Chris Brereton

About

Chris is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician working in Wollongong Hospital, NSW. His specialist training was undertaken at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney; and Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney.

He undertook a 3-year clinical research fellowship in the Interstitial Lung Disease Unit at Southampton Hospital, United Kingdom where he also completed his PhD, investigating the causes and biomechanical effects of changes to collagen in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

He aims to bridge the divide between translational research and clinical medicine in order to increase our understanding of the mechanisms driving pulmonary fibrosis and deliver better treatment options for patients.