Scientific Awards

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Interventional Pulmonology Travel Awards

Sponsored by Olympus Medical Systems Europa GmbH.

The best presentation by an investigator who is under 35 years:
Reza Nouraei (London, United Kingdom) for his abstract entitled "Results of endoscopic surgery and intralesional steroid therapy for airway compromise due to tracheobronchial Wegener's granulomatosis".


The best overall presentation:
Luis Seijo (Pamplona, Spain) for his abstract entitled "The role of PET-CT in patients undergoing trans bronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) with rapid on-site evaluation (rROSE). Establishing an FDG uptake cutoff".

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Cell and Molecular Biology Young Scientist Travel Awards

Agnes Csanadi (Szeged, Hungary)

with an abstract entitled "Towards new antituberculotic targets: biochemical characterisation of mycobacterial RNase E/G".

Andrea Malizia (Dublin, Ireland)

with an abstract entitled "Viral infection drives tissue fibrosis in vitro".

Fabian Blank (Bern, Switzerland)

with an abstract entitled "The epithelial integrity is preserved during particle exchange across the epithelium by macrophages and dendritic cells".

Juliana Monte Real (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

with an abstract entitled "The role of the acute phase protein PTX3 in the ventilatorinduced lung injury".

Sile Lane (London, United Kingdom) with an abstract entitled "Embryonic stem cell engraftment in healthy and injured mouse lung".

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François Brenot Award

Sponsored by AstraZeneca

Presented to Martina Klein (Wuppertal, Germany)

for her abstract entitled "Prevention of pulmonary vascular and myocardial remodeling by the combined tyrosine and serine-/threonine kinase inhibitor, sorafenib, in pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure".

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ERS Annual Award for Paediatric Respiratory Research in Europe

Sponsored by AstraZeneca
The first prize has been awarded to:
Neeta S. Kulkarni (Leicester, United Kingdom)

for her research on "Carbon in airway macrophages and lung function in children".

The second prize has been awarded to:
Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg (Subiaco, Australia)

for her research on "Impact of positive end-expiratory pressure on functional residual capacity and ventilation in children exposed to high levels of inspired oxygen".

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The Allied Respiratory Professionals Congress Travel Grants

Sponsored by Viasys Heathcare

Waldemar Tomalak (Rabka, Poland)

for his abstract entitled "Virtual respiratory system for interactive e-learning of spirometry".

Melda Saglam (Ankara, Turkey)

for her abstract entitled "Relationship between respiratory muscle strength, functional capacity and quality of life in preoperative cardiac surgery patients".

Annemieke Schoonis (Leuven, Belgium)

for her abstract entitled "Effectiveness of group counselling for smoking cessation in hospital staff".

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Research Excellence Award in Respiratory Infections

Sponsored by Cellestis

Yuji Watanuki (Yokohama, Japan)

with an abstract entitled "Effects of pneumococcal vaccine in patients with chronic respiratory disease"

Roumiana K. Markova (Sofia, Bulgaria)

with an abstract entitled "Monitoring the efficacy of anti-TB therapy by using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in tube test"

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Noninvasive Ventilation Awards

Sponsored by ResMed Limited

Michelle Chatwin (London, United Kingdom) for her abstract entitled "Analysis of emergency helpline support for home ventilator dependent patients: risk management and workload".

Herinaina Rabarimanantsoa (Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France) for her abstract entitled "Objective quantification of patient-ventilator interactions during noninvasive ventilation (NIV)".

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ERS Annual Inflammatory Airway Diseases and Clinical Allergy Awards

Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline

Gabor Horvath (Budapest, Hungary) with an abstract entitled "Rapid corticosteroid effect on long-acting ‚ 2-agonist disposal by smooth muscle cells in the airway: a new paradigm of inhaled combination therapy".

Giuseppe Guida (Turin, Italy)

with an abstract entitled "Chronic cough, exhaled nitric oxide and vitamin B12 deficiency".

Anne Mansson (Malmö, Sweden)

with an abstract entitled "Activation of eosinophils via toll-like receptor (TLR)3, TLR7 and TLR9: link between viral infection and asthma?"

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Occupation and Epidemiology Best Paper Annual Award

with the support of GlaxoSmithKline

The first prize has been awarded to:
Jonathan Grigg (London, United Kingdom) for the paper entitled "Carbon in macrophages and lung function in children" published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The second prize has been awarded to:
Michal Bednarek (Warsaw, Poland) for his paper entitled "Smokers with airway obstruction are more likely to quit smoking" published in Thorax.

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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Research

Sponsored by Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd

The Prize has been awarded to:
Edouard Sage (Suresnes, France)

for his abstract entitled "Overexpression of proapoptotic factors and endothelial cell death in chronically obstructed and reperfused pulmonary artery".

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Travel grant for Sleep Medicine

sponsored by Weinmann Geräte fur Medizin GmbH & Co. KG

Marcin Paciorek (Warsaw,Poland) for his abstract entitled "Obstructive sleep apnea in shift workers"

Piotr Korczynski (Warsaw, Poland) for his abstract entitled "CPAP increases bronchial reactivity in OSAS patients."

Stijn Verhulst (Wilrijk, Belgium) for his abstract entitled "Sleep-disordered breathing: a new risk factor of suspected fatty liver disease in overweight children and adolescents?"

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Lung Transplantation Best Abstract Award

Karine Botturi (Marseille, France) for her abstract entitled "Dendritic cells commit Tcells to a tolerant phenotype in tolerant lung transplant recipients". (Sponsored by Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG).

Bart Vanaudenaerde (Leuven, Belgium) for his abstract entitled "The Leuven experience of a dichotomy in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) after lung transplantation (LTx)" (Sponsored by Roche Pharma AG).

Christopher Burton (Kgs Lyngby, Denmark) for his abstract entitled "The effect of baseline lung function on the determination of time to bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome" (Sponsored by Vitrolife Sweden).

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Assembly 7: Lifetime Achievement Award

sponsored by AstraZeneca

The prize has been awarded to:
Maximillian Zach (Graz, Austria)

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Paediatric Respiratory Epidemiology Abstract Award

sponsored by Scherig AG

Anne Kotaniemi-Syrjanen (Helsinki, Finland)

for her abstract "Infants with recurrent lower respiratory tract symptoms - who benefits of extensive investigations?"

Catarina Almqvist (Stockholm, Sweden)

for her abstract "The bell tolls for the relationship between house dust mite exposure and asthma in childhood"

Stephanie J. MacNeill (London, United Kingdom) for her abstract "The Oxford transport strategy: impact of a traffic intervention on PEF and wheeze among children"

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Young Researcher Award: Respiratory Infection Aetiological Diagnosis

sponsored by Brahms

The awardee is:
Stefano Aliberti (Milan, Italy)

for his abstract "Impact of neutrophil function on outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in patients with cancer"

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