"On the Translational & Respiratory Medicine BSc course, students will have the opportunity to fully embed themselves within one of the world-leading research groups at Imperial and participate in cutting-edge research. Previous students have achieved impressive outputs from their BSc research including presenting at national and international conferences. Here are some examples of student's published work": 

Small Airways Dysfunction and Remission in Adults With Asthma: A Longitudinal Exploratory Analysis of the AssessmenT of smalL Airways involvemeNT In aSthma (ATLANTIS) Study 

Akshi Kumar, Rory Chan, Nazanin Zounemat-Kermani, Eleanor Quek, Ian M Adcock, Bianca Beghe, Christopher Brightling , Dave Singh, Janwillem Kocks , Alberto Papi, Klaus F Rabe, Ulrica Scaffidi-Argentina, Maarten van den Berge, Monica Kraft, Salman Siddiqui. Allergy . 2026 Feb 18.doi: 10.1111/all.70264  

Adjusting for the diagnostic accuracy of CXR in the dose-response relationship between cumulative silica exposure and silicosis in miners 

Patrick Howlett  , Ashwin Durairaj , Jeffrey Gan , Maia Lesosky, Johanna Feary.  Occup Environ Med. . 2026 Jul 9:oemed-2025-110368. 

Diagnostic accuracy of chest X-ray screening for silicosis: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study. 

Howlett P, Durairaj A, Lesosky M, Feary J.  Occup Environ Med. 2026 Feb 12;82(12):614-620. 

Antibody-mediated protection against respiratory syncytial virus in children 

Emma L Coindy , Claudia Efstathiou, Shubha Talwar , Annick Moureau, Charlotte Vernhes , Peter J M Openshaw, Ryan S Thwaites, PROMISE investigators. Eur Respir Rev.  2024 Oct 9;33(174):240106. 

Relationship between cumulative silica exposure and silicosis: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis 

Patrick Howlett, Jeffrey Gan, Maia Lesosky, Johanna Feary Thorax . 2024 Sep 18;79(10):934-942 

Serum C-reactive protein is associated with earlier mortality across different interstitial lung diseases 

Carmel J. W. Stock, William G. Bray, Vasilis Kouranos,| Joseph Jacob, Maria Kokosi, Peter M. George,  Felix Chua,| Athol U. Wells, Piersante Sestini, Elisabetta A. Renzoni. Respirology. 2024 Mar;29(3):228-234. doi 

 

Student Publications and Presentations

2026 EULAR: European Congress of Rheumatology Examining the respiratory phenotype of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis Ayman Faisal, Harold Wilson-Morkeh, Salman Siddiqui

2024 British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 4) Novel in vitro influenza mucosal vaccination model by co-culture of air liquid interface human nasal epithelium and PBMC J Cheng*, K Ito, S Hassibi *BTS Medical Student Prize Highly Commended

3) Effect of a novel senotherapy, geraldol, on cellular senescence markers in epithelial cells K Najafi, PS Fenwick, JV Devulder, PJ Barnes, LE Donnelly

2025 British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2) The role of fibroblast-derived extracellular vesicles in epithelial cell senescence in COPD NK Tzionis, JV Devulder, PS Fenwick, PJ Barnes, LE Donnelly