Mike Thomas

Professor Mike Thomas, PhD FRCP Prof. Thomas holds the Chair of Primary Care Research at the University of Southampton, UK, an institution with an international profile in asthma and respiratory research, and leads the community-based respiratory research programme. His research interests centre on respiratory disease management in community settings, including the diagnosis and management of asthma and COPD and the assessment of effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies in every-day clinical settings. He has a particular interest in ‘real-world’ outcomes and pragmatic clinical research, and has published and lectured widely on these topics. He is the principle investigator in a number of current respiratory studies. He is an associate editor of the journals Thorax and the Primary Care Respiratory Journal. He is Chief Medical Officer of Asthma UK, the research chairman of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group and has acted as an expert advisor on several UK NICE evaluations in the respiratory field.