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Professor Andrew Bush is a Professor of Paediatric Respirology at Imperial College London's National Heart & Lung Institute and a Consultant Paediatric Chest Physician at the Royal Brompton Harefield NHS Trust. His academic journey includes training at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and University College Hospital, London, with a MD in pulmonary circulatory physiology. He leads research in airway inflammation, respiratory mass spectrometry, and pediatric respiratory diseases like asthma and primary ciliary dyskinesia. With over £80 million in grants, he has supervised 36 doctoral candidates and authored >800 peer-reviewed papers. Awards include the BTS Medal and NIHR Senior Investigator status. His roles include Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Head of the Paediatric Assembly of the European Respiratory Society. Research interests span clinical trials, global respiratory health disparities, and pediatric asthma management.
Education: MBBS from University College London, MD in Clinical Physiology (Imperial College), postgraduate training in adult and pediatric medicine. Key affiliations: Centre for Paediatrics & Child Health, Centre for Translational Nutrition & Food Research, Inflammation, Repair & Development, and Microbiome Network. His work bridges clinical practice and research, addressing unmet needs in pediatric respiratory care through multidisciplinary collaboration.
Research focuses on invasive/non-invasive airway measurement, asthma pathophysiology, and cystic fibrosis. Recent publications address biologic therapies, vaping impacts, and global pediatric respiratory challenges. Awards include the James Spence Medal (2023) and multiple editorial recognitions. He advocates for ethical physician-pharmaceutical partnerships and equitable healthcare access.
- Grants & Funding: £4.64M Wellcome Strategic Award (2016), NIHR Senior Investigator (2011-2015)
- Labs & Teams: Leads the Paediatric Respiratory Research Group at Imperial College, collaborating globally on bronchiectasis registries and lung disease biomarkers.
- Future Work: Multiomic profiling of preschool wheeze, longitudinal studies on lung function trajectories, and vaping impacts on fetal and pediatric respiratory health.
