Join us at 6pm on Monday 23rd of March for an exciting webinar focussing on long covid and managing your breathlessness. We’ve got an incredible agenda for you, featuring Professor Faghy and Dr Heightman, who will be talking to you about their research and new discoveries on long covid, managing breathlessness, and what the long covid clinics are doing now. We’ll also have a talk from Debra Murphy, who runs the long covid support group, about the group and her personal experience of long covid.
Professor Faghy, is an internationally recognised researcher in Clinical Exercise Physiology with a research focus on respiratory health and rehabilitation for long-term conditions. His current work explores the mechanisms, pathophysiology, and impact of living with Long COVID, aiming to understand its causes and improve outcomes for those affected.
Dr Heightman a consultant physician at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust and has an interest in integrated care and neighbourhood health for long term conditions. She is clinical lead for the Post COVID and post infection condition service at UCLH which services the population of North Central London. She was National Speciality Adviser for the Long COVID program in NHSE 2021-4 and was co-chief investigator for the NIHR funded STIMULATE-ICP research program evaluating care pathways and treatments in Long COVID.
We also run monthly online support groups for people with COPD, bronchiectasis and Long Covid.