Hannah Durrington

Hannah Durrington is an MRC-funded Clinician Scientist and Clinical Fellow at the University of Manchester's Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine. She holds honorary consultant roles at Wythenshawe Hospital and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, providing weekly asthma clinics. As Deputy Chair of the NIHR Respiratory Translational Research Collaboration and PPIE Lead for Manchester-BRC, she bridges clinical and academic respiratory medicine.

• MB BChir (Cantab), MA, PhD (Cantab), FRCP (London)
• NIHR Clinical Lecturer (Cambridge University, 60% FTE)
• MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship (80% FTE, 2021–2027)

Her research focuses on asthma's circadian biology, exploring how circadian rhythms influence asthma management and treatment. Key projects include chronotherapy personalization and circadian clock mechanisms in respiratory diseases. She has pioneered studies on night shift work's impact on asthma risk and corticosteroid timing effects.

Notable grants include the MRC Tenure Track Fellowship (2021) and Asthma UK Senior Award (2014). She has supervised 3 doctoral projects and contributed to 54+ publications. Active in professional societies (British Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society), she advises on translational research strategies and chairs global asthma forums.

• Recent recognitions: British Thoracic Society Mid-Career Lecture Prize (2023), Dean’s Clinical Prize (2017)