Nick A Maskell

Professor Nick A Maskell is a leading academic in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Bristol, affiliated with the Bristol Medical School and the Cancer Academic Respiratory Unit. His research focuses on malignant pleural effusions, mesothelioma, and respiratory infections including RSV and SARS-CoV-2 exacerbations.

• Respiratory Medicine
• Lung Diseases
• Malignant Pleural Effusion
• Pleurodesis
• Mesothelioma
• RSV Epidemiology

His recent work includes a preprint analysis of RSV incidence patterns in hospitalised adults (2026) and a prospective cohort study on emergency department presentations for lower respiratory tract disease (2025). He has contributed to 283 total research outputs and leads the NIHR-funded R-TACTIC trial.

As Principal Investigator for the R-TACTIC project, he advanced minimally invasive treatments for malignant pleural effusions. His team also produced datasets on SARS-CoV-2 impacts in COPD patients and collaborated internationally on respiratory syncytial virus incidence patterns.