From Water to Air; Scientific Pathways towards a Clearer, Cleaner Future.
Professor Kian Fan Chung MD, DSc, FRCP
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London & Respiratory Physician, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London.
Talk Title —SARS-CoV2 and air pollution interactions
“SARS-CoV2 may travel in the air with particulates. The question is whether this provides an advantage to the infectious agent, and the implications thereof."
Professor Chung specialises on the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and on conditions underlying chronic cough. He studies how the lungs respond to external agents such as pollutants and infections at the airway mucosal interface.
Professor Chung currently leads research projects on precision medicine in severe asthma, on the integration of the effects of exposure to pollution at an individual level and on the role of eosinophils in airways disease.
