Professor Hans Michael Haitchi

Professor Hans Michael Haitchi

 MD, MMed(INT), PhD, PD, MRCP(London), FHEA, PGcert
Professor

Research interests

  • Study of the asthma susceptibility gene A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease 33 (ADAM33) in early life and adult asthma and other chronic lung diseases.
  • Development of novel Anti-ADAM33 agents as potential disease modifying asthma therapy.
  • Multiomic study of the influence of the maternal environment (e.g. allergic asthma, obesity) during pregnancy on ADAM33 and other mediators and the early origin of lung disease in the Maternal Environment in Pregnancy (MEP) cohort.

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About

Dr Hans Michael Haitchi is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine & an Academic Clinician Scientist within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Physician in the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

Hans Michael trained in Austria, South Africa, UK and USA. He leads a group that investigates the pathogenesis of asthma and other chronic lung diseases. His particular interest is in the role of the asthma susceptibility gene ADAM33 in asthma and influence of the maternal environment on the early origin of lung disease using in vivo and in vitro asthma and allergic airway inflammation research models. A further related interest is developing novel Anti-ADAM33 agents as potential disease modifying asthma treatment.

His research is based in the Faculty of Medicine and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre Respiratory theme, where he is a principal investigator.