Helen Reddel

Professor Reddel is a Research Leader at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University, Director of the Australian Centre for Airways disease Monitoring (ACAM), and a respiratory physician at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. She is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University and an Adjunct Professor in the Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney. As Chair of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Science Committee, Professor Reddel has led major evidence-based changes in clinical recommendations for asthma management, with a strong focus on making guidelines not only evidence-based, but also patient-centred and practical. Professor Reddel’s current research includes population monitoring of asthma and COPD, a large multinational observational study investigating features and underlying mechanisms of airways disease, and qualitative research about patient perspectives in mild and severe asthma.