professor India Platform Co-Lead: Stakeholder Engagement & Community Engagement and Involvement Biswajit Paul Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs, Christian Medical College Vellore Professor and Head India Sundeep Salvi Pulmocare Research and Education Foundation Director India Ashish Satav MAHAN Trust (Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital) President & Chief Medical Officer India Shakal Narayan Singh Department of Paediatrics, King George's Medical University Professor India Cissy Kartasasmita Department of Child Health, Padjadjaran University Professor of Paediatrics Indonesia Knowledge Mobilisation Hub Member Rina Triasih Department of Paediatrics, Universitas Gadjah Mada Paediatrician and Chair of Paediatric Training Programme Indonesia Nik Sherina Hanafi Department of Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya Head of Department of Primary Care Medicine Malaysia Programme Co-Lead: Non-Communicable Diseases Toh Teck Hock Clinical Research Centre, Sibu Hospital Paediatrician and Head Malaysia Lee Wai Khew Luyang Health Clinic Consultant Family Medicine Specialist and Head of Clinic Malaysia Ee Ming Khoo Department of Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya Professor Malaysia Co-Director Cheong Ai Theng Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia Head of Family Medicine Department Malaysia Zakiuddin Ahmed Riphah Institute of Healthcare Improvement & Safety (RIHIS), Riphah International University Project Director RIHIS Pakistan Platform Co-Lead: Digital Health and Innovation Zulfiqar Bhutta Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University Noordin Noormahomed Sheriff Professor Pakistan Co-Deputy Director Amina Khan The Initiative Executive Director / Public Health Consultant Pakistan Hana Mahmood Public Health, Neoventive Solutions Director of Research Pakistan Platform Co-Lead: Capacity Building, Education and Training Osman Yusuf The Allergy & Asthma Institute, Pakistan Chief Consultant Pakistan Nandika Harischandra Respiratory Department, Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital Consultant Respiratory Physician Sri Lanka Dushantha Madegedara Department of Health, National Hospital, Kandy Consultant Respiratory Physician Sri Lanka Savithri Wimalasekera Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Associate Professor in Physiology Sri Lanka Programme Co-Lead: Preventable Risk Factors Duminda Yasaratne Department of Medicine, University of Peradeniya Professor in Respiratory Medicine Sri Lanka UK grantholders In addition to our named RESPIRE Partners in our partner countries, there are a number of grantholders and partners based in the UK, as listed below. Name Key Affiliation Role Harry Campbell Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Co-Director David Carruthers Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC) Gail Carson ISARIC, Department of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford Steve Cunningham Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh Research Theme Lead: Pneumonia Sarah Cunningham-Burley Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Syed Ahmar Shah Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Platform Co-Lead: Digital Health and Innovation Liz Grant Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Knowledge Mobilisation Hub Co-Chair Ruth McQuillan Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Platform Co-Lead: Capacity Building, Education and Training Harish Nair Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Programme Co-Lead: Infectious Diseases Chris Weir Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Platform Co-Lead: Open Science, Data & Methodologies Hilary Pinnock Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Programme Co-Lead: Non-Communicable Diseases Igor Rudan Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Jürgen Schwarze Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh Research Theme Lead: Child Health Sir Aziz Sheikh Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Co-Deputy Director Kamran Siddiqi Centre for Health and Population Sciences, The University of York Research Theme Lead: Tobacco Helen Stagg London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Research Theme Lead: Tuberculosis (TB) Professor David Weller Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Theme Lead: Adult Health Siân Williams International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Platform Co-Lead: Stakeholder Engagement & Community Engagement and Involvement This article was published on 2024-09-24
