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Prof Nicolas Roche

Nicolas Roche is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Paris Descartes University, Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cochin-Broca-Hôtel-Dieu Hospital Group, Paris, France, and a researcher at Paris Descartes University. He graduated in medicine in 1994 and obtained his PhD in 2003. His major areas of interest are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, inhaled therapy, and real-life research, especially focusing on comparative effectiveness studies. Professor Roche is a member of the GOLD Scientific Committee and an executive committee member of the Respiratory Effectiveness Group. He coordinates the production of the French guidelines on COPD and has been involved in the development of the French guidelines on asthma and the education of asthmatic adults. He is President of the Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française, co-chair of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) 2018 annual congress, guidelines director at ERS, and member of the American Thoracic Society. Professor Roche has authored or co-authored more than 250 book chapters and articles in the respiratory disease arena. He has served as Chief Editor of Revue des Maladies Respiratoires and is Associate Editor of European Respiratory Review and The Clinical Respiratory Journal.

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