David Hancock
Head, AIR Health Team
MD, PhD
Dr David Hancock is the head of the Advancing Innovation in Respiratory (AIR) Health team at The Kids Research Institute Australia, and a paediatric respiratory physician at Perth Children’s Hospital. David received his PhD in 2013 from the University of Sydney, New South Wales, and his MD in 2016 from Flinders University, South Australia.
David’s primary research interests lie in the utilisation of “big data” approaches to find innovative approaches to diagnose and treat respiratory disease in childhood.
David is one of the lead investigators extending large respiratory cohorts in WA including the MAVRIC (1300+ children with wheezing over 23 years), RHINO (allergic/respiratory outcomes in 2,500+ ORIGINS children), AERIAL (480 children from birth to 5 years), and BANK CF (40,000+ bio samples from children with cystic fibrosis) cohorts.
He also has extensive experience in clinical trials research as the clinical lead of the Respiratory Clinical Trials Group at The Kids, with experience as an investigator on 23 Phase I-IV respiratory clinical trials covering both industry and investigator-initiated trials.