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James D. Chalmers is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom and has a prominent record in medical research, particularly within pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their body of work spans a wide range of subfields, including epidemiology, infectious diseases, neurology, and emergency medical services.

The scientist's research topics cover multiple areas of respiratory health and disease, such as:

  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Several recent papers exemplify Chalmers' research contributions:

  • "Pneumonia," 2021, published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study," 2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Towards the elimination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Lancet Commission," 2022, The Lancet
  • "Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective observational study," 2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Phase 2 Trial of the DPP-1 Inhibitor Brensocatib in Bronchiectasis," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine

Chalmers collaborates frequently with other researchers in their field. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Stefano Aliberti
  • Anthony De Soyza
  • Christopher E. Brightling
  • Ling-Pei Ho
  • Amisha Singapuri

The scientist publishes predominantly in specialized and high-impact pulmonary journals. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • European Respiratory Journal
  • ERJ Open Research
  • CHEST Journal
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In addition to journal articles, James D. Chalmers has contributed to book publications. These include a 2020 title published by the Water Environment Federation called Precise Pressure Control and a forthcoming 2025 publication by the European Respiratory Society titled The airway microbiome in asthma.

Throughout their career, the scientist has focused predominantly on medicine with over eight hundred publications, and specifically on pulmonary and respiratory medicine where more than five hundred publications are recorded.

Best Publications

  • European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis

    Eva Polverino;Pieter C Goeminne;Melissa J McDonnell;Melissa J McDonnell;Stefano Aliberti

  • The Bronchiectasis Severity Index. An International Derivation and Validation Study

    James D. Chalmers;Pieter Goeminne;Stefano Aliberti;Melissa J. McDonnell

  • Control of Confounding and Reporting of Results in Causal Inference Studies. Guidance for Authors from Editors of Respiratory, Sleep, and Critical Care Journals

    David J. Lederer;Scott C. Bell;Richard D. Branson;James D. Chalmers

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults

    Adam T Hill;Anita L Sullivan;James D Chalmers;Anthony De Soyza

  • C-Reactive Protein Is an Independent Predictor of Severity in Community-acquired Pneumonia

    James D. Chalmers;Aran Singanayagam;Adam T. Hill

  • Short- and Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment Reduces Airway and Systemic Inflammation in Non–Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

    James D. Chalmers;Maeve P. Smith;Brian J. McHugh;Cathy Doherty

  • Preterm Birth Time Trends in Europe: A Study of 19 Countries

    J. Zeitlin;K. Szamotulska;N. Drewniak;A.D. Mohangoo

  • Severity assessment tools for predicting mortality in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Systematic review and meta-analysis

    James D Chalmers;Aran Singanayagam;Ahsan R Akram;Pallavi Mandal

  • A Comprehensive Analysis of the Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonization on Prognosis in Adult Bronchiectasis

    Simon Finch;Melissa J McDonnell;Hani Abo-Leyah;Stefano Aliberti

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Nebulized Gentamicin in Non–Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

    Maeve P. Murray;John R. W. Govan;Catherine J. Doherty;A. John Simpson

  • Outcomes of elective induction of labour compared with expectant management: population based study

    Sarah J Stock;Evelyn Ferguson;Andrew Duffy;Ian Ford

  • Pulmonary exacerbation in adults with bronchiectasis: a consensus definition for clinical research

    Adam T. Hill;Charles S. Haworth;Stefano Aliberti;Alan Barker

  • Etiology of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in adults and its correlation to disease severity

    Sara Lonni;James D. Chalmers;Pieter C. Goeminne;Melissa J. McDonnell;Melissa J. McDonnell

  • Predictors of Mortality in Hospitalized Adults with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Aran Singanayagam;Stuart Schembri;James D. Chalmers

  • Advances in bronchiectasis: endotyping, genetics, microbiome, and disease heterogeneity.

    Patrick A Flume;James D Chalmers;Kenneth N Olivier

  • Management of bronchiectasis in adults

    James D. Chalmers;Stefano Aliberti;Francesco Blasi

  • Neutrophil Elastase Activity Is Associated with Exacerbations and Lung Function Decline in Bronchiectasis

    James D. Chalmers;Kelly L. Moffitt;Guillermo Suarez-Cuartin;Oriol Sibila

  • Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Does Not Accurately Identify Potentially Resistant Pathogens: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    James D. Chalmers;Catriona Rother;Waleed Salih;Santiago Ewig

  • Epidemiology, Antibiotic Therapy, and Clinical Outcomes in Health Care–Associated Pneumonia: A UK Cohort Study

    James D. Chalmers;Joanne K. Taylor;Aran Singanayagam;Gillian B. Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Aliberti
Stefano Aliberti Humanitas University
Francesco Blasi
Francesco Blasi University of Milan
Antoni Torres
Antoni Torres University of Barcelona
Tobias Welte
Tobias Welte University of Hannover
Marcos I. Restrepo
Marcos I. Restrepo The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
J. Stuart Elborn
J. Stuart Elborn Queen's University Belfast
Giovanni Sotgiu
Giovanni Sotgiu University of Sassari
John R. Hurst
John R. Hurst University College London
Ruth Tal-Singer
Ruth Tal-Singer GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Michael M. Tunney
Michael M. Tunney Queen's University Belfast

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