He graduated from University of Malta in 1999. He trained in Malta, England and Scotland and took up his first consultant post in 2009. He was awarded a National Research Scotland Career Researcher fellowship in 2012. This has allowed him to develop an academic focus around lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) epidemiology, infection and innate immunity resulting in several presentations and publications. Dr Schembri's clinical interests include COPD, lung cancer and pleural disease. Professor Frances Mair - Principal Investigator