Alyn Morice

Professor Morice qualified at Cambridge University and after House jobs in London undertook research (MD) into the pharmacology of asthma at St Mary’s Hospital. As Clinical Lecturer at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Professor Morice developed his interest in cough, demonstrating cough hypersensitivity caused by ACE inhibitors. In 1989 Professor Morice was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Sheffield, developing a Pulmonary Vascular service and the first UK Cough Clinic. In 1998, Professor Morice was appointed to the Foundation Chair in Respiratory Medicine in Hull University (now part of Hull York Medical School).

Professor Morice has pioneered investigation into the epidemiology, diagnosis and therapeutics of cough culminating in the production of national and international guidelines.