Synopsis:
Our understanding of lung growth through childhood and adolescence and the impact of disease has changed in recent years. New measurement techniques have shown alveolarisation to continue through adolescence. A number of longitudinal studies within the Campus have provided invaluable information on the outcome of childhood asthma into the adult years which, when combined with the outcome studies of extreme prematurity provide new insight into lung growth. Care of the growing lung is important to ensure optimal lung growth through childhood and adolescence to prevent early onset of lung disease in adulthood.

Speaker:
Prof Colin Robertson, Respiratory Physician, Chief of Medicine, Honorary Fellow MCRI, trained in paediatric respiratory medicine in London and Toronto before joining Respiratory Medicine at RCH in 1984. Colin has a keen interest in clinical research early determinants of disease in children and implementation of new therapies. His broader research interests range from respiratory epidemiology, through respiratory physiology to trials improving the clinical management of paediatric respiratory disorders.