果冻影院 academic clinician awarded NIHR Global Health Professorship
5 August 2024
Respiratory medicine researcher and honorary consultant, Professor John Hurst, has been awarded a prestigious global health professorship by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR).
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Professor John Hurst, an academic clinician specialising in respiratory medicine at 果冻影院,听is among seven academics to have been awarded a professorship. Researchers selected for NIHR global professorships听receive five-year awards of up to 拢2 million. The award will enable Prof Hurst to carry out project 鈥楳itigating Chronic Respiratory Disease through the lens of Multi-Morbidity鈥 - a听study in听partnership with the Federal University of Sao Carlos in Brazil, that tests better ways to diagnose and treat chronic respiratory disease in those living with other long-term conditions.
Professor Hurst said: 鈥淚鈥檓 really excited to be able to continue our international work in chronic respiratory disease, and grateful to the fantastic support from colleagues across our Faculty in the application process鈥.
NIHR Academy Dean, Professor Waljit Dhillo said: 鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to warmly welcome Professor Hurst and the six other exemplary researchers as the latest cohort of NIHR Global Research Professors. As leaders in their fields, these outstanding individuals will play a key role in improving the health and care of people around the world as well as developing early career researchers in their teams.鈥
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