Peter Barnes | |
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Born | Peter John Barnes 1946 (age 77–78) Birmingham, West Midlands |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge University of Oxford Medical School |
Known for | translational research in asthma and COPD |
Awards | Founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 1998, Fellow of the Royal Society 2007, Member of the Academia Europaea 2012 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Respiratory scientist and clinician |
Institutions | National Heart & Lung Institute Imperial College London Royal Brompton Hospital, London |
Website | imperial |
Sir Peter John Barnes, FRCP, FCCP, FMedSci, FRS (born 29 October 1946) is a British respiratory scientist and clinician, a specialist in the mechanisms and treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).[1] He was Margaret Turner-Warwick Professor of Thoracic Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute,[2] previous head of respiratory medicine at Imperial College and honorary consultant physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital London.[3] He is one of the most highly cited scientists in the world [4]