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Guy Brusselle

Guy Brusselle MD, PhD

Pulmonary Medicine
Gent, East Flanders, Belgium

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Guy Brusselle received his medical degree (M.D.) at Ghent University in 1990. Investigating the functional role of cytokines interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-5 (IL-5) in allergic asthma, he obtained his Ph.D. in 1997. As a respiratory physician with a keen clinical and scientific interest in asthma, severe asthma, and COPD, he joined the Ghent University Hospital in 2002. Since 2008, he is a professor of medicine at Ghent University, teaching “Study design” and “Immunopathology of airway diseases” to medical and biomedical students, respectively. Since 2015, he teaches the course “Methods and Design of clinical studies” to master students in pharmaceutical sciences. Currently, he is head of the Laboratory for Translational Research of Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases at Ghent University. From September 2012 to October 2015, he served the European Respiratory Society (ERS) as Guidelines Director. Since September 2016, he is the chair of the ERS Science Council.

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