GMC Number: 6025704
Year of first qualification: 2001, Bristol
Specialty: Respiratory Medicine
Clinical interest: Complex airways disease including severe Asthma, COPD and unexplained breathlessness. Digital therapeutics & Integrated care.
Secretary: Lata Luchmun
Telephone: 0117 414 2016
Email: Respiratoryadmin@nbt.nhs.uk
James Dodd is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Bristol, UK. He established the SW regional airways service, providing access to specialist Asthma and COPD care.
James is clinical lead for asthma within the National Respiratory Audit Programme (NRAP), and for COPD Biologics for the national respiratory transformation programme - working to improve quality of respiratory care and shaping national policy.
At the University of Bristol, James leads the airways research group co-leads the respiratory theme within the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), where he oversees programmes in digital health, asthma, and COPD. His interdisciplinary research focuses on lung health, multimorbidity, digital therapeutics & AI-enabled predictive modelling. His work on aerosol science informed NHS policy, enabling the safe restoration of respiratory diagnostic services during the COVID-19 pandemic. He contributes to several UK and European longitudinal studies investigating the early origins of chronic lung disease and sits on the scientific committee of a pan-European collaboration in this field.