Gerrard F. Rafferty

Gerrard F. Rafferty received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in physiology from the University of Leeds, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree in physiology from the King’s College London, University of London, U.K. He is currently a Reader in human and translational physiology with King’s College London (KCL), Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences within the School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, and he is based in the Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, King’s College Hospital. His research in the area of in vivo respiratory and peripheral muscle physiology across the life course in health and disease is internationally recognized and has published widely in this area with over 180 authored and coauthored publications. Working at the interface between basic and clinical physiology, his research has been translational, involving the development and further refinement of measurement techniques to allow understanding of basic physiological processes in healthy subjects and the effect of disease pathology and treatment interventions in patients.