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Jadwiga Anna Wisia Wedzicha

Jadwiga Anna Wisia Wedzicha MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci

Pulmonary Medicine
London, England, United Kingdom

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Jadwiga Anna Wisia Wedzicha, MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, UK. She qualified from Somerville College, Oxford University, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, University of London. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2013 and is an NIHR Senior Investigator. She was awarded the Helmholtz International Fellow Award in 2014. 

Professor Wedzicha has a major interest in the causes, mechanisms, impact, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, and in the role of bacterial and viral infection in COPD exacerbations. She directs an active research group specializing in COPD exacerbations and has published extensively on this topic. 

Professor Wedzicha chaired the English Department of the Health Home Oxygen Clinical User Group and was a member of the Guideline Development Group for the revision of the National Institute for Healthcare and Clinical Excellence COPD Guidelines. She was a member of the Programme Board for the COPD National Clinical Strategy.

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