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Athol U. Wells is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with a strong concentration in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their research intersects several subfields including Physiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their scholarly work addresses various aspects of respiratory and interstitial lung diseases, with a notable focus on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, and beryllium toxicity research. The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Occupational exposure and asthma

Their recent published papers illustrate the focus and breadth of their research, including:

  • "The Role of Chest Imaging in Patient Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020), published in CHEST Journal
  • "The Role of Chest Imaging in Patient Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Consensus Statement from the Fleischner Society" (2020), published in Radiology
  • "Pulmonary fibrosis and COVID-19: the potential role for antifibrotic therapy" (2020), published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "ERS clinical practice guidelines on treatment of sarcoidosis" (2021), published in European Respiratory Journal
  • "Nintedanib in patients with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases-subgroup analyses by interstitial lung disease diagnosis in the INBUILD trial: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial" (2020), published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

The venues in which Athol U. Wells most frequently publishes include:

  • European Respiratory Journal
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Respirology
  • CHEST Journal

Collaborative research is a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Vasileios Kouranos
  • Elisabetta Renzoni
  • Peter M. George
  • Maria Kokosi
  • Felix Chua

Best Publications

  • An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Statement: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management

    Ganesh Raghu;Harold R. Collard;Jim J. Egan;Fernando J. Martinez

  • American thoracic society/European respiratory society international multidisciplinary consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

    William D. Travis;Talmadge E. King;Eric D. Bateman;David A. Lynch

  • An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Update of the International Multidisciplinary Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

    William D. Travis;Ulrich Costabel;David M. Hansell;Talmadge E. King

  • Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline.

    Ganesh Raghu;Martine Remy-Jardin;Jeffrey L. Myers;Luca Richeldi

  • Nintedanib in Progressive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases

    Kevin R Flaherty;Athol U Wells;Kevin K Brown

  • An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. An Update of the 2011 Clinical Practice Guideline

    Ganesh Raghu;Bram Rochwerg;Yuan Zhang;Carlos A. Cuello Garcia

  • The Role of Chest Imaging in Patient Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Consensus Statement from the Fleischner Society

    Geoffrey D. Rubin;Christopher J. Ryerson;Linda B. Haramati;Nicola Sverzellati

  • Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Harold R. Collard;Bethany B. Moore;Kevin R. Flaherty;Kevin K. Brown

  • Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. An International Working Group Report

    Collard Hr;Ryerson Cj;Corte Tj;Jenkins G

  • Interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis: a simple staging system.

    Nicole S. L. Goh;Sujal R. Desai;Srihari Veeraraghavan;David M. Hansell

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Fernando J Martinez;Harold R Collard;Annie Pardo;Ganesh Raghu

  • Interstitial lung disease guideline: the British Thoracic Society in collaboration with the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Irish Thoracic Society.

    A U Wells;N Hirani

  • Pulmonary fibrosis and COVID-19: the potential role for antifibrotic therapy.

    Peter M George;Athol U Wells;R Gisli Jenkins

  • Diagnostic criteria for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a Fleischner Society White Paper.

    David A Lynch;Nicola Sverzellati;William D Travis;Kevin K Brown

  • An official European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society research statement: interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features

    Aryeh Fischer;Katerina M. Antoniou;Kevin K. Brown;Jacques Cadranel

  • Histopathologic subsets of fibrosing alveolitis in patients with systemic sclerosis and their relationship to outcome.

    Demosthenes Bouros;Athol U Wells;Andrew G Nicholson;Andrew G Nicholson;Thomas V Colby

  • A multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of corticosteroids and intravenous cyclophosphamide followed by oral azathioprine for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis in scleroderma.

    Rachel K Hoyles;Ross W Ellis;Jessica Wellsbury;Belinda Lees

  • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for pulmonary fibrosis.

    Tasha E. Fingerlin;Elissa Murphy;Weiming Zhang;Anna L. Peljto

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a composite physiologic index derived from disease extent observed by computed tomography.

    Athol U Wells;Sujal R Desai;Michael B Rubens;Nicole S L Goh

  • Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart diseases.

    Jean-Luc Vachiery;Yochai Adir;Joan Albert Barberà;Hunter C. Champion

Frequent Co-Authors

Toby M. Maher
Toby M. Maher University of Southern California
David M. Hansell
David M. Hansell National Institutes of Health
Andrew G. Nicholson
Andrew G. Nicholson Royal Brompton Hospital
Christopher P. Denton
Christopher P. Denton University College London
Kevin K. Brown
Kevin K. Brown National Jewish Health
Vincent Cottin
Vincent Cottin Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Roland M. du Bois
Roland M. du Bois Imperial College London
Kevin R. Flaherty
Kevin R. Flaherty University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Luca Richeldi
Luca Richeldi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Fernando J. Martinez
Fernando J. Martinez University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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