Affiliation: Newcastle University, Translational and Clinical Research Institute

Dr Wezi Sendama is a Specialty Registrar in Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne, and a Clinical Research Associate at Newcastle University. Wezi’s research uses endotoxin inhalation and bronchoalveolar lavage in human volunteers to understand the impact of ageing on alveolar macrophage behaviour in the initiation and resolution of inflammation.

Wezi qualified from Newcastle University Medical School in 2011 and undertook clinical rotations in hospitals in the North of England. After gaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 2015 he was appointed as a Registrar in Respiratory and Internal Medicine in the North East region, and in 2018 he returned to Newcastle University to undertake research alongside clinical work as a Clinical Fellow at the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre. He completed his Specialty Certificate Examination in Respiratory Medicine in 2019.