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Alberto Papi is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Ferrara, Italy, and Director of the Respiratory Unit of the Department of CardioThoracic Medicine, S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy.

Professor Papi trained in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Parma, and spent 4 years in the UK as a Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, where he is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer. In 2015, he was made a Fellow of the European Respiratory Society. He is Member of the GOLD Science Committee.

Professor Papi’s principal field of research is airway inflammation in asthma and COPD, its molecular mechanisms and pharmacological modulation. In his studies, he has taken particular interest in the role of respiratory viral infections in stable/exacerbated obstructive lung diseases, and the underlying molecular and immunological mechanisms. He has coordinated several studies, particularly in asthma and COPD, and he has given presentations at national and international meetings. He has published more than 600 articles in peer-reviewed journals (including NEJM, Lancet, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, AJRCCM), and several other publications in non-peer-reviewed journals. H Index 103.

After graduating in Medicine from Cambridge University, I trained in respiratory medicine and clinical pharmacology. This included an industrial placement for phase 1 experience. I completed an MD at the University of Manchester, and then was appointed as senior lecturer in respiratory pharmacology based in the University Hospital of South Manchester in 2003. My research interests are the pharmacotherapy of Asthma and COPD with studies spanning from basic pharmacology investigations of anti-inflammatory drug action to clinical trials. I am medical director of the Medicines Evaluation Unit performing proof of concept studies in obstructive lung diseases.