Rate My Professor Helen Reddel

Professor Reddel chairs the Science Committee of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), where she leads evidence-based updates to asthma management guidelines emphasizing patient-centered and practical recommendations. Her research interests encompass population monitoring of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), clinical studies on airways disease diagnosis and management, a multinational longitudinal observational study of 15,000 patients to elucidate disease mechanisms for targeted therapies, and qualitative investigations into patient perspectives on mild and severe asthma. She focuses on enhancing the quality of prescribing and use of respiratory medications in primary care, improving patient-health professional communication, and developing practice-oriented guidelines. Notable publications include "Global Initiative for Asthma Strategy 2021" (2022), "A Practical Guide to Implementing SMART in Asthma Management" (2021), "Burden of uncontrolled severe asthma with and without elevated type-2 inflammatory biomarkers" (2024), "Prevalence and characteristics of adults with preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm): data from the BOLD Australia study" (2025), and "Optimizing asthma care in low-to-middle income countries through multisectoral collaboration" (2024). In 2024, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to respiratory medicine and medical research.