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Christine Jenkins, MD, FRACP
Chair, Asthma Expert Advisory Committee, Department of Health and Ageing
Past Chair, National Asthma Campaign (now National Asthma Council Australia)
Past Chair, National Asthma Reference Group, Department of Health and Ageing
Christine Jenkins is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney and a thoracic physician at Concord Hospital, Sydney. She has a strong clinical research interest in the treatment of airways disease and is head of the Airways Group at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney. She chairs the Education Program in the Co-operative Research Centre for Asthma and Airways, and chairs the Asthma Expert Advisory Committee formed to advise the Australian Department of Health and Ageing on asthma issues. Dr Jenkins’ research interests include the optimal use of inhaled corticosteroids in the management of asthma and guidelines for asthma management. She is also very interested in issues of patient education and adherence to treatment regimens.
Dr Jenkins’ work has resulted in membership of many working parties and clinical advisory groups to state and national medical and government bodies, and to national medical publications. She has published widely on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She is a member of the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Executive. She is an active clinician and teacher and has written a book for patients and their families, Know Your Asthma, and co-edited a textbook for students and GPs, Understanding Asthma.
In 2003 Dr Jenkins was awarded an AM in the Order of Australia, for services to respiratory medicine, especially as a physician, administrator and educator, particularly in the field of asthma education.
Updated April 2007
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HealthInsite Expert View by Dr Christine Jenkins. Asthma is a disorder affecting the airways of the lung. People with asthma have very sensitive airways that narrow in response to certain ´triggers´, leading to difficulty breathing. The airway narrowing is caused by inflammation and swelling of the airway lining, tightening of the airway muscles, and the production of excess mucus. This results in a reduced airflow in and out of the lungs.
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