Now a Professor, Prof Hurst is Vice Dean (International) for the Faculty of Medical Sciences at University College London (UCL).
Prof. Hurst is an NIHR Global Research Professor (2024-2029).
Professor of Respiratory Medicine at UCL. Prof. Hurst graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1997 and was appointed Senior Lecturer then Reader in Respiratory Medicine at UCL, and Honorary Consultant at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in October 2007.
Prof Hurst is an Associate Editor at the European Respiratory Journal.
Previous national and international roles have included being the Non-Executive Director of an NHS Trust, Senior Clinical Lead to the UK National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP), and Editor-in-Chief of the European Respiratory Monograph.