Dr Prasad Nagakumar
Paediatric Respiratory Consultant, Associate Professor, UoB and Deputy Director for Research
Prasad has worked at the Trust for 10 years as a Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. He obtained his MD (Res) degree from Imperial College London. At BCH, he established a successful Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Research Fellowship programme and supervises MD, MSc, and PhD students in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, Aston University, and Imperial College London.
He leads the Respiratory Research Group and mentors colleagues and allied health professionals in translational research projects focusing on asthma, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. He is the Chief Investigator for several research projects and a co-applicant on a number of successful NIHR grants.
His most recent study, the Childhood Home Asthma Monitoring Project (CHAMP), trialled a novel table-top device, the Albus Home RD, which monitors key asthma symptoms and physiological signals without requiring the patient to wear or operate any equipment.
As Deputy Director for Research at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Prasad is leading initiatives to strengthen research infrastructure, streamline study set-up and governance processes, research visibility and financial management within the R&D department.
Recent Publications
Sleep disordered breathing in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia
Managing preschool wheeze: a qualitative study of parents' views and experiences