Asthma Conference 2025

Monday 19th May 2025

Programme

Our proposed programme is below, but please note this is subject to change

 09:00-09:30 Registration and Networking

 

09:30-10:15

Asthma and the environment: What needs to change?

Dr Abigail Whitehouse, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London

 
10:15-10:45

Retrieval for asthma

Dr Jon Lillie, Paediatric Intensive Care Consultant, Evelina Children's Hospital and South Thames Retrieval Service

 

10:45-11:15

Evidence for allergen immunotherapy protecting from viral exacerbations

Dr Christian Woehlk, translational research scientist in asthma, allergy and clinical immunology

 

11:15 - 11:45 Break

 
11:45-12:15

Occupational asthma advances

Dr Jo Feary, Academic Consultant in Occupational Lung Disease, Royal Brompton Hospital 
12:15-12:45Chronic cough in children – Distinguishing cough-variant and bacterial chest syndromes from asthma in childhoodDrRanjan Suri, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant, Great Ormond Street Hospital 
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch 
14:00-14:30Vaping, lung clearance and impactProfessor Andrew Bush, Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Bromptom Hospital and Senior Lecturers, King's College London 
14:30-15:00New steps from the combined NICE, SIGN, BTS megaguideDr Ian Sinha, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital 
15:00-15:30Adherence in AsthmaProf John Weinman, King's College London 
 15:30-15:50 Break 
15:50-16:15Starting a new asthma serviceDr Kay Roy, Respiratory Consultant, UCLH 
16:15-16:45Diagnostic hubs, the Covid impact and pathway managementDr Melissa Heightman, Respiratory Physician, UCLH 

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