Elizabeth Sapey BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCP

Liz gained her first science degree in 1995 from the University of London BSc Medical Science, 1st Class Honors, and went on to qualify as a Physician in 1998 (MBBS Honors with 3 distinctions, 2 merits and 2 prizes) from the Royal London and St Bartholomew’s School of Medicine and Dentistry. She has been involved in active research since 2001, focusing upon the inflammatory basis of chronic disease, with particular emphasis on neutrophilic inflammation, ageing and lung disease. She gained her PhD in 2010 (University of Birmingham), where she now works as a Reader.

Liz’s research interests are based upon her wish to understand why chronic inflammatory diseases effect different people in so many different ways, including the age at which they present, the clinical symptoms people display and the inflammation which cause these diseases to progress. Liz runs a clinical and laboratory based group, incorporating new advancements in lung physiology and careful clinical characterization of patients with cutting edge laboratory assays. She also works as an Honorary Respiratory Consultant, seeing patients with acute and chronic lung disease in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

Liz has gained a broad level of understanding of and experience in the organization and analysis of Phase II – IV clinical trials and in clinical translational research. This trials experience led to her become the Managing Director of the NIHR/Welcome Clinical Research Facility (Adults) within Birmingham Health Partners University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and University of Birmingham.