Environmental Impact of SABA Overuse

What is more important: the environmental impact of a poorly controlled respiratory disease, or the impact of the device? In this talk Professor Jenni Quint discusses the findings of the SABINA (SABA use IN Asthma) programme, the prevalence of incorrect inhaler technique and why it is important to maintain patient device choice.

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• Professor Jenni Quint

  Consultant Respiratory Physician & Clinical Senior Lecturer

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  Professor Jenni Quint

  Consultant Respiratory Physician & Clinical Senior Lecturer Royal Brompton Hospital & National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London

  Role and Location

  Professor Jenni Quint is a Consultant Respiratory Physician based at Royal Brompton Hospital, and a clinical senior lecturer in respiratory epidemiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London. 

  Education 

  Professor Jenni Quint completed a BSc in molecular medicine at the University of London in 1999 before achieving her professional degree in medicine at the same institute in 2000. In 2010 she completed a PhD entitled ‘determinants of exacerbation frequency in COPD’ and then also achieved an MSc in Epidemiology the following year. She became a fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2015 and the Royal College of Physicians in 2016.

  Research Interests

  Professor Quint’s research interests centre on the use of electronic health records to study chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as well as other chronic respiratory diseases including bronchiectasis and asthma. The majority of her work has been on exacerbations of COPD, exploring the effect of COPD exacerbations on vascular outcomes and the relationship between environmental factors and exacerbations of COPD. She has also undertaken several pieces of work in validation of identification of respiratory diseases in electronic health records.

  Memberships

  Professor Quint’s memberships include the: Clinical Practice Research Datalink Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (CPRD ISAC), British Thoracic Society (BTS) council, BTS Science and research committee, Centre for Environment and Health, run by the Medical Research Council and Public Health England (MRC-PHE), National Heart and Lung Institute Athena Swan; member of SAT, Respiratory Effectiveness Group (invited). Dr Quint is also an associate Editor for Thorax and the International Journal of COPD  and the Epidemiology Secretary for the European Respiratory Society.