TY - JOUR T1 - <em>Confidences de Salon</em>: John Hurst JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 253 LP - 254 DO - 10.1183/20734735.143218 VL - 14 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 2018/09/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/14/3/253.abstract N2 - John Hurst is the ERS Monograph Chief Editor elect. He is a Reader in Respiratory Medi­cine at University College London, where his research looks at the mechanisms of exacerbation susceptibility and cardiovascular risk as applied to COPD and bronchiectasis. This extends to α1-antitrypsin deficiency, lung disease in primary immuno­deficiency and the adult consequences of prematurity. His clinical work at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust focuses on the Specialist COPD and Bronchiectasis services, and he has an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. He is COPD lead for the UK National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme.ERS Monograph Chief Editor elect, John Hurst, gives an insight into his life http://ow.ly/NfDg30kVaM0 ER -