Rate My Professor Clare Lloyd

Professor Lloyd's research specializes in respiratory immunology, focusing on allergic immunity in early life, pulmonary inflammation, asthma pathogenesis, and airway remodeling. Her laboratory has pioneered models of chronic allergic inflammation, revealing critical roles for eosinophils, chemokines such as eotaxin via CCR3 and CCR4 pathways, T helper cells, macrophages, Interleukin-9, and the ICOS/ICOS-L pathway. Notable contributions include insights into early-life allergen exposure effects on pulmonary homeostasis and immune-stromal interactions in lung immunity. Key publications encompass 'A critical role for eosinophils in allergic airways remodeling' (2004, 1136 citations), 'Functions of T cells in asthma: more than just TH2 cells' (2010, 812 citations), 'Resolution of airway inflammation and hyperreactivity after in vivo transfer of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells is interleukin 10 dependent' (2005, 756 citations), and 'After asthma: redefining airways diseases' (2018, 1322 citations). Her impact is evidenced by over 22,000 citations on Google Scholar. Awards include the Imperial College London Rector's Medal for Research Supervision (2014), Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2019), and Fellowship of the Royal Society of Biology. She led the National Heart and Lung Institute to the UK's first Silver Athena SWAN award (2009-2014), edits Mucosal Immunology and the European Journal of Immunology, and serves on the scientific advisory board of Science magazine and other prestigious committees.