Rob Stockley

Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, United Kingdom

Rob Stockley is Professor of Medicine at Birmingham University and Medical Director of the Lung Resource Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. He is Director of Research and Development for the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

Professor Stockley has a longstanding interest in COPD with special reference to airway inflammation, proteinases and anti-proteinases, and especially the role of the neutrophils, bacteria and exacerbations. His research focuses on investigating the factors governing neutrophil differentiation, activation and recruitment as processes that determine the degree of tissue damage resulting in the establishment and progression of chronic lung disease.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Respiratory Disorders > COPD & Allied Disorders (since 16 November 2005)

Rob Stockley is a Section Head for COPD & Allied Disorders, part of the RESPIRATORY DISORDERS Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.