Rate My Professor Chris Griffiths

Griffiths leads research programmes on the health effects of air pollution, asthma and chronic respiratory diseases, infectious diseases including tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis, vitamin D biology, and domestic violence. He directs the CHILL cohort study evaluating impacts of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone on children’s respiratory health and the MRC-funded NEXUS global partnership on non-exhaust emissions. He has published over 35 clinical trials and meta-analyses in high-impact journals such as The Lancet, BMJ and Thorax. Key publications include 'Impact of London’s low emission zone on air quality and children’s respiratory health' (Lancet Public Health, 2019), 'Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections' (BMJ, 2017), and 'Promotion of rapid testing for HIV in primary care (RHIVA2)' (Lancet HIV, 2015). A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of General Practitioners and Academy of Medical Sciences, he has contributed to NICE guidelines on tuberculosis and asthma, serves on the editorial boards of Thorax and Primary Care Respiratory Journal, and has supervised 18 doctoral students. He has twice won the Royal College of General Practitioners research paper of the year award.