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Paper investigates UK adolescent perceptions of asthma and exercise

PhD student Charles Winn has published a paper analysing perceptions of asthma and exercise in adolescents both with and without asthma in the UK. This comes as a timely publication...
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Professors Ian Pavord and Andy Bush
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Lancet Commission - After asthma: redefining airways diseases

Professors Ian Pavord and Andy Bush of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research have co-chaired a new Lancet Commission on asthma, published this week - working with several other...
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Asthma Dodge – new mobile game to help understand asthma.

Professor Jonathan Grigg's 'School-based Asthma Project' team at Queen Mary University of London have, today, launched a new mobile game to help understand asthma. Asthma Dodge – a new mobile...
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Dr Luke Daines awarded CSO Clinical Academic Training Fellowship

Congratulations to our Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice Dr Luke Daines, who has recently been awarded a CSO Clinical Academic Training Fellowship. Commencing today, this fellowship provides an opportunity...
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Professor Aziz Sheikh University of Edinburgh
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Director, Professor Sheikh, wins University of Edinburgh Principal's Medal

Professor Aziz Sheikh, Director of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, has been awarded the University of Edinburgh Principal's Medal for Exceptional Service. The Principal's Medal for Exceptional Service...
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Clinical & support staff perspectives on implementing self-management

The latest paper to be published from the IMP²ART team reports on their qualitative study exploring the perspectives of clinical professionals and support staff on implementing supported self-management for asthma...
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Toxic Air Pollution: What to do?

On 16th June Queen Mary University of London held a free public lecture exploring the benefits of improving air quality and the reversibility of damage to health caused by adverse...
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Professor Hilary Pinnock
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NIHR Signal - self-management can reduce unscheduled care

NIHR Signal The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Dissemination Centre has just published an NIHR Signal on the systematic meta-review of supported self-management for asthma recently published by Professor...
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Open Call for Patient and Public Involvement Bursary Applications

The Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research has set up a bursary fund to support researchers to actively involve patients and the public in research.
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Electronic Health Record studies: inconsistent & insufficiently described

Methods used to identify and assess asthma patients from electronic health records (EHRs) are widely inconsistent and are insufficiently described. Researchers at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research found...
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