Science Committee

The Science Committee evaluates new scientific evidence about asthma care, and prepares updates to scientific reports on asthma management and prevention.

 

Helen K. Reddel, MBBS, PhD, Chair
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research,
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia

Len Bacharier, MD
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2200 Children's Way
Nashville, TN 37232

Eric D. Bateman, MD
University Cape Town Lung Institute
George Street, Mowbray, 7700
Cape Town, South Africa

Matteo Bonini MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College London, UK

Pr Arnaud Bourdin
University of Montpellier
Department of Respiratory Diseases
Montpellier, France

Chris Brightling MD
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom

Guy Brusselle, MD, PhD, FERS
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Ghent University Hospital
B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

Dr. Roland Buhl
III. Medizinische Klinik
Universitätsklinik Mainz
D 55101 Mainz, Germany

Jeffrey Drazen, MD
Distinguished Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Dr Francine Ducharme
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and of Social and Preventive Medicine
Sainte-Justine University Health Centre
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Liesbeth Duijts MD
Erasmus MC, University Medical Center
Rotterdam, NL

Louise Fleming, MD
Department of Respiratory Paediatrics
Royal Brompton Hospital
Sydney Street, London

Hiromasa Inoue, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima University
8-35-1 Sakuragaoka
Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan

Alan Kaplan, MD
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Family Physician Airways Group of Canada
Markham, Ontario, Canada

Refiloe Masekela MBBCh, PhD
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
University of KwaZulu Natal
719 Umbilo Road, 4013
DURBAN, South Africa

Paulo Pitrez, M.D., Ph.D.
Pulmonary Division, Hospital Santa Casa de Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA)
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Aziz Sheikh, MD
Professor of Primary Care Research & Development
Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics
The University of Edinburgh, Medical School
Teviot Place, Edinburgh

Dr Sundeep Salvi MD, PhD, Hon FRCP(Lon)
Director
Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation
Pune, India

Dr Fanny Wai-san Ko
Dept of Medicine and Therapeutics,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

Updated Marcg 2024

GINA Committee members disclose relationships (personal benefits, shares, and non-personal interests) with profit-making organizations in December of each year using the following definitions:

  • Personal Benefits (Consultancy-Lecture Fees) refers to fees for lectures, advisory committees or consultancy services either intermittent or regular, from which a GINA member benefits personally. This includes ongoing attendance at advisory board meetings but would not normally include a situation where an individual is paid for a specific item or for attending or speaking at an occasional meeting.
  • Shares refers to any shares in the pharmaceutical industry, excluding unit trusts, pension plans or mutual funds, and it refers to shares held by a GINA member or family members (spouse/children). The company is to be listed, not the number of shares.
  • Non-Personal Interests refers to fees or grants paid to a GINA Committee member (or the Department/Institution on behalf of a GINA member) and used for research, education, equipment, salaries, etc.

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