Heather Zar

"The big question in the project is, what makes for a healthy child?"

"I was always very interested in the potential public health impact."

"In pulmonology, there’s a lot of immediate change oxygen, antibiotics, those sorts of interventions, plus interventions on a longer timeframe."

"Improving access to affordable, effective interventions globally is vital."

"Much childhood death and illness is preventable."

"My hope is that it helps shine a spotlight on this relatively under resourced area of research."

"There’s so much respiratory disease and there’s so much to be done."

"It’s a key issue to get these products to low and middle income countries (LMICs)."

"I wanted to be in an area in which you could turn things around."

"Paediatrics is about creating better futures."

"Why some children are healthy children from the same communities."

"Children are so seldom prioritised on the health agenda."