Awards for Best Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2018 ITS Annual Scientific Meeting – kindly supported by Boehringer Ingelheim

Pictured at the Awards for Best Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2018 ITS Annual Scientific Meeting are (l to r) Dr Jacqueline Rendall (Belfast City Hospital & ITS Local Organiser) and Dr Niamh Tuite (Senior Medical Science Liaison Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim)

 

Oral Awards

1st Prize:

Dr Irene Oglesby (RCSI) – Modelling Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Lung Disease Using Gene-Edited iPSC-Derived Alveolar Epithelial Cells

Runner-up:

Dr Sharee Basdeo (TCD – School of Medicine) – Vorinostat as a host-directed therapy for Tuberculosis; manipulating epigenetics to boost human alveolar macrophage function and promote polyfunctional T cell responses

 

Poster Awards

1st Prize:

Ms Rachel Martin (St Michael’s Hospital, Dun Laoghaire) – Evaluating the Clinical Use and Economic Impact of Humidified Oxygen in Patients Requiring Low-Flow Oxygen Delivery: A Single Centre Prospective Analysis

Runner-up:

Mr Kevin Gallagher (Queen’s University, Belfast) – Cigarette and E-Cigarette effects on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and A549 cells

 

Award for Best Poster by a Respiratory Physiologist – kindly supported by Direct Medical Vivisol:

Ms Geraldine Nolan (St Vincent’s University Hospital) – Initiation on Positive Airway Pressure Therapy (PAP) in an Irish Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) Patient Population

 

Award for Best Paediatric Presentation:

Ms Lesley Kennedy (Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children) – Safe Asthma Discharge Care in Children

 

Anáil Award for Best Presentation by a Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist:

1st Prize:

Ms Daphne Masterson (South Tipperary General Hospital)

Runner up:

Ms Bernathpriya Magimairaj (St Michael’s Hospital, Dun Laoghaire)

Pictured are (l to r); Ms Paul Hallahan (Mater University Hospital & Chairperson of Anáil), Ms Daphne Masterson (South Tipperary General Hospital) and Ms Bernathpriya Magimairaj (St Michael’s Hospital, Dun Laoghaire).