Sufferers of chronic respiratory disease join calls for plain packaging legislation
Sufferers of smoking-related heart attack, lung cancer and chronic respiratory disease today (Thursday January 23rd) urged the Government to stand firm against the power of the global tobacco industry by passing planned new plain packaging legislation. Speaking in Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin before the start of public hearings at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and […]
ITS Call under the MRCG HRB Joint Funding Scheme 2014
The Irish Thoracic Society (ITS) is pleased to announce a call for research projects under the 2014 MRCG/HRB Joint Funding Scheme to the value of €100,000.00 over two years. This call is made possible thanks to the support of GlaxoSmithKline Ireland through an unrestricted research grant. We are inviting research proposals that support the Irish Thoracic […]
Lung Disease in Ireland: Prevalence and Trends
The Irish Thoracic Society publishes report on Lung Disease in Ireland – Prevalence and Trends and Implications for Workforce Planning Full report
Asthma Society of Ireland / Irish Thoracic Society Research Bursary 2013
The Asthma Society of Ireland/Irish Thoracic Society Joint Research Bursary has been awarded to Professor Richard Costello and Dr Imran Sulaiman of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin to fund a research study assessing asthma inhaler use in General Practice. Presenting the award, Ms Sharon Cosgrove, CEO of the Asthma Society of Ireland, said: “Research into the causes […]
Irish Lung Health Alliance Public Lectures
With 1 in 7 people in Ireland having an undiagnosed lung condition and Ireland having the third highest death rate from lung disease in Europe, causing 1 in 5 deaths, it is vital that people know how to maximise their lung health by taking simple steps, including regular exercise and avoidance of environmental exposures that […]
Launch of COPD Support Ireland
Monday 21st October, 2013: A new patient organisation aimed at providing support for almost half a million Irish people living with a potentially deadly respiratory condition was launched by Mr Alex White TD, Minister of State, Department of Health with responsibility for Primary Care at an event in Dublin today. COPD Support Ireland is a […]
ITS Annual Scientific Meeting – registration now open
The Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting will take place in the Millennium Forum, Derry on the 15th and 16th November 2013.
Irish Thoracic Society Research Grant in Respiratory Medicine
Dr. Barry Plant, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Cork University Hospital pictured receiving the award from Dr. Edward McKone, President the Irish Thoracic Society and Dr. Stephen McDonough, Medical Director, GlaxoSmithKline Ireland
Educational video resources now available
Educational video resources on Tuberculosis and COPD are now availabe on the ITS website Click here to view
Asthma Society of Ireland and Irish Thoracic Society Joint Research Bursary
Investigating the benefits of Vitamin D in patient’s with asthma The inaugural Asthma Society of Ireland/Irish Thoracic Society Joint Research Bursary has been awarded to a research team led by Dr. John Faul and Mr. Conor Kerley, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin to support research on the importance of Vitamin D deficiency in asthma. Presenting the […]