Professor Parviz Habibi

1973. BSc Hons. ‘Biological Sciences’ 1976. PhD. Thesis title: ‘The Role of The Limbic System In Learning And Memory’. 1980. MB ChB. Birmingham University Medical School. 1981-1984. Paediatric training at the Birmingham Children's and Dudley Rd hospital. 1983-1992. Paediatric training at Queen Elizabeth Hackney and Great Ormond Street, hospitals; major interests: Infectious Diseases, Pulmonology and Intensive Care; completed fellowship in heart lung transplantation. 1992. Senior Lecturer and Consultant, Paediatric Intensive Care and Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College and St Mary’s Hospital, London. Founder of PICU. 2000. Merit B award 2000. ‘Millennium Celebration of Achievement award' Luncheon attended by HRH Queen Elizabeth II. ‘pioneering inter-hospital transport service for critically ill children’. 2006. Reader, Imperial College London. 2006-2016 ACCEA Silver award holder 2008. Co-founder and Director Paediatric Research Unit, Imperial College. 2010. Sabbatical study, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sleep Medicine Unit. 2011. Research Collaboration with University of Sydney 2018. Professor of Practice  Research interests (see selected publications): • Inter-hospital transport of critically ill children. • Meningococcal sepsis. • Cardiovascular parameters in septic shock: supervised MD. • Measurement and assessment of work of breathing in neonates during nCPAP: supervised MD. • Nutrition in the critically ill children: supervised 2 PhDs. • Heliox in Paediatric Respiratory Care: supervised PhD. • Sleep disordered breathing and asthma: PhD supervision current • Novel techniques for sleep diagnostics: PhD supervision current • Home monitoring in difficult asthma: BRU/BRC project • Sleep in children with severe allergic eczema: BRC project • Better nights fresh days: health and Well being EIT labs Phillips current Grants Held: 2004-2007: £1.1 M - BOC 2007-2009: £291K- COSMIC BREATHE 2007-2009: £160K - COSMIC Sepsis study 2008-2009: £37.5 K- COSMIC CPAP Study 2006-2009: £50K - Save The Baby 2009-2013: £500K - George John Livanos Charitable Trust 2009-2014: £ 250K - Leventis Foundation 2015-2016: £14 K - BRC/BRP 2015-2016: £ 94 K - EIT Labs Philips Current Research: diagnosis and monitoring of sleep disordered breathing in children using ‘Sonomat’ that uses stethoscope-like sensors embedded in a mattress to record breathing sounds and movements without attaching anything to the patient. Research Collaboration: Imperial College London and Sydney University and Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust. Current Project: The relationship between sleep-disordered breathing and asthma in children using a novel diagnostic tool, Sonomat. Setting: Imperial College Centre for Paediatric Sleep Science and Medicine, London. Current activity 450 Sleep studies per annum. Staffing: Dr Parviz Habibi, Director Mr James Di Pas

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