Dr Thomas Ward

Academic Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine University of Leicester

Tom Ward is an Academic Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Leicester with an interest in COPD, exercise physiology, pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care. His PhD at Loughborough University investigated the role of novel exercise modalities for people with COPD. He currently leads an ARC East Midlands grant investigating pulmonary rehabilitation with component network meta-analysis and is principle investigator for a trial of blood flow restricted exercise in COPD. He sits on the British Thoracic Society Council and Science and Research Committee, the East Midlands Thoracic Society Committee and is treasurer for the East Midlands Trainee research network.