Dr Rob Chapman is a Respiratory Medicine Specialty Registrar and NIHR Doctoral Fellow at University College London (UCL). His research focuses on multi-morbidity in chronic respiratory diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with a particular emphasis on cardiopulmonary outcomes.

His NIHR Doctoral Fellowship began in April 2026. Through it he is undertaking a PhD at UCL, supervised by Professor Joe Jacob, Dr Rishi Gupta and Professor John Hurst. His doctoral research, Characterising and Intervening on Multi-Morbidity in Chronic Respiratory Diseases, combines national-scale health data with advanced CT imaging biomarkers to quantify disease burden, understand inequalities in outcomes, and develop prediction models that enable earlier, more personalised intervention for patients at highest risk.

Before his doctoral fellowship, Rob was an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at UCL Respiratory (2023–2026). He also serves on the British Thoracic Society’s Quality Improvement Committee.