Ajit Lalvani: pioneering responses to major respiratory infections
Researcher Ajit Lalvani is a pioneer in the understanding of immune responses to respiratory infections and in translating that knowledge to improve care. He is Chair of Infectious Diseases, Founding Director of the Tuberculosis Research Centre, and Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Respiratory Infections at Imperial College London, UK, and Honorary Consultant Physician at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Tuberculosis has been the major focus of his 30-year research career.
