Ruth Barker (PhD) and I are teaming up to run the Berlin Marathon in September. We’ve created a fundraising page to raise money for the costs of hosting the #COPDBatonPass .So if you’d like to help us grow this important event please donate/share or both. gofund.me/349cf236

We've highlighted how key a COPD annual review is for patient report care. Using data from Asthma + Lung UK COPD patient passport. Anthony Laverty Dr Keir Philip Royal Brompton and Harefield NHLI Dr Nick Hopkinson
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Congratulations to Arwel W Jones on your Moderna research award for lung health- immunisation!

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For anyone attending the ATS this year, please see this seminar on non-pharmacological management of patients after hospitalization with an exacerbation of COPD.

Need to Sign up by end of March.
ATS Early Career Assemblies of American Thoracic Society American Thoracic Society (ATS)

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🚨 NEW BJSM Blog:

Exercise During Cancer Treatment - A Key Factor in Reducing Hospitalisation 🏃‍♀️🏥

➡️ Bitesize digest of a recent systematic review
➡️ What effect does exercise have on clinical outcomes?
➡️ Is it safe?

READ HERE 👉 bit.ly/3PumOaX

Another journal paper we'd like to highlight this week sets out a framework for more equitable, diverse, and inclusive patient and public involvement for palliative care research.

Read it here: researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Meta-analysis of 65 945 individual COPD patients demonstrates substantial differences in post-discharge mortality rates between countries. Global standardisation of management and follow-up of ECOPD-related hospitalisation should be a priority. openres.ersjournals.com/content/10/1/0……

Are you looking to involve patients and the public in your research?

Post your opportunity on People in Research to find patients, carers or members of the public who can contribute to your project: peopleinresearch.org

Please RT:
OPEN for applications: a Joint EPSRC-STENO CPH funded PhD studentship, exploring EXERCISE METABOLISM DATA in Type 1 diabetes patients using 'artificial pancreas'.

jobs.ac.uk/job/DEU626/ful…

This exciting opportunity CLOSES: 26.02.2024

🔥🔥Higher CRP was associated with an increased risk of developing any bronchiectasis exacerbation: OR 2.254 (p = 0.039)

✅hs-CRP level of 0.3 mg/dL had sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 71.7%

✅hs-CRP > 0.35 had more bronchiectasis exacerbation

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The teams at treatable traits have received major funding from the Australian government #nhmrc #mrff to progress research in lung health. Congratulations team 🙌🏼 Hayley Lewthwaite Arwel W Jones Anne Holland Vanessa E Murphy Asthma Australia TSANZ
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Major Funding Boost Announced for the Treatable Traits Research Programme!
The investigators and fellows of the Centre of Excellence in Treatable Traits have been successful in obtaining approximately $5 million dollars in MRFF funding!

Read more here

treatabletraits.org.au/major-funding-…

It is important to account for the costs of involvement in a research study at the earliest stage possible.

Find out more about how to do this in our payment guidance for researchers and professionals: nihr.ac.uk/documents/paym…

#TuesdayTips

Congratulations to our #MRFF grant recipients!

 め researchers, with colleagues from our Sub-Faculty Monash Public Health The Alfred are leading more than $5m in projects tackling challenges faced by people living with often debilitating conditions:

- chest pain with…

🚨 Great to see Asthma + Lung UK Cymru stat showing that in Wales, mould is a trigger for 39% of people with a lung condition, this increases to 43% in people with asthma. Mould is a serious issue and can be quite dangerous for those living with a lung condition

Attention all people with asthma! We invite you to participate in a short survey about your experience coping with asthma during #extreme_heat . All persons that complete the survey go into a draw to win an Amazon gift-card. Start the survey here: bit.ly/asthma-heat-su…

🚨 MRC-funded 3 yr clinical research fellow (PhD) position available. Translational project involving 'first-in-man' study of human viral challenge in bronchiectasis. Supervised by myself Anand Shah with wider team inc. James D Chalmers and Tom Wilkinson. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/descripti…