Summary
Michael was appointed as a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine in 2016 and currently works in the Respiratory Research Group within the Institute of Clinical and Applied Health Research.
Michael undertook his undergraduate training in Dundee before moving to Edinburgh where he completed his Foundation Training. He moved to Hull in 2009 as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow before completing his MD investigating the role of platelets and the endothelium in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2013. He was subsequently awarded an NIHR Clinical Lecturer position at Hull York Medical School where he continued his interstitial lung disease research and developed his interest in COPD and the use of technology in healthcare.
He is an honorary consultant in Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. His sub-speciality interests include interstitial lung disease and COPD for which he undertakes weekly clinics. He leads the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals COPD service.
Journal Article
Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial
Crooks, M. G., Wright, C., Hart, S., Allgar, V., English, A., Swan, F., Dyson, J., Richardson, G., Twiddy, M., Cohen, J., Simpson, A., Huang, C., Sykes, D. L., & Johnson, M. (2025). Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 12(1), Article e002327. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002327
ERS guideline recommendation on airflow for breathlessness: the pitfalls of applying GRADE evidence ratings to complex non-pharmacological interventions
Luckett, T., Swan, F., Clark, J., Roberts, M., Pearson, M., Hutchinson, A., Currow, D., Kochovska, S., Crooks, M., Smith, T., & Johnson, M. (2025). ERS guideline recommendation on airflow for breathlessness: the pitfalls of applying GRADE evidence ratings to complex non-pharmacological interventions. European respiratory journal, 65(2), Article 2402244. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02244-2024
Nighttime Cough Characteristics in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients
den Brinker, A. C., Ouweltjes, O., Rietman, R., Thackray-Nocera, S., Crooks, M. G., & Morice, A. H. (2025). Nighttime Cough Characteristics in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients. Sensors, 25(2), Article 404. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25020404
Breathlessness without borders: a call to action for global breathlessness research
Clark, J. D., Binnie, K., Bond, M., Crooks, M., Currow, D. C., Curry, J., Elsey, H., Habib, M., Hutchinson, A., Soyiri, I., Johnson, M. J., Nair, S., Rao, S., Siqueira-Filha, N., Spathis, A., & Williams, S. (2024). Breathlessness without borders: a call to action for global breathlessness research. NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 34(1), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-024-00384-9