Frank J Kelly Explained

Frank J Kelly
Birth Date:Northern Ireland
Discipline:Physiology
Alma Mater:Queen's University Belfast

Frank J. Kelly is a British professor of community health and policy and Head of the Environmental Research Group (a global centre dedicated to air pollution research) at Imperial College London.[1] [2] He is an authority on the medical effects of air pollution.[3] [4] [5]

Academic career and research

Kelly obtained his first degree from Queen's University Belfast, before taking a Ph.D. in physiology there as well. He then joined Pennsylvania State University, as a postdoctoral fellow. After working in the United States, he returned to the UK as a lecturer at Southampton University. During the early part of his career, his research focused on free-radical biology and human disease, and lung damage in premature babies and cystic fibrosis patients.[6]

In 1992, Kelly moved to London and developed a new research interest in the effect of air pollution on lungs and respiratory health. He became a Senior Lecturer at St Thomas’ Hospital, where his research interests included the health effects of vitamin E,[7] before moving to King's College, London, where he was Professor of Environmental Health and Director of the Environmental Research Group.[6] Kelly and his group transferred to Imperial College in 2020.[8] His current work includes WellHome, a large study of how indoor air pollutants affect childhood asthma in urban environments.[9] [10]

Kelly works with the World Health Organization on air pollution issues and is a member of the Health Effects Institute (HEI) Review Committee. He has also served as Chairman of the UK Department of Health Expert Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), President of the European Society for Free Radical Research, and Chairman of the British Association for Lung Research.[1]

Kelly has published over 380 peer-reviewed papers.[11]

Awards

Kelly won the 2019 Royal Society of Chemistry Toxicology Award for "outstanding research into free radical and antioxidant toxicological mechanisms relevant to pulmonary toxicity".[12] Also that year, he shared the Elsevier Haagen-Smit Prize with Julia Fussell for a paper on the toxicity of particulate air pollution.[13] He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2018[14] and became an honorary fellow of the Institute of Air Quality Management in 2021.[15]

Media appearances

Kelly is a frequent media commentator on air quality issues, such as pollution in London,[5] [16] [17] pollution caused by road transport,[4] [18] whether a shift to electric cars can tackle air quality,[19] the use of taxes to improve air quality,[20] indoor air pollution,[21] air quality in other parts of the world,[22] [23] and the effectiveness of air pollution limits and guidelines.[24]

Selected publications

Books and reports

Scientific papers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Frank Kelly . Imperial College London . 22 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Scheuber . Andrew . New global centre of air pollution research as Frank Kelly group joins Imperial . Imperial College London . 19 September 2021 . 12 March 2020.
  3. News: Carrington . Damian . Electric cars are not the answer to air pollution, says top UK adviser . 22 August 2021 . The Guardian . 4 August 2017.
  4. News: Chrystal . Robin . Boris Johnson sticks by gluing pollution to roads . 2 December 2021 . BBC News . 18 November 2011.
  5. News: Edwards . Tom . ULEZ: Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion and the price of pollution . 25 February 2023 . BBC News . 23 February 2023. World expert on air quality, Prof Frank Kelly from Imperial College London, says expanding ULEZ will improve the health of Londoners. "There is nowhere in London still that does meet the WHO air quality guidelines so that means everywhere you go the air you are breathing is having some impact on your health," he said..
  6. Web site: Fellow Profile: Professor Frank Kelly . Plus Alliance . Arizona State University, King’s College London, and UNSW Sydney . 16 April 2022.
  7. 5. Brigelius-Flohé . Regina . Kelly . Frank J . Salonen . Jukka . Neuzil . Jiri . Zingg . Jean-Marc . Azzi . Angelo . The European perspective on vitamin E: current knowledge and future research . Am J Clin Nutr . 2002 . 76 . 4 . 703–16 . 10.1093/ajcn/76.4.703 . 12324281 . 18 April 2022. free .
  8. Web site: Scheuber . Andrew . New global centre of air pollution research as Frank Kelly group joins Imperial . Imperial College London . 12 March 2020 . 16 April 2022.
  9. Web site: Exploring how air pollution in indoor spaces affects human health . UK Research and Innovation . 21 December 2023 . 23 July 2021.
  10. Web site: WellHome - West London Healthy Home and Environment Study . Imperial College London . 21 December 2023.
  11. Web site: Professor Frank Kelly . Imperial College London . 22 August 2021.
  12. Web site: Professor Frank Kelly, Imperial College London, Receives 2019 Toxicology Award . NIHR Health Protection Research Unit . 17 May 2022 . 12 November 2021.
  13. Web site: Professor Frank Kelly and Dr Julia Fussell win Haagen-Smit prize . King's College London . 17 May 2022 . 21 February 2020.
  14. Web site: Professor Frank Kelly FMedSci . The Academy of Medical Sciences . 10 September 2022.
  15. Web site: Prof Frank Kelly elected as IAQM Honorary Fellow . Institute of Air Quality Management . 17 May 2022 . 24 December 2021.
  16. News: Gruner . Peter . London's pollution 'worst in Europe' . 22 August 2021 . Evening Standard . 12 April 2012.
  17. News: Coghlan . Andy . Air pollution blights London life . New Scientist . 13 November 2012. 22 August 2021.
  18. News: Wilford . Greg . Total car ban is the only way to beat air pollution in cities, expert warns . 22 August 2021 . The Independent . 5 August 2017.
  19. News: Kelly . Frank . London should lead in showing electric cars will not tackle air pollution . 21 November 2022 . The Guardian . 4 August 2017.
  20. News: Webster . Ben . Call to tax 'deadly' diesel . The Times . 30 April 2014 . 14.
  21. News: Lees . Martina . Clear the Air: Your home could be more toxic than a traffic-choked main road . The Sunday Times . 1 December 2019 . 20.
  22. News: Vidal . John . Air pollution: a dark cloud of filth poisons the world's cities . 18 April 2022 . The Observer . 16 January 2016.
  23. News: Bagenal . Flora . Smog at Beijing Games five times over safety limit . The Sunday Times . 6 July 2008 . 13.
  24. News: Bawden . Tom . Government considers tougher air pollution laws in wake of coroner's landmark asthma ruling . 22 August 2021 . iNews . 21 April 2021.

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