The 2008 – 2010 Irish Thoracic Society Boehringer Ingelheim Research Fellowship in Respiratory Medicine has been awarded to Dr Oisin John O’Connell, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital for his project entitled ‘Variability of TLR-mediated innate immune Response in patients with Cystic Fibrosis and its relationship with differential gene expression and clinical phenotype’.

Dr O’Connell pictured receiving his award from Dr Colin Edwards Head of Medical Affairs and Clinical Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Ireland. Also pictured are Dr JJ Gilmartin, President, the Irish Thoracic Society and Dr Barry Plant, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Cork University Hospital, project supervisor.