Dr Varun Sharma
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (Undergraduate Medical School)
 
                        email: 
                        Varun.Sharma@glasgow.ac.uk
                    
University Hospital Wishaw, Respiratory Department, 50 Netherton Street, Wishaw, ML2 0DP
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, Varun, Ricketts, Helen Clare, Steffensen, Femke, Goodfellow, Anna, Buchan, Duncan S. and Cowan, Douglas C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Varun, Ricketts, Helen Clare, McCombie, Louise, Brosnahan, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3354-1060, Crawford, Luisa, Slaughter, Lesley, Goodfellow, Anna, Lean, Michael E.J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-0083 and Cowan, Douglas C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Varun, Ricketts, Helen Clare, Steffensen, Femke, Goodfellow, Anna and Cowan, Douglas C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Helen Clare, Sharma, Varun, Steffensen, Femke, Goodfellow, Anna, Mackay, Elaine, MacDonald, Gordon, Buchan, Duncan S., Chaudhuri, Rekha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8007-949X and Cowan, Douglas C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Varun and Cowan, Douglas C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Varun, Ricketts, Helen Clare, Steffensen, Femke, Goodfellow, Anna, Buchan, Duncan S. and Cowan, Douglas C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Varun, Ricketts, Helen Clare, McCombie, Louise, Brosnahan, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3354-1060, Crawford, Luisa, Slaughter, Lesley, Goodfellow, Anna, Lean, Michael E.J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-0083 and Cowan, Douglas C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Varun, Ricketts, Helen Clare, Steffensen, Femke, Goodfellow, Anna and Cowan, Douglas C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Helen Clare, Sharma, Varun, Steffensen, Femke, Goodfellow, Anna, Mackay, Elaine, MacDonald, Gordon, Buchan, Duncan S., Chaudhuri, Rekha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8007-949X and Cowan, Douglas C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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, Varun and Cowan, Douglas C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-9041
  
(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)