The Lung and Asthma Information Agency is an academic unit
in the Department of Community Health Sciences at St George's
Hospital Medical School. Established in 1990, LAIA's sponsors
are the Asthma UK , British
Lung Foundation and the British Thoracic
Society. There has been additional support over the years
from commercial funders.
Overall management of LAIA is by a Steering Group. This comprises
of representatives from: the Asthma UK, British Lung Foundation and the British Thoracic Society the Office
for National Statistics (ONS) and the Department of Community
Health Sciences at St. George's. LAIA is managed locally by
a Project Board which includes various academic members of staff
in the Department of Community Health Sciences.
The work of the Agency concentrates on three main areas:
- the production of factsheets, charts and tables on the epidemiology
of lung diseases
- the maintenance of a comprehensive respiratory database
- the provision of an ad-hoc information service to its sponsors:
the Asthma UK, the British Lung Foundation
and the British Thoracic Society.
Our factsheets, charts and figures can be downloaded. We are
however unable to provide a general information service to the
public. If you have specific queries on asthma or other lung
diseases, please contact our sponsors who may be able to help
you.
To be notified of new factsheets, join our email
list.
They are jointly responsible for all administrative
and epidemiological aspects of LAIA. These include writing or editing
factsheets, maintaining the databases, contributing to external
publications on behalf of LAIA and administering the website, funds and
reports.
