Fan Chung

Kian Fan Chung is Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of Experimental Studies at National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.  He has a major interest in developing precision medicine and treatments as applied to asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease. Other research focus include the role of airway smooth muscle and effects of oxidant stress on airway epithelial function, on the mechanisms underlying corticosteroid insensitivity in asthma and COPD, on the impact of environmental pollution and nanoparticles, and on neuro-inflammatory pulmonary mechanisms. He has participated in the IMI-funded EU/EFPIA UBIOPRED project on Systems Biology of severe asthma and in the EU-funded AirPROM project and is currently an Investigator of Horizon 2020 MyAirCoach project. He is a Senior Investigator of the UK National Institute for Health Research.