RESP (Respiratory Expert Speaker and Patient) webinar series 

INSPIRE are working with Respiratory Futures and Asthma and Lung UK to produce a series of webinars, featuring respiratory expert speakers and patients. The series aims to highlight aspects of current respiratory care, where care and research is moving and finally an idea of how patients want us to deliver care and their priorities. 

Webinar 2 - Professor Mona Bafadhel and Mr Philip Gladwell - Thursday 1st May, 7-8pm 

Discover the future of COPD Exacerbation Management in the latest RESP seminar. 
 
Thursday, 1 May, 7-8pm 
 
This insightful and educational session part of the RESP (Respiratory Expert Speaker and Patient) webinar series, proudly presented by Respiratory Futures, INSPIRE and Asthma + Lung UK. 
 
This webinar will feature expert speaker Professor Mona Bafadhel and patient representative Philip Gladwell. 
 
 
What they will cover: 
Current COPD management strategies 
Future directions based on the latest research 
Expert patient insights 
 
 
This webinar is RCP CPD approved (code: 151134) for those who join the live webinar and complete the feedback form provided. Please note: Application for CPD approval has been submitted to the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK. 
 
Meet the Speakers 
Professor Mona Bafadhel 
Professor Mona Bafadhel is the Chair of the BTS Science and Research Committee. She is the Director of the new King’s Centre for Lung Health, and the Chair of Respiratory Medicine at King’s College London. 
 
She is a consultant respiratory physician with a clinical and research interest in chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and asthma. Mona is an international academic leader in respiratory medicine, with a passion for translating science to clinical practice to improve outcomes for patients. 
 
 
 
Philip Gladwell 
Phil has previously experienced flare-ups of his COPD as an ICU patient but has been more stable recently with occasional courses of rescue steroid use. He has previously worked with hospital staff on developing projects and has kindly agreed to be a patient speaker, sharing his experiences and thoughts on areas for further research. 

Webinar 1 - Professor Nick Hart and Chantal Davies - Wednesday 2nd April, 7-8pm 

Hosted by INSPIRE, the webinar featured expert speaker Professor Nick Hart and patient Chantal Davies. 
 
Don't miss this chance to enhance your research approach and explore the future of COPD care! 
This webinar is RCP CPD approved (code: 151134) for those who join the live webinar and complete the feedback form provided.  
 
Meet the Speakers 
 
Professor Nick Hart 
Professor Hart is currently Deputy Medical Director of the Heart, Lung and Critical Care Clinical Group. Previously, he directed the critical care response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the primary respiratory physician to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A leading researcher in chronic respiratory disease and mechanical ventilation, he has established the Lane Fox Clinical Respiratory Physiology Research Centre and PhD programme, as well as serving as Joint Editor-in-Chief of Thorax. He was awarded the BTS Meritorious Service Award (2022) and is the Respiratory Theme Lead for the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NIHR Cardiorespiratory Healthtech Research Centre. 
 
Chantal Davies 
Chantal Davies was diagnosed with COPD/emphysema in 2010 following 11 weeks being intubated and a lengthy time in ICU. During her rehabilitation, she joined Professor Hart on his team as a Public Patient representative at Lane Fox, St Thomas' hospital. Chantal describes the experience as meaningful as "it was my way of giving back to the NHS for all the great care I had had, and there was the hope that there would be future treatments for my condition." She is now in her eleventh year as a PPI member, not only for Lane Fox but for other Hospitals and Universities in the UK and has taken part in numerous clinical trials and studies such as March Trial, Delta ICU, EpiC-HPT and NAVA.it.