ITS Virtual ASM 2021 Highlights – Awards

Awards for Best Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2021 ITS Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting

 

Oral Awards

Pictured above: Dr Donal Cox, School of Medicine Trinity College Dublin, received the prize for Best Oral Presentation for his presentation “Lactate alters metabolism in human macrophages and improves their ability to kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis”.

 

Poster Awards

Pictured above: Dr Patrick Coghlan, Cork University Hospital, received the award for Best Poster Presentation in the ILD & Miscellaneous session for his presentation “Computed Tomography morphometric analysis of patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy related Interstitial Lung Disease correlates with Forced Vital Capacity“.

 

Pictured above: Dr Kevin Brown, St James’s Hospital, received the award for Best Poster Presentation in the Lung Cancer & Bronchoscopy/CF & Pulmonary Infections session for his presentation “Differential gene expression in the immunometabolic response of human macrophages in tuberculosis and HIV infection“.

 

Pictured above: Dr Laura Walsh, Cork University Hospital, received the award for Best Poster Presentation in the COPD/Asthma & Sleep session for her presentation “A study to assess the impact of airway virus on asthma control in non-exacerbating patients“.

 

Pictured above: Ms Kate O’Brien, St James’s Hospital, received the award for Best Poster Presentation in the COVID-19 session for her presentation “The effects of a 6-week virtual COVID19 recovery programme on exercise capacity, fatigue scores and quality of life in individuals recovering from COVID-19“.

 

Jean Norton Award for Best Paper in Chronic Restrictive Pulmonary Disease

Pictured above: Patrick McFadden, School of Medicine University College Dublin, received the Jean Norton Award for Best Paper in Chronic Restrictive Pulmonary Disease for his presentation “Characterisation of exosomes from Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) patients“.