Dr Varun Sharma
- Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (Undergraduate Medical School)
Publications
2025
Sharma, V. et al. (2025) A 1-year weight management program for difficult-to-treat asthma with obesity: a randomized controlled study. Chest, 167(1), pp. 42-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.09.042) (PMID:39427706) (PMCID:PMC11752128)
2024
Sharma, V., Ricketts, H. C., Steffensen, F., Goodfellow, A., Buchan, D. S. and Cowan, D. C. (2024) Accelerometer-derived sleep metrics in mild and difficult-to-treat asthma. Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 20, 5. (doi: 10.1186/s13223-024-00874-y) (PMID:38221641) (PMCID:PMC10787977)
2023
Sharma, V., Ricketts, H. C., McCombie, L., Brosnahan, N. , Crawford, L., Slaughter, L., Goodfellow, A., Lean, M. E.J. and Cowan, D. C. (2023) A total diet replacement weight management programme for difficult-to-treat asthma associated with obesity: a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Chest, 163(5), pp. 1026-1037. (doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.01.015) (PMID:36649753)
Sharma, V., Ricketts, H. C., Steffensen, F., Goodfellow, A. and Cowan, D. C. (2023) Obesity affects type 2 biomarker levels in asthma. Journal of Asthma, 60(2), pp. 385-392. (doi: 10.1080/02770903.2022.2051548) (PMID:35260034)
2022
Ricketts, H. C., Sharma, V., Steffensen, F., Goodfellow, A., Mackay, E., MacDonald, G., Buchan, D. S., Chaudhuri, R. and Cowan, D. C. (2022) A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of tailored pulmonary rehabilitation in participants with difficult-to-control asthma and elevated body mass index. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 22, 363. (doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-02152-2) (PMID:36153525) (PMCID:PMC9509551)
2021
McPeake, J. et al. (2021) Long-term outcomes following severe COVID-19 infection: a multicentre cohort study of family member outcomes. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 18(12), pp. 2098-2101. (doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202104-481RL) (PMID:34192506) (PMCID:PMC8641813)
Sharma, V. and Cowan, D. C. (2021) Obesity, inflammation, and severe asthma: an update. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, 21(12), 46. (doi: 10.1007/s11882-021-01024-9)
McPeake, J. et al. (2021) Long-term outcomes following severe COVID-19 infection: a propensity matched cohort study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 8, e001080. (doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-001080)
2018
Yang, J. F. et al. (2018) Insights into frequent asthma exacerbations from a primary care perspective and the implications of UK National Review of Asthma Deaths recommendations. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 28, 35. (doi: 10.1038/s41533-018-0103-9) (PMID:30232329) (PMCID:PMC6145932)
Articles
Sharma, V. et al. (2025) A 1-year weight management program for difficult-to-treat asthma with obesity: a randomized controlled study. Chest, 167(1), pp. 42-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.09.042) (PMID:39427706) (PMCID:PMC11752128)
Sharma, V., Ricketts, H. C., Steffensen, F., Goodfellow, A., Buchan, D. S. and Cowan, D. C. (2024) Accelerometer-derived sleep metrics in mild and difficult-to-treat asthma. Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 20, 5. (doi: 10.1186/s13223-024-00874-y) (PMID:38221641) (PMCID:PMC10787977)
Sharma, V., Ricketts, H. C., McCombie, L., Brosnahan, N. , Crawford, L., Slaughter, L., Goodfellow, A., Lean, M. E.J. and Cowan, D. C. (2023) A total diet replacement weight management programme for difficult-to-treat asthma associated with obesity: a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Chest, 163(5), pp. 1026-1037. (doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.01.015) (PMID:36649753)
Sharma, V., Ricketts, H. C., Steffensen, F., Goodfellow, A. and Cowan, D. C. (2023) Obesity affects type 2 biomarker levels in asthma. Journal of Asthma, 60(2), pp. 385-392. (doi: 10.1080/02770903.2022.2051548) (PMID:35260034)
Ricketts, H. C., Sharma, V., Steffensen, F., Goodfellow, A., Mackay, E., MacDonald, G., Buchan, D. S., Chaudhuri, R. and Cowan, D. C. (2022) A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of tailored pulmonary rehabilitation in participants with difficult-to-control asthma and elevated body mass index. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 22, 363. (doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-02152-2) (PMID:36153525) (PMCID:PMC9509551)
McPeake, J. et al. (2021) Long-term outcomes following severe COVID-19 infection: a multicentre cohort study of family member outcomes. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 18(12), pp. 2098-2101. (doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202104-481RL) (PMID:34192506) (PMCID:PMC8641813)
Sharma, V. and Cowan, D. C. (2021) Obesity, inflammation, and severe asthma: an update. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, 21(12), 46. (doi: 10.1007/s11882-021-01024-9)
McPeake, J. et al. (2021) Long-term outcomes following severe COVID-19 infection: a propensity matched cohort study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 8, e001080. (doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-001080)
Yang, J. F. et al. (2018) Insights into frequent asthma exacerbations from a primary care perspective and the implications of UK National Review of Asthma Deaths recommendations. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 28, 35. (doi: 10.1038/s41533-018-0103-9) (PMID:30232329) (PMCID:PMC6145932)