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VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Chronic Insomnia Disorder and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Cites the TESLA-home trial (eClinicalMedicine, 2023) as the randomised-trial evidence it reviewed on transcutaneous electrical stimulation for sleep apnoea (reference 205).
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Treatment in Adults – Evidence Update
Summarises the TESLA-home trial (eClinicalMedicine, 2023): participants receiving the treatment had significantly greater improvements in sleep apnoea outcomes than usual care (reference 31).
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Review of Tobacco Control Legislative Framework – Impact Analysis
Cites my BMJ Open study (2016), twice, as evidence that the impact of graphic health warnings on tobacco packs wears out over time and the warnings need refreshing (references 136 and 138).
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Nicotine vaping in England: 2022 evidence update
Includes my study in Lung (2019) on e-cigarette advertising and London students in its systematic review of how advertising and communications shape perceptions of vaping (chapter 15, reference 22).
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Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements (proposed rule)
Cites my BMJ Open study (2014) as evidence that the public has limited awareness of vision loss and blindness as a consequence of smoking, in support of new graphic health warnings (reference 201).
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Written answer by the Minister for Health on awareness of smoking-related health risks among Singaporeans
The Minister for Health, Mr Gan Kim Yong, opens his answer with the findings of my London–Singapore study (BMJ Open, 2016) on how aware Singaporeans are of the health risks of smoking.
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Sleep and Health (POSTnote 585)
Cites my Clinical Update Sleep review (Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2016) on the rising prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea with obesity and ageing, in its briefing for MPs and peers (endnote 71).
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Study on the identification of potential risks to public health associated with the use of refillable electronic cigarettes
Cites my e-cigarette advertising research (British Thoracic Society, 2015) on how advertising portrays vaping as socially acceptable (reference 315).
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Cites the TESLA trial (Thorax, 2016) and my meta-analysis of electrical stimulation (Sleep and Breathing, 2021).
Cites my meta-analysis of electrical stimulation (Sleep and Breathing, 2021).
Cites my meta-analysis of electrical stimulation (Sleep and Breathing, 2021).
Cites our study of CPAP and blood pressure variability (Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2016).
Cites my study of CPAP titration and blood pressure (Blood Pressure, 2018).
Summarises my meta-analysis of electrical stimulation (Sleep and Breathing, 2021) in its review of treatments.
Awards and recognition
- 2026 Session chair, European Respiratory Society International Congress Chaired the poster session "Novel approaches to diagnostics and therapeutics in sleep apnoea" (Barcelona). Source: ERS final programme
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2023 Invited speaker, 6th Clinical Update Sleep Session "Hot topics and clinical trials", Royal College of Physicians, London. Source: Conference programme
- 2019 Colin Sullivan Award, British Sleep Society For my systematic review and meta-analysis of electrical stimulation in obstructive sleep apnoea (Birmingham Sleep 2019). Named after Professor Colin Sullivan, inventor of CPAP. Source: British Sleep Society
- 2016 Royal Society of Medicine: Young Respiratory Investigator Prize and Young Epidemiologist Award Section prizes from the RSM Respiratory Medicine Section and the Epidemiology & Public Health Section. Source: RSM Annual Report 2015/16
- 2016 CARE Convention: Fisher & Paykel Poster Competition winner For my research on e-cigarette advertising (University of Warwick). Source: Certificate
- 2015 American Thoracic Society Abstract Scholarship Award From the Behavioral Science and Health Services Research Assembly, for "The importance of a socio-cultural context for the use of graphic health warning labels" (ATS 2015, Denver). Source: American Thoracic Society (archived)
AI chatbots and sleep apnoea
In a third of cases, AI chatbots wrongly reassure sleep apnoea patients their symptoms aren't serious
Research presented at the ERS Congress in Barcelona tested 700 conversations across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek and Grok. Every chatbot gave the right referral advice to a cooperative patient. When the same patient pushed back, that advice collapsed: a documented case of AI sycophancy in a clinical setting.
- dpa, via The Charlotte Observer26 Sep 2026 AI is wrongly telling us not to worry about sleep apnea, chats show
- Tom's Guide13 Sep 2026 Study says chatbots are misdiagnosing sleep apnea, so a doctor is sharing 4 symptoms you should never ignore
- dpa, via The Star10 Sep 2026 AI is wrongly telling us not to worry about sleep apnea, chats show
- Earth.com29 Sep 2026 AI chatbots changed their medical advice when patients pushed back
- Medical Daily8 Sep 2026 AI chatbots dropped correct sleep apnea referral advice a third of the time when patients resisted
- Knowridge Science Report8 Sep 2026 AI may miss this serious sleep apnea warning
- Scimex (Science Media Centre)6 Sep 2026 AI chatbots might wrongly tell you your sleep apnoea isn't serious
- EurekAlert! (AAAS)6 Sep 2026 In a third of cases, AI chatbots wrongly reassure sleep apnea patients their symptoms aren't serious
- Medical Xpress6 Sep 2026 In a third of cases, AI chatbots wrongly reassure sleep apnea patients that their symptoms aren't serious
- News-Medical6 Sep 2026 AI chatbots wrongly reassure sleep apnea patients, study finds
- Respiratory Therapy6 Sep 2026 AI chatbots wrongly disregard sleep apnea symptoms
- Drug Today (India)7 Sep 2026 AI chatbots may reassure sleep apnoea patients into risky delays
- Pulmonologiczny.pl (Poland)7 Sep 2026 ERS Congress 2026: Chatboty AI wycofywały zalecenie diagnostyki OBS, gdy pacjent bagatelizował objawy
- Ma Clinique (France)7 Sep 2026 Les chatbots IA rassurent à tort les patients souffrant d’apnée du sommeil, selon une étude
- MedLabPortal (Germany)7 Sep 2026 KI-Chatbots raten bei Schlafapnoe oft von Abklärung ab, wenn Patient zögert
- smartup-news (Germany)7 Sep 2026 KI-Chatbots wiegen Schlafapnoe-Patienten in jedem dritten Fall in falscher Sicherheit
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation and non-CPAP therapy
Our review in CHEST of the randomised controlled trial evidence for hypoglossal nerve stimulation and other electrical stimulation treatments for obstructive sleep apnoea.
The TESLA-Home trial
TENS machine provides cheaper and non-invasive treatment for sleep apnoea
Our randomised controlled trial of home-based transcutaneous electrical stimulation for people with obstructive sleep apnoea who struggle to use CPAP, published in The Lancet's eClinicalMedicine with me as first author, and the core of my PhD.
Read the release ↗- HealthDay Physician's Briefing18 Aug 2023 Domiciliary transcutaneous electrical stimulation safe, effective for sleep apnea
- MedPage Today4 Aug 2023 Noninvasive nerve stimulator may ease sleep apnea
- Medscape UK4 Aug 2023 TENS shows promise for obstructive sleep apnoea treatment
- Hope2Sleep5 Aug 2023 TESLA trial results published for non-invasive electrical stimulation for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
- Healio2 Oct 2023 Electrical stimulation may reduce OSA severity in patients with low CPAP adherence
- Neurology Advisor24 Aug 2023 Domiciliary transcutaneous electrical stimulation safe, effective for sleep apnea
- HealthDay10 Aug 2023 TENS device could ease sleep apnea, freeing patients from CPAP
- New Atlas10 Aug 2023 Could TENS pads replace CPAP masks for treating sleep apnea?
- Hospital Healthcare Europe9 Aug 2023 Domiciliary transcutaneous electrical stimulation may help patients with obstructive sleep apnoea
- Respiratory Therapy8 Aug 2023 Commonly used pain relief device could treat OSA
- Pharmacy Times7 Aug 2023 Electrical stimulation may improve sleep apnea, daytime sleepiness better than CPAP
- DrBicuspid17 Aug 2023 TENS treatment effective in treating OSA
- UPI3 Aug 2023 Study: Electrical stimulation shown to be effective in treating sleep apnea
- Medical Xpress3 Aug 2023 TENS machine provides less expensive, non-invasive treatment for sleep apnea
- News-Medical3 Aug 2023 TENS machine may offer new treatment option for patients with sleep apnea
- EurekAlert! (AAAS)3 Aug 2023 TENS machine provides cheaper and non-invasive treatment for sleep apnoea
Smoking and tobacco research
My studies of graphic health warnings on cigarette packets (in London and Singapore) and of e-cigarette advertising among London students. This work has since been cited by the US FDA, the UK Government, the Parliament of Singapore, the Australian Government and the European Commission (see above).