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2026

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112
Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Richard Beasley is affiliated with the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of medicine. Their work focuses on various aspects of pulmonary and respiratory medicine, contributing significantly with numerous publications in this area.

Their research spans several subfields, including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, surgery, epidemiology, and emergency medicine. Within these areas, their primary topics of investigation cover asthma and respiratory diseases, respiratory and cough-related research, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, respiratory support and mechanisms, sepsis diagnosis and treatment, and allergic rhinitis and sensitization.

Among recent notable publications by Richard Beasley are:

  • Conservative versus Interventional Treatment for Spontaneous Pneumothorax, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis With Proton Pump Inhibitors vs Histamine-2 Receptor Blockers on In-Hospital Mortality Among ICU Patients Receiving Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, 2020, JAMA
  • Respiratory syncytial virus: paying the immunity debt with interest, 2021, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Aldosterone Synthase Inhibition With Lorundrostat for Uncontrolled Hypertension, 2023, JAMA
  • Predictive value of blood eosinophils and exhaled nitric oxide in adults with mild asthma: a prespecified subgroup analysis of an open-label, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Richard Beasley collaborates frequently with a number of other researchers, including Mark Weatherall, Alberto Papi, Allie Eathorne, Ian Pavord, and Irene Braithwaite. These collaborations contribute to a broad network within respiratory medicine research.

Their work appears regularly in specialized journals and publication venues such as Respirology, European Respiratory Journal, CHEST Journal, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice, and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Richard Beasley was recognized in 2015 as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, highlighting their standing within the scientific community. Their contributions continue to influence current research in medicine, with a particular emphasis on respiratory conditions and treatment methodologies.

Best Publications

  • The global burden of asthma: executive summary of the GINA Dissemination Committee Report

    Matthew Masoli;Denise Fabian;Shaun Holt;Richard Beasley

  • International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC): rationale and methods.

    M. I. Asher;U. Keil;H. R. Anderson;R. Beasley

  • Worldwide variation in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema: ISAAC

    Richard Beasley

  • Worldwide variation in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema: ISAAC. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Steering Committee.

    R Beasley;N Pearce;E Von Mutius

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • Worldwide trends in the prevalence of asthma symptoms: phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

    Neil Pearce;Nadia Aït-Khaled;Richard Beasley;Javier Mallol

  • Benefits of omalizumab as add-on therapy in patients with severe persistent asthma who are inadequately controlled despite best available therapy (GINA 2002 step 4 treatment): INNOVATE

    M. Humbert;R. Beasley;J. Ayres;R. Slavin

  • Cellular events in the bronchi in mild asthma and after bronchial provocation.

    Beasley R;Roche Wr;Roberts Ja;Holgate St

  • SUBEPITHELIAL FIBROSIS IN THE BRONCHI OF ASTHMATICS

    WilliamR. Roche;JulieH. Williams;Richard Beasley;StephenT. Holgate

  • Worldwide variations in the prevalence of symptoms of atopic eczema in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood.

    Hywel Williams;Colin Robertson;Alistair Stewart;Nadia Aït-Khaled

  • Global variation in the prevalence and severity of asthma symptoms: Phase Three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

    Christopher Lai;Richard Beasley;Julian Crane;Sunia Foliaki

  • Epidemiology and costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    K R Chapman;D M Mannino;J B Soriano;P A Vermeire

  • After asthma: redefining airways diseases

    Ian D Pavord;Richard Beasley;Alvar Agusti;Gary P Anderson

  • Treatable traits: toward precision medicine of chronic airway diseases.

    Alvar Agusti;Elisabeth Bel;Mike Thomas;Claus Vogelmeier

  • Worldwide variations in prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in children: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

    David Strachan;Bonnie Sibbald;Stephan Weiland;Nadia Ait-Khaled

  • How much asthma is really attributable to atopy

    Neil Pearce;Juha Pekkanen;Richard Beasley

  • Effect of a Buffered Crystalloid Solution vs Saline on Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: The SPLIT Randomized Clinical Trial

    Paul Jeffrey Young;Michael John Bailey;Richard W Beasley;Seton J Henderson;Seton J Henderson

  • PRESCRIBED FENOTEROL AND DEATH FROM ASTHMA IN NEW ZEALAND, 1981-83; CASE-CONTROL STUDY

    J. Crane;A. Flatt;R. Jackson;M. Ball

  • Prevalence and etiology of asthma

    Richard Beasley;Julian Crane;Julian Crane;Christopher K.W. Lai;Christopher K.W. Lai;Neil Pearce;Neil Pearce

  • Benefits of omalizumab as add-on therapy in patients with severe persistent asthma who are inadequately controlled despite best available therapy (GINA 2002 step 4 treatment): INNOVATE

    M. Humbert;R. Beasley;J. Ayres

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Weatherall
Mark Weatherall University of Otago
Neil Pearce
Neil Pearce London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Rinaldo Bellomo
Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University
Helen K. Reddel
Helen K. Reddel Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Michael Bailey
Michael Bailey Monash University
Ian D. Pavord
Ian D. Pavord University of Oxford
Stephen T. Holgate
Stephen T. Holgate University of Southampton
Simon Finfer
Simon Finfer George Institute for Global Health
Alvar Agusti
Alvar Agusti University of Barcelona
Alberto Papi
Alberto Papi University of Ferrara

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