Title: Accelerating translational research to find cure for IPF: Can we REMAP-ILD?
Chair: Prof Tamera Corte
Presenter: Prof Gisli Jenkins
Professor Gisli Jenkins is an NIHR Research Professor and is Head of the
Margaret Turner-Warwick Centre for Fibrosing Lung Diseases at the National
Heart and Lung Institute. Prof Jenkins' research focuses on Interstitial Lung
Diseases, and Pulmonary Fibrosis in particular. His team works to understand
the biological basis for the development of pulmonary fibrosis and aims to
translate this understanding in to improved outcomes for patients. He is the
Principal Investigator of a number of longitudinal observational studies
including the PROFILE study, the INJUSTIS Study, the UKILD Post COVID ILD study
as well as the DEMISTIFI Multi-Morbidity consortium. Prof Jenkins was awarded
the ERS Gold Medal in Interstitial Lung Disease in 2020. In 2022 he became a
Fellow of the European Respiratory Society, and appointed President of Action
for Pulmonary Fibrosis.