title: Research is the Future, the Future is…….
abstract: Over the past two decades, Professor Lenney has established the Paediatric Respiratory Department at the Royal Stoke University Hospital as a centre recognised for high quality research. A broad portfolio of clinical and laboratory based research is in progress. Four research areas are discussed that are likely to contribute to the continued academic output from the unit. These are the use of selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry for the detection of biomarkers associated with pulmonary pathogens, the measurement of lung clearance index in preschool children, structured light plethysmography in children and the use of oral prednisolone for asthma exacerbations in children.
authors.affiliation: Lecturer and Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Academic Department of Child Health, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG, UK. Electronic address: francis.gilchrist@uhns.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Francis J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018450:Disease Progression; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010372:Pediatrics; D010991:Plethysmography / Q000379:methods*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000378:metabolism*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone