Biographies
Team Members

James Chalmers
Chair of Respiratory Research, Cardiology

Prof. James D. Chalmers, MBChB, PhD is the Asthma & Lung UK Chair of Respiratory Research at the University of Dundee, and serves as a clinician-scientist in respiratory medicine, with an honorary consultant role at Ninewells Hospital.

• Clinical work focuses on difficult respiratory infections and bronchiectasis, and he leads a specialist clinic in that area. His research portfolio encompasses immunology, microbiome, mucociliary clearance, and translational experimental medicine in lung disease, including COPD, pneumonia, and COVID-19.
• He has published over 500 peer-reviewed manuscripts, chaired major European respiratory guideline panels (e.g. on bronchiectasis, COPD, COVID-19), and holds leadership roles in editorial and research committees, including being Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Journal.
• Chalmers chairs the EMBARC European Bronchiectasis Network and leads international EMBARC studies and trials, and is a lead author on key bronchiectasis publications.