Both centres are under the direction of Professor Geoffrey Laurent comprising a team of 20 scientists, six clinicians and three surgeons working on the cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with matrix biology and their clinical applications. The novel approach taken by our Centre in which research is carried out from the lab bench to the patient is significant in improving the care of patients suffering from these debilitating respiratory disorders. Ongoing research at the Centre involves the study of asthma, lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, coagulation cascade effects, pulmonary hypertension, mechanical forces, interstitial lung disease, signal transduction, human studies and wound healing.
Techniques employed include in vivo models, gene expression and regulation.
At the Royal Free Hospital, we have Dr Paul Dilworth and Professor Len Poulter who contributes as Director of Immunology.