Jonathan Grigg is the leading UK paediatrician in the effects of air pollution. His research has identified the mechanisms whereby inhalation of particles increases vulnerability to bacterial infection. These studies have informed the public on the risks of air pollution, and influenced national policy.
He is a British professor of paediatric respiratory and environmental medicine at Queen Mary University of London.
He was a lead author of the Royal College of Physicians’ Report on the long-term effects of air pollution (https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/every-breath-we-take-lifelong-impact-air-pollution ). In the area of paediatric respiratory medicine, he has led major independent and industry trials of new and existing asthma therapies.
He was Secretary of the Paediatric Assembly of the European Respiratory Society until 2017 and then became Head of the Assembly until 2023.[1] In 2020 he became a Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).[2]
He was the research lead of the British Paediatric Respiratory Society and was a Vice Chair of the Royal College of Physicians' working party on air pollution and authored the report "Every breath we take, the lifelong impact of air pollution".[3][4]
Grigg has had various British media appearances including having been a participant in the Radio 4 program Costing the Earth,[5] and an interview with Sky News regarding the RCP report.[6]
Jonathan Grigg is a founding member of Doctors against Diesel, a group advocating the rapid phase out of the current fleet of diesel cars, vans, and taxis.[7]
References
- ^ "Assembly Secretaries". European Respiratory Society. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Professor of Pediatrics appointed as NIHR Senior Investigator". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Jonathan Grigg". Clahrc-norththames.nihr.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Grigg, Jonathan - Blizard Institute". Blizard.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Lungs, Lies and Automobiles, Costing the Earth - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ 5 News (24 February 2016), Everyday household items 'responsible for thousands of deaths', retrieved 12 September 2016
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Doctors call for ban on diesel engines in London". BBC.com. BBC. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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