Clinical Exercise Testing & Interpretation — A Practical Approach

Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he founded the Exercise Physiology Research Laboratory and directed the COPD clinical and research programmes for 25 years. Author of the definitive textbook that established the simplified, four‑panel interpretive framework the course teaches. Recipient of the Sherman M. Mellinkoff Faculty Award — UCLA's highest faculty distinction. Founder of enhancedCPETanalytics.

Consultant Respiratory Physician at Cambridge University Hospitals, affiliated with the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute. Since 2023, National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease for NHS England and Chair of the Adult Specialised Respiratory Clinical Reference Group. Clinical and research interests span exercise physiology, COPD and access to specialist respiratory care.

Consultant Healthcare Scientist and Head of the Joint Respiratory Physiology Service serving Cambridge University Hospitals and Royal Papworth Hospital. Former Honorary Chair of ARTP and past Chair of ERS Group 9.1. Currently co‑chair of the ERS/GLI task force developing global reference equations for cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Clinical lead for course logistics and programme design.

Medical Director of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing at UCLA Health and Prof Cooper's closest clinical and research partner in the Exercise Physiology Research Laboratory. Helps lead the emerging UCLA collaboration between respiratory and cardiology services in the CPET lab. Brings front‑line interpretive experience and a strong case‑teaching style.

Cardiologist at UCLA with an active academic focus on CPET and post‑COVID cardiopulmonary limitation. Lead investigator for a 19‑centre long‑COVID consortium studying reduced exercise capacity and chronotropic insufficiency. Recruited to UCLA from UCSF; brings fresh perspective on CPET in unexplained dyspnoea and long‑COVID.

Reader in Human and Applied Physiology at Brunel. Post‑doctoral training at the John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Wisconsin‑Madison. Fellow of the ACSM, BASES and PhySoc. Senior Editor at Experimental Physiology. Former physiology lead at the British Olympic Medical Centre. Expert on respiratory muscle work and exercise‑induced arterial hypoxaemia.

Professor of Practice in Cardiopulmonary Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London. Director of the National Pulmonary Hypertension Service at Hammersmith Hospital. Special interests in breathlessness, pulmonary vascular disease and the exercise physiology of pulmonary hypertension. Oxford‑trained physiologist and Cambridge‑trained clinician.

Consultant Clinical Scientist in Sleep and Ventilation at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire with more than 30 years in respiratory and sleep diagnostics. President of the Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP). Led the UHCW department to UKAS (IQIPS) accreditation and has a long‑standing specialist interest in CPET.

Consultant Respiratory Physician at Belfast City Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast. Over 30 years' clinical experience in cardiopulmonary exercise testing, including a two‑year fellowship at Harbor‑UCLA. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Published widely on CPET in metabolic myopathies and unexplained exercise intolerance.

Consultant at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Gartnavel General and Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank. Clinical and research focus on the role of CPET in dysfunctional breathing and unexplained dyspnoea. Long‑standing contributor to the advanced interpretive workshops.

Respiratory clinician at Cambridge University Hospitals working closely with the joint CUH/Royal Papworth physiology service. Integral to the live practical demonstrations of CPET during the course and a bridge between clinical and physiological teaching.

Senior Respiratory Physiologist at Cambridge, leading her own cohort of clinical CPET studies. Joining the teaching faculty in 2026 to support the practical demonstrations across both days — the latest in a line of the course's commitment to developing the next generation of CPET specialists.

Consultant Clinical Scientist and Lead Respiratory Physiologist at Cambridge University Hospitals, and Vice‑Chair of the Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP). Active contributor to ATS/ERS guideline development for pulmonary function and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Leads the delegate participation CPET on Day 1.

Associate Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation at the University of Southampton. Internationally recognised for applied CPET research in cystic fibrosis and other long‑term conditions, with a focus on translating exercise science into routine clinical practice. Teaches on long‑term aerobic performance and rehabilitation applications of CPET.

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at UCLH with a subspecialty interest in preoperative CPET. Leads pre‑assessment CPET services for complex surgical patients and teaches the course's perioperative risk stratification session — where functional capacity measured by CPET is an increasingly central part of the shared decision.

Clinician with a specific interest in exercise‑induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) and dysfunctional breathing patterns in the athlete and non‑athlete. Joins the 2026 faculty to lead the advanced workshop on upper‑airway and breathing‑pattern disorders — one of the commonest causes of unexplained dyspnoea on CPET.