
Professor Daniel Peckham
- Position: Professor of Respiratory Medicine (Clinical)
- Areas of expertise: Respiratory Medicine; Cystic Fibrosis; Bronchiectasis; Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia; Lung Infection; Inflammation; Allergy; Nutrition; Informatics; Electronic Patient Record; Ion Transport; Microbiome
- Email: D.G.Peckham@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 206 5282
- Location: 8.19 Clinical Sciences Building, St James’s University Hospital
- Website: Chest Medicine | Cystic Fibrosis Medicine | Twitter | LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
I created and head up a dedicated Research unit focusing on various aspects of Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Respiratory Medicine and Medical Informatics. I graduated from Westminster and Charing Cross Medical School (University of London) in 1987. In 1992, I was appointed adult Cystic Fibrosis Research Fellow at City Hospital in Nottingham where I completed my doctoral thesis “Airway Epithelial Sodium Potassium ATPase activity and Cystic Fibrosis”. Working in Nottingham triggered my passion for research and cystic fibrosis. After working as a senior registrar in Oxford, I moved to Leeds in 1998 as a full-time NHS consultant with a specialist interest in Cystic Fibrosis and Pulmonary infections. Until recently, I was clinical lead for Respiratory Medicine, a role I thoroughly enjoyed for nearly a decade and which enabled me to support, in collaboration with my colleagues, the expansion and modernisation of specialist services and clinical research. In 2016, I was appointed as the first Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Leeds. As lead for cystic fibrosis, bronchiectais and primary ciliary dyskinesia, I continue to combine clinical practice with scientific research.
Professional activities
UK CF Trust CTAP (2018-)
Board Member of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (2015-)
Director of Education - European Cystic Fibrosis Society (2018-)
Director of the Leeds Adult Cystic Fibrosis Service (2006-)
Leeds for Adult PCD services (2019-)
Lead for adult bronchiectasis services (1998-)
Member of the European Clinical Trial Network (2012)
Trustee of Ali's Gift Charity (2016-)
Responsibilities
- Director of the Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis and bronchiectasis Unit
- Symposium Lead, Respiratory Clinical Symposia, Body Systems, MB ChB years 1
Research interests
Specialist interest include medical informatics. Active research focusing on various aspects of CF, bronchiectasis and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. Work focusing on inflammation (NLRP3) , infection, gut microbiome, drug allergy, adherence, data flow, electronic patient records and clinical trials.
- Respiratory Medicine
- Health Informatics
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Bronchiectasis
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia
- Drug Allergy
- Inflammation / NLRP3 / Arthopathy
- Ion transport
- Gut microbiome
- Infection
- Airborne transmission
- Psychology / Adherence
- Clinical trials (CTAP) (ECTN)
Qualifications
- MBBS
- DM
- FRCP
Professional memberships
- European Cystic Fibrosis Society
- European Respiratory Society
- British Thoracic Society
- Royal College of Physicians
- Yorkshire Thoracic Society
Student education
MB ChB years 1 – Respiratory symposia
Research groups and institutes
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's