Rupert Jones is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health and his current post is Prof of Health Research at Plymouth Marjon University 

A retired GP and respiratory specialist, he is involved in national and international research, policy and education initiatives relating to chronic lung diseases and dementia. His current research interests are in global health related to COPD, severe asthma, pulmonary rehabilitation, and digital health education. He is particularly interested in the collaboration between arts and medicine including work involving illustration, dance and music in UK and global settings. 

Working with many international collaborators, he has run global health projects included Horizon 2020 and MRC / Wellcome and DFID relating to lung disease in many countries in Europe, Africa, Central and South East Asia. He developed the Lung Information Needs Questionnaire and the DOSE Index for COPD severity assessment, and the Severe Asthma Questionnaire (saq.org.uk). He has published over 120 papers and several books.

2018-21 Professor of Primary Care, Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore.

2017-21 Deputy Chair Scientific committee of the MRC GeCo COPD project in Peru, Nepal and    Uganda 

2016-20 PlymouthUniversity GCRF committee

2015 - Co-Director Lung Institute, Makere University, Kampala

2015 - Treasurer Lung Consortium International

2015 -2017 BTS pulmonary rehabilitation quality improvement advisory group

2014 -2021 Chair of scientific committee of the Salford Lung Study

2013 -2016 National COPD Audit Primary care group member

2013 – 15 BTS Quality Standards group for Pulmonary Rehabilitation

2010 - 11 IPCRG Biennial International Conference 2011 Vice chair of conference, chair scientific committee

2010- 15 PCRS - UK Research Lead

2009 - 15 Primary Care Respiratory Society Executive Committee

2009 - 12 Global emPOWER international education initiative for COPD editorial board

 (28 countries used in meeting involving to 36,000 primary clinicians)

2009 - 14 COPD exchange editorial committee- national COPD web based resource

2008 - 14 Chair UK Respiratory Research Foundation (medical research charity)

2008 - 10 Chair GPIAG national conference

2008 - 11 DoH Clinical advice group on Home oxygen therapy

2004 - 11 Research Committee of IPCRG

2007 - 9 BTS Home Oxygen guidelines for Adults, member of review group 2012

2007 - 9 BTS Home Oxygen guidelines for Children

2008 - 10 Main Implementation committee of National Strategy for COPD and following subcommittees: (i)Metrics, (ii)workforce development, (iii)spirometry, (iv)pulmonary rehabilitation, (v)sleep disordered breathing.

2006 - 8 External reference group NSF for COPD

       (Co-Chair of screening, detection and diagnosis subgroup)

2006 Scientific Conference Advisory Committee for COPD 5 2006, COPD 6 in 2008 and COPD 7 in 2010

2006 Maintenance naïve protocol board- internationalRCT of Tiotropium in COPD

1997 Medical advisor to Plymouth Breath Easy (patient) group

Within University of Plymouth

Allied Health Professionals module ADV740

Remote and Global Health masters module

A wide range of external teaching in research and clinical medicine. 

2009- Global emPOWER international education initiative for COPD editorial board

 (28 countries used in meeting involving to 36,000 primary clinicians)

2009- COPDexchange website editorial committee- national COPD web based resource