
Professor James Dodd
MBCHB, MRCP, PhD
Expertise
I'm a clinical academic respiratory consultant with expertise in severe asthma, advanced COPD, breathlessness and multi-morbidity. My research includes integrative epidemiology, digital technology and aerosol science.
Current positions
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Contact
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Biography
I'm a clinical academic respiratory physician in Bristol where I set up and run one of the UK regional specialist NHS airways services. I head the airways research group and medical electives for Bristol Medical School. I’m the clinical lead for the Royal College of Physicians national asthma audit & research programme.
I co-lead the respiratory disease theme within Bristol’s NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, responsible for digital, aerosol, asthma and COPD worksteams. I am Caldicott guardian and respiratory lead for the ASPAC birth cohort & chair the clinical advisory group. I sit on the scientific committee and steering group of UK severe asthma registry and a pan European collaboration exploring the early origins of chronic lung disease (CADSET).
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
WARM-AIR
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/09/2025 to 31/05/2026
Understanding the mechanistic role of the carotid chemoreflex in patients with long COVID and dysfunctional breathing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
06/01/2025 to 05/01/2028
An integrated epidemiological approach to understanding the relationship between lung health and multi-morbidity
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/11/2019 to 31/10/2022
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
04/08/2025Association between meeting adult acute asthma best practice tariff standard of care and 30 day and 90 day hospital readmission: nationwide cohort study
BMJ Medicine
Comparing Approaches to Teaching Patients How to Use an App-Based Home Spirometer
JMIR Formative Research
General population-based lung function trajectories over the life course
Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Pre-biologic assessment of adherence in severe asthma and association with biologic continuation
BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Sex differences in asthma and COPD hospital admission, readmission and mortality
BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Teaching
As Medical elective lead for Bristol Medical School I am responsible for the safe, ethical and educational delivery of ~ 300 clinical electives a year.
In addition I write and deliver lectures for the health sciences intercalated BSc, second year Bristol Medical School and Epidemiology MSc courses.
In addition I write and deliver lectures for the health sciences intercalated BSc, second year Bristol Medical School and Epidemiology MSc courses.




