
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
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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
8540 Soundcheck: An EPSRC Funded Asthma Lung UK Call Moving Respiratory Diagnostic Into The 21st Century (ALSPAC B5017)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical SchoolDates
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2029
8540 Soundcheck: An EPSRC Funded Asthma Lung UK Call Moving Respiratory Diagnostic Into The 21st Century (ALSPAC B5017)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical SchoolDates
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2029
Soundcheck: An EPSRC Funded Asthma Lung UK Call Moving Respiratory Diagnostic Into The 21st Century (ALSPAC B5017)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2029
Soundcheck: An EPSRC Funded Asthma Lung UK Call Moving Respiratory Diagnostic Into The 21st Century (ALSPAC B5017)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2029
Soundcheck: An EPSRC Funded Asthma Lung UK Call Moving Respiratory Diagnostic Into The 21st Century (ALSPAC B5017)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2029
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/03/2026Early-life exposure to indoor mould and associations with lung function, lung function trajectories and asthma
Environmental Research: Health
Establishing the top 10 research priorities for lung volume reduction treatment for people with COPD
Thorax
Long-Term Clinical Remission on Biologics: An Analysis of Real-World Data From the UK Severe Asthma Registry
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
Revisiting the Links Between Asthma and the Psychosis Spectrum: shared molecular mechanisms
Biological Psychiatry
Acute coronary syndrome after an infective exacerbation of COPD: a prospective cohort study of acute lower respiratory tract disease in hospitalised adults
ERJ Open 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.



