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Profiles
Dr Rupert Jones
Honorary Associate Professor
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Rupert Jones is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health and his current post is Prof of Health Research at Plymouth Marjon University
A retired GP and respiratory specialist, he is involved in national and international research, policy and education initiatives relating to chronic lung diseases and dementia. His current research interests are in global health related to COPD, severe asthma, pulmonary rehabilitation, and digital health education. He is particularly interested in the collaboration between arts and medicine including work involving illustration, dance and music in UK and global settings.
Working with many international collaborators, he has run global health projects included Horizon 2020 and MRC / Wellcome and DFID relating to lung disease in many countries in Europe, Africa, Central and South East Asia. He developed the Lung Information Needs Questionnaire and the DOSE Index for COPD severity assessment, and the Severe Asthma Questionnaire (saq.org.uk). He has published over 120 papers and several books.
Qualifications
Undergraduate medical training: The London Hospital Medical School, 1973-79.
Qualifications Subject Institution Date
BSc (Hons) Pharmacology London University 1976
MBBS Medicine London University 1979
DCH Paediatrics RCSI 1981
DCROG Obs & Gynae RCOG London 1981
MRCGP General Practice RCGP London 1984
Dip Occ Med Occupational Medicine RCP London 1994
MD ResearchDoctorate Plymouth University 2008
Roles on external bodies
2018-21 Professor of Primary Care, Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore.
2017-21 Deputy Chair Scientific committee of the MRC GeCo COPD project in Peru, Nepal and Uganda
2016-20 PlymouthUniversity GCRF committee
2015 - Co-Director Lung Institute, Makere University, Kampala
2015 - Treasurer Lung Consortium International
2015 -2017 BTS pulmonary rehabilitation quality improvement advisory group
2014 -2021 Chair of scientific committee of the Salford Lung Study
2013 -2016 National COPD Audit Primary care group member
2013 – 15 BTS Quality Standards group for Pulmonary Rehabilitation
2010 - 11 IPCRG Biennial International Conference 2011 Vice chair of conference, chair scientific committee
2010- 15 PCRS - UK Research Lead
2009 - 15 Primary Care Respiratory Society Executive Committee
2009 - 12 Global emPOWER international education initiative for COPD editorial board
(28 countries used in meeting involving to 36,000 primary clinicians)
2009 - 14 COPD exchange editorial committee- national COPD web based resource
2008 - 14 Chair UK Respiratory Research Foundation (medical research charity)
2008 - 10 Chair GPIAG national conference
2008 - 11 DoH Clinical advice group on Home oxygen therapy
2004 - 11 Research Committee of IPCRG
2007 - 9 BTS Home Oxygen guidelines for Adults, member of review group 2012
2007 - 9 BTS Home Oxygen guidelines for Children
2008 - 10 Main Implementation committee of National Strategy for COPD and following subcommittees: (i)Metrics, (ii)workforce development, (iii)spirometry, (iv)pulmonary rehabilitation, (v)sleep disordered breathing.
2006 - 8 External reference group NSF for COPD
(Co-Chair of screening, detection and diagnosis subgroup)
2006 Scientific Conference Advisory Committee for COPD 5 2006, COPD 6 in 2008 and COPD 7 in 2010
2006 Maintenance naïve protocol board- internationalRCT of Tiotropium in COPD
1997 Medical advisor to Plymouth Breath Easy (patient) group
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Within University of Plymouth
Allied Health Professionals module ADV740 |
Remote and Global Health masters module |
A wide range of external teaching in research and clinical medicine.
2009- Global emPOWER international education initiative for COPD editorial board
(28 countries used in meeting involving to 36,000 primary clinicians)
2009- COPDexchange website editorial committee- national COPD web based resource
Research
Research
Research interests
I am interested in global impact of chronic lung diseases, their aetiogy, diagnosis, detection, assessment in clinical practice, psychological and social impact of the diseases on affected people and those close to them.
Grants & contracts
Grants held
Funding Body | Principal Investigator | Funding Award Title | Start Date | Value |
NIHR | Prof Singh | Global Health Research Group on Respiratory Rehabilitation – (Global RECHARGE) | 1.4.18 | £1,974,379 |
GSK | R Jones | Investigation of the sensitivity to change of the Severe Asthma Questionnaire | 1.9.18 | £104,000 |
Astra Zeneca | R Jones | Further validation of the Severe Asthma Questionnaire - a 12 centre UK Study | 1.9.18 | £41,000 |
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust | R Jones | Validation of the severe asthma questionnaire | 1.9.17 | £30,144 |
Open lab Africa GSK | Alupo, P | Early careers award | Awarded 2017, start date 1.1.19 | £100,000 |
Astra Zeneca | R Jones |
Development and validation of scales to assess the burden of severe asthma and its treatment with oral corticosteroids
| June 2016 | £20,000 |
The European Commission | R Jones |
The H2020 Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases. Prevention and treatment of lung diseases | Jan 2016 | E 3,000,000 |
MRC / Wellcome Trust /DFID Joint Global Health Trials | R Jones |
A development study to examine feasibility and acceptability of pulmonary rehabilitation in Uganda for adults with chronic respiratory disease
| Feb 2015 | £162,880.69 |
Global Bridges | B Kirenga |
Training Community Health Workers in Rural Uganda to Introduce Stop Smoking Interventions in the Context of a Lung Health Awareness Campaign | Jan 2015 | $100,000 |
Novartis | R Jones |
The psychological and biological impacts of severe asthma or difficult to treat asthma on patients including its treatment with long term oral steroids. | March 2013 | £24,000 |
IPCRG | R Jones | GOLD Categories in COPD | 2012 | £5000 |
IPCRG | R Jones | Comparison of DOSE and ADO indices in primary care | 2012 | £4,705 |
IPRCG | Van Gemert | Fresh Air Uganda- Prevalence of COPD in rural Uganda | 2011 | E150,000 |
DofH | R Jones | Templates for COPD | 2011 | £50,000 |
HTA | Prof A Taylor | Smoking reduction and exercise | Sept 2009 | £500,000 |
Pan Bath and Swindon Primary Care Research Consortium | Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones | A pilot study of the impact of comprehensive case management of high risk patients with COPD on exacerbations, health status and healthcare consumption. | July 2007 | £15,000 |
IPCRG | Prof A Taylor | A randomised controlled trial of an intervention to promote the effects of health enhancing physical activity on physical and psychosocial outcomes in patients with mild COPD who are being treated with tiotropium. | July 2007 | £180,000 |
NHS Executive Researcher Development Award | Dr Rupert Jones | PTSD in COPD | Dec 2003 | £434,800 |
In2Focus | Dr Rupert Jones | Plymouth PCT COPD Audit and Patient Review Programme (includes service and research elements) | April 2005 | £120,000 |
Boehringer- Ingelheim | Dr Rupert Jones | Development and assessment of the Lung Information Needs Questionnaire (LINQ) | Jan 02 | £79,500 |
Respiratory Research Unit | Dr Bryanie Shackell | A pilot study to investigate the sleep experiences of patients with moderate to severe COPD | Sept 2005 | £6,500 |
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsPersonal
Personal
Conferences organised
2012 ICRG conference
1,000 delegates and exhibitors,
in satellite linked symposia: 300 in S. America and 40 in India
Links
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/fresh-air