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Congratulations to Prof David Kiely who was awarded the Outstanding Achievement award at this year's thank you awards. Professor Kiely was nominated for the Outstanding Achievement Award for his tireless work since joining the Trust that has led ...

Dr Zhe Hui Hoo has just begun a study to help understand the barriers to adherance to medication regimes the people with Cystic Fibrosis experience and identify strategies to overcome these. The aim will be to aid the development of peer mentoring...

Cutting-edge lung images will be tested to see if they can help doctors select the best treatment for their patients in a new research project announced on 5 March 2019 by Yorkshire Cancer Research. Researchers, led by Professor Matthew Hatton at...

Professor Ian Sabroe, the research lead for Respiratory Medicine and co-director of Medical Humanities Sheffield has been awarded a Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. This fellowship is a prestigious award th...

Effective drainage of fluid and air in the space around the lungs (pleural cavity) is an essential tool for management of respiratory patients. However, classic chest drains have a high accidental removal or fall out rate. This can lead to increas...

Our Research Publications page has been updated with a full list of all research publications by investigators linked to the Academic Directorate of Respiratory Medicine in Sheffield: http://www.lungsheffield.org/research/publications

The University of Sheffield has announced that Allan Lawrie has been promoted to Professor of Translational Cardiopulmonary Science. Allan has been promoted due to his academic reputation and leadership in pulmonary hypertension. Allan works close...

Hello everyone, I would like to introduce myself as the new research coordinator for Respiratory Medicine. I will be working 3 days a week alongside Jim Lithgow to continue providing research support for the directorate. Jim and I help ...

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is the delivery of breathing support via a facemask. It is used to treat people whose natural breathing is ineffective. Evidence shows that, when used long-term, it improves both quality of life and life expectancy. ...

A report from the UK Research Network Respiratory group highlighted the success of STH Respiratory Directorate. In 2017/18 we were the top performing NHS Trust in Yorkshire & the Humber for Respiratory NIHR Portfolio studies, with the highest ...