Diego Maselli
Dr. Diego Maselli is a Professor of Medicine at the Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care at UT Health in San Antonio, Texas, US. His research focuses on severe asthma, COPD and bronchiectasis. He is part of the US Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry.
Sarah Williams-Macdonald
Sarah Williams-Macdonald is an assay development scientist working at LifeArc, which is a specialist in translational science. Currently she is working on the Chronic Respiratory Infection Translational Challenge, a portfolio of projects aimed at enabling people with bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis to live longer with an improved quality of life. Sarah completed her PhD at the Royal Veterinary College investigating bacterial/parasitic interactions in the gut of chickens and then worked as a post-doc at Moredun Research Institute developing a ruminant bacterial vaccine. Sarah lives in Edinburgh and at the weekend enjoys beach walks with her dog.
Martina Santambrogio
Martina Santambrogio obtained a master’s degree in biotechnology followed by a PhD in Molecular and Developmental Biology from the Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon (France). She then obtained a bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Milan (Italy) and a specialization in the cardiorespiratory field. Since 2019 she works as a Respiratory Physiotherapist and research fellow in the outpatient bronchiectasis clinic of the Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano – University of Milan.Â
Adrian Trenholme
School-Ripon Grammar School Yorkshire
1971-1979 University of Cambridge Gonville and Caius College. Kings College Hospital London. MA MB BChir FRACP.
Children’s Hospital Auckland New Zealand 1979 -1985
Paediatrician Kidz First Children’s Hospital South Auckland 1985-present
Senior Lecturer University of Auckland 1985 to present.
Special interests-Respiratory health, Maaori Child Health
Research-Respiratory virus infections causing hospitalisation, Non CF Bronchiectasis, Implicit Bias
Outside interests-Family, small block farming, classic motorcycle racing
Jenifer Suntharalingham
I am a biomedical early career researcher working within the Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (London, UK). My work within the Mitchison laboratory aims to understand the genetic basis of cilia disorders and understand the clinical impact of genetic variants associated with motile cilia in patients with idiopathic bronchiectasis. This is a collaborative study with Profs Amelia Shoemark and James Chalmers at University of Dundee, other clinical leads in EMBARC (Profs Loebinger and De Soyza), and the Smedley group at Queen Mary University of London.
This project aims to uncover the burden of motile ciliopathies in idiopathic bronchiectasis by assessing pathogenic variants in key motile cilia genes. We will analyse whole exome sequencing data from a large cohort of patients with idiopathic bronchiectasis and carry out genetic burden testing to prioritise variants for further investigations, along with functional validation of novel pathogenic variants and genes.Â
Attending the World Bronchiectasis Conference was an informative experience, as someone new to the field of respiratory research, I got to hear all the latest developments from clinical, research and patient perspectives.
