Helen Reddel or Helen Kathryn Reddel is a respiratory physician, a professor at Macquarie University, and adjunct professor at the University of Sydney, Chair of the Global Initiative for Asthma,[1][2] who was awarded an Order of Australia in 2024, for services to respiratory medicine.[3]
Helen Reddel | |
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| Education | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Respiratory Physician |
| Employer | Woolcock Institute of Medical Research |
| Known for | Respiratory medicine |
| Title | Professor |
| Website | https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/helen-reddel |
Education
editReddell was awarded a Bachelor of Science in 1977, and a PhD from the University of Sydney in 2000.[4] She is also a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.[5][6]
Career
editReddell is a physician working in respiratory health, researching improved methods for treating asthma and respiratory conditions including COPD.[7] Her research focusses on improving the management, treatment and quality of life for people with respiratory conditions, including use of medicines in primary care, as well as monitoring populations and public health.[8]
Reddel has been working on a project, as co-chair, which examines a longitudinal, multinational project which has 15,000 patients, each with either asthma or COPD. The purpose of the study is to determine the disease mechanisms, which underlie the physiology, to enable improved and targeted treatments can be found.[9]
Reddel is chair of the Science Committee for the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA).[6] She was also chair of the Task Force on Standardized Assessment of Asthma Control, Severity and Exacerbations, from five years from 2004 to 2009. Since 2021, she has also been the Director of the Australian Centre for Airways disease Monitoring.[3]
Publications
editReddel has over 237 publications, with an H-index of 75, and over 23,000 citations as at September 2024, according to Google Scholar.[10] Select publications include the following:
- Davis SR, Ampon RD, Poulos LM, Lee T, Marks GB, Toelle BG, et al. Prevalence and burden of difficult-to-treat and severe asthma in Australia: A national population survey. Respirology. 2024; 29(8): 685–693. doi:10.1111/resp.14722.[11]
- Yorgancıoğlu, A., Reddel, H.K. and (2023), Global initiative for asthma: 30 years of promoting evidence-based asthma care. Allergy, 78: 1737–1739. doi:10.1111/all.15714.[12]
- HK Reddel, ED Bateman, A Becker, LP Boulet, AA Cruz, JM Drazen, et al. (2015). A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control. European Respiratory Journal 46 (3), 622–639. doi:10.1183/13993003.00853-2015[13]
Awards
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Helen Reddel". IPCRG. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Difficult to treat and severe asthma in adults". Australian Journal of General Practice. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ a b c "GG site" (PDF).
- ^ "Helen Reddel". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "RACGP".
- ^ a b c d e "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Prof. Helen Reddel". Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Woolcock Institute of Medical Research". www.woolcock.org.au. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Annual Report" (PDF).
- ^ "Helen Reddel". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Davis, Sharon R.; Ampon, Rosario D.; Poulos, Leanne M.; Lee, Taehoon; Marks, Guy B.; Toelle, Brett G.; Reddel, Helen K. (August 2024). "Prevalence and burden of difficult‐to‐treat and severe asthma in Australia: A national population survey". Respirology. 29 (8): 685–693. doi:10.1111/resp.14722. ISSN 1323-7799.
- ^ Yorgancıoğlu, Arzu; Reddel, Helen K.; the GINA Board of Directors and GINA Science Committee (July 2023). "Global initiative for asthma: 30 years of promoting evidence‐based asthma care". Allergy. 78 (7): 1737–1739. doi:10.1111/all.15714. ISSN 0105-4538.
- ^ Reddel, Helen K.; Bateman, Eric D.; Becker, Allan; Boulet, Louis-Philippe; Cruz, Alvaro A.; Drazen, Jeffrey M.; Haahtela, Tari; Hurd, Suzanne S.; Inoue, Hiromasa; Jongste, Johan C. de; Lemanske, Robert F.; Levy, Mark L.; O'Byrne, Paul M.; Paggiaro, Pierluigi; Pedersen, Soren E. (2015-09-01). "A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control". European Respiratory Journal. 46 (3): 622–639. doi:10.1183/13993003.00853-2015. ISSN 0903-1936. PMC 4554554. PMID 26206872.
- ^ "GG" (PDF).