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Ian Hall

Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Professor of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Contact

  • workRoom B85 Medical School
    Queen's Medical Centre
    Nottingham
    NG7 2UH
    UK
  • work0115 82 30019
  • fax0115 82 31059

Biography

Professor Ian Hall is Dean of the Medical School, Director of Clinical Research for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and a Co- Director of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (IPSET) at the University of Nottingham. He completed his clinical studies at the University of Oxford before moving to Nottingham for specialist training and an initial research period. Subsequently he was an MRC travelling fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and National Asthma Campaign Senior Research Fellow back in Nottingham.

Expertise Summary

Molecular genetics of airway disease, pharmacogenetics, asthma, cell signalling.

Research Summary

Professor Ian Hall's main clinical interest is in Respiratory medicine, especially asthma. He runs a research group which works on the genetics and cell biology of airway disease.

Key research interests

  • Genetics and pharmacogenetics of asthma and atopy (see AUGOSA study)
  • Calcium homeostasis in airway smooth muscle
  • Hyperpolarised gas lung imaging

Recent Publications

  • WAN, Y.I., STRACHAN, D.P., EVANS, D.M., HENDERSON, J., MCKEEVER, T., HOLLOWAY, J.W., HALL, I.P. and SAYERS, I., 2011. A genome-wide association study to identify genetic determinants of atopy in subjects from the United Kingdom Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 127(1), 223-231.e3
  • ROBERTS, M.E., MAGOWAN, L., HALL, I.P. and JOHNSON, S.R., 2011. Discoidin domain receptor 1 regulates bronchial epithelial repair and matrix metalloproteinase production European Respiratory Journal. 37(6), 1482-1493
  • SOLER ARTIGAS, M., WAIN, L.V., REPAPI, E., OBEIDAT, M., SAYERS, I., BURTON, P.R., JOHNSON, T., ZHAO, J.H., ALBRECHT, E., DOMINICZAK, A.F., KERR, S.M., SMITH, B.H., CADBY, G., HUI, J., PALMER, L.J., HINGORANI, A.D., WANNAMETHEE, S.G., WHINCUP, P.H., EBRAHIM, S., SMITH, G.D., BARROSO, I., LOOS, R.J.F., WAREHAM, N.J., COOPER, C., DENNISON, E., SHAHEEN, S.O., LIU, J.Z., MARCHINI, J., MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NATIONAL SURVEY OF HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (NSHD) RESPIRATORY STUDY TEAM, DAHGAM, S., NALUAI, A.T., OLIN, A., KARRASCH, S., HEINRICH, J., SCHULZ, H., MCKEEVER, T.M., PAVORD, I.D., HELIÖVAARA, M., RIPATTI, S., SURAKKA, I., BLAKEY, J.D., KĀHÖNEN, M., BRITTON, J.R., NYBERG, F., HOLLOWAY, J.W., LAWLOR, D.A., MORRIS, R.W., JAMES, A.L., JACKSON, C.M., HALL, I.P., TOBIN, M.D. and SPIROMETA CONSORTIUM, 2011. Effect of five genetic variants associated with lung function on the risk of chronic obstructive lung disease, and their joint effects on lung function American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 184(7), 786-795
  • ARTIGAS, M.S., LOTH, D.W., WAIN, L.V., GHARIB, S.A., OBEIDAT, M., TANG, W., ZHAI, G., ZHAO, J.H., SMITH, A.V., HUFFMAN, J.E., ALBRECHT, E., JACKSON, C.M., EVANS, D.M., CADBY, G., FORNAGE, M., MANICHAIKUL, A., LOPEZ, L.M., JOHNSON, T., ALDRICH, M.C., ASPELUND, T., BARROSO, I., CAMPBELL, H., CASSANO, P.A., COUPER, D.J., EIRIKSDOTTIR, G., FRANCESCHINI, N., GARCIA, M., GIEGER, C., GISLASON, G.K., GRKOVIC, I., HAMMOND, C.J., HANCOCK, D.B., HARRIS, T.B., RAMASAMY, A., HECKBERT, S.R., HELIÖVAARA, M., HOMUTH, G., HYSI, P.G., JAMES, A.L., JANKOVIC, S., JOUBERT, B.R., KARRASCH, S., KLOPP, N., KOCH, B., KRITCHEVSKY, S.B., LAUNER, L.J., LIU, Y., LOEHR, L.R., LOHMAN, K., LOOS, R.J.F., LUMLEY, T., AL BALUSHI, K.A., ANG, W.Q., BARR, R.G., BEILBY, J., BLAKEY, J.D., BOBAN, M., BORASKA, V., BRISMAN, J., BRITTON, J.R., BRUSSELLE, G.G., COOPER, C., CURJURIC, I., DAHGAM, S., DEARY, I.J., EBRAHIM, S., EIJGELSHEIM, M., FRANCKS, C., GAYSINA, D., GRANELL, R., GU, X., HANKINSON, J.L., HARDY, R., HARRIS, S.E., HENDERSON, J., HENRY, A., HINGORANI, A.D., HOFMAN, A., HOLT, P.G., HUI, J., HUNTER, M.L., IMBODEN, M., JAMESON, K.A., KERR, S.M., KOLCIC, I., KRONENBERG, F., LIU, J.Z., MARCHINI, J., MCKEEVER, T., MORRIS, A.D., OLIN, A., PORTEOUS, D.J., POSTMA, D.S., RICH, S.S., RING, S.M., RIVADENEIRA, F., ROCHAT, T., SAYER, A.A., SAYERS, I., SLY, P.D., SMITH, G.D., SOOD, A., STARR, J.M., UITTERLINDEN, A.G., VONK, J.M., WANNAMETHEE, S.G., WHINCUP, P.H., WIJMENGA, C., WILLIAMS, O.D., WONG, A., MANGINO, M., MARCIANTE, K.D., MCARDLE, W.L., MEIBOHM, B., MORRISON, A.C., NORTH, K.E., OMENAAS, E., PALMER, L.J., PIETILÄINEN, K.H., PIN, I., POLAŠEK, O., POUTA, A., PSATY, B.M., HARTIKAINEN, A., RANTANEN, T., RIPATTI, S., ROTTER, J.I., RUDAN, I., RUDNICKA, A.R., SCHULZ, H., SHIN, S.Y., SPECTOR, T.D., SURAKKA, I., VITART, V., VÖLZKE, H., WAREHAM, N.J., WARRINGTON, N.M., WICHMANN, H., WILD, S.H., WILK, J.B., WJST, M., WRIGHT, A.F., ZGAGA, L., ZEMUNIK, T., PENNELL, C.E., NYBERG, F., KUH, D., HOLLOWAY, J.W., BOEZEN, H.M., LAWLOR, D.A., MORRIS, R.W., PROBST-HENSCH, N., INTERNATIONAL LUNG CANCER CONSORTIUM, GIANT CONSORTIUM, KAPRIO, J., WILSON, J.F., HAYWARD, C., KÄHÖNEN, M., HEINRICH, J., MUSK, A.W., JARVIS, D.L., GLÄSER, S., JÄRVELIN, M., STRICKER, B.H.C., ELLIOTT, P., O'CONNOR, G.T., STRACHAN, D.P., LONDON, S.J., HALL, I.P., GUDNASON, V. and TOBIN, M.D., 2011. Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function Nature Genetics. 43(11), 1082-1090

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