Honours and Awards
External committees
NIHR CLAHRC for Northwest London, Partnership Forum. Chairman. 2008 -
DH Respiratory Programme Board, Department of Health. Member. Jul 2009 -
Royal College of Physicians, RCP Presidents Prescription Charges Review. Member. 2009 -
DH Strategy Group on Asthma, Department of Health. Chairman. 2009 -
Advisory Board UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies. Chairman. 2008 -
London NW Comprehensive Clinical Research Network, NIHR. Lead Director. 2007 -
President, British Thoracic Society, British Thoracic Society. President and President Elect. 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2008.
RCP Council, Royal College of Physicians of London. Elected Member. 14 Sep 2005 - 14 Sep 2008.
DH Care Pathway Working Group, Department of Health End of Life Care Strategy. Member. 2006 -
COPD-NSF: Member of the patient focussed outcomes sub group of the external reference group, Department of Health. Member. 2007 - 2009.
NRTC Trustees Committee, National Respiratory Training Centre (UK). Physician Chairman of the Trustees. 2000 -
NRTC (US)Trustees Committee, National Respiratory Training Centre (US). Physician Vice President. 2002 -
BTS Executive Committee, British Thoracic Society. Physician Chairman. 1999 - 2003.
JCHMT Special Advisory Committee on Respiratory Medicine. Member. 1999 -
LAS Clinical Steering Committee, London Ambulance Service. Physician Member. 2003 -
British Thoracic Society/SIGN Asthma Guidelines Executive & Steering Committee. Member. 1990 -
GINA Executive Committee and Dissemination Committee, Global Initiative for Asthma. Member of Executive Committee and Chairman of the Dissemination Committee. 1994 - 2004.
Asthma UK. Honorary Chief Medical Adviser. 1994 -
Memberships of professional bodies
European Respiratory Society, Member. 1992 -
American Thoracic Society, Member. 1990 -
Links with other academic bodies
Collegiate Associate, The Center for Managing Chronic Diseases, The University of Michigan. Research Collaborator. 1 Jan 2007 -
