Inequalities in Respiratory Health

Ian P. Sinha is a consultant respiratory paediatrician at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (Liverpool, UK) and an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Liverpool (Liverpool). He is clinical lead for the National Asthma and COPD audit programme in the UK. Alice Lee is a paediatric trainee in the North West of England, currently working as a clinical research and innovation fellow at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital whilst undertaking a PhD in early years respiratory Health inequalities at the University of Liverpool. S. Vittal Katikireddi is Professor of Public Health and Health Inequalities at the University of Glasgow (Glasgow, UK) and an honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health Scotland. Jennifer K. Quint is a Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology in the School of Public Health and the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London (London, UK), and an Honorary Consultant Physician in Respiraotry Medicine at both the Royal Brompton (London) and Imperial College London NHS Foundation Trust (London).

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