What's on

DAY 1

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Barnaby Hirons (London)

DAY 1

Chaired by Professor Melissa McDonnell (Galway) and Dr Phil Mitchelmore (Exeter)

9:00am  -  How the microbial community impacts on immune responses in bronchiectasis
Professor Sanjay Chotirmall (Singapore)

9:30am  -  Monoclonal antibodies to target pseudomonas aeruginosa: what have we learnt from the    GREAT trials and mechanistic studies?
Dr Merete Long (Oxford)

10:00am  - Targeting Type 2 inflammation in bronchiectasis: lessons from MAHALE
Professor Stefano Aliberti (Italy)

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Tom Fardon (Dundee) and Dr Ran Wang (Manchester)

9:00am  -  The interplay between viruses and childhood asthma inception
Professor James Gern (USA)

9:30am   -  Asthma exacerbations and viruses: what we have learnt from the bench
Professor Sebastian Johnston (London)

10:00am  -  Asthma exacerbations and viruses: what we have learnt from the bedside
Professor David Jackson (London)

Pioneering new frontiers in respiratory research: the big data revolution

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Manuela Plate (London) and Dr Kirsty McGee (Birmingham)

9:00am  -  The power of data integration to progress medical research: lessons from outside the lung
Professor John Terry (Plymouth)

9:30 am  -  Applying AI and deep learning to detect lung disease
Professor Liangxiu Han (Manchester)

10:00am  -  Single cell spatial biology reveals early immune events in lung disease
Professor Ling-Pei Ho (Oxford))

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Huda Badri (Manchester) and Dr Clare Burton (Sheffield)

9:00am  -  Emerging epidemiology of asthma related to work
Dr Orianne Dumas (France)

9:30am  -  From exposure science to case finding in silica-related lung disease
Professor David Fishwick (Sheffield)

10:00am  -  The air we share: short and long-term impacts of air quality on airway diseases
Professor Anna Hansell (Leicester)

DAY 1
 
Oral presentations of selected abstracts, grouped by theme.

9:00am to 10:30am: Empowering the patient to improve self-management (Abstracts S1 - S6)

9:00am to 10:30am: From RSV prevention to asthma care in childhood (Abstracts S7 - S12)

9:00am to 10:30am: Transforming pleural disease – from prediction to patient-centred care (Abstracts S13 - S18)

9:00am to 10:30am: COPD in primary care  (Abstracts S19 - S24)

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Neil Greening (Leicester) and Dr Nicola Smallcombe (London)

10:45am  -  From mechanism to medicine: pathways for targeted therapy in COPD
Professor Francesca Polverino (USA)

11:15am  -  Should we focus on alarmins in COPD treatment?
Professor Chris Brightling (Leicester)

11:45am  -  Biologics in COPD: what the new BTS clinical statement means for practice
Dr Anthony Martinelli (Cambridge)

DAY 1

Chaired by: Claire Hurlin (Wales) and Tom Fardon (Scotland)

10.45 - Respiratory reset in Northern Ireland
Nazia Chaudhuri (Ulster)

11.00 - Community diagnostic centres
Martin Allen (Stoke on Trent)

11.15 - Outpatient transformation across England:

• Sleep: Alanna Hare (London)
• Breathlessness: Helen Ward (Wolverhampton)
• Cough: Sean Parker (Northumbria) / Claire Slinger (Preston)

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Ben Messer (Newcastle) and Ema Swingwood (Bristol)

10:45am  -  Novel therapeutic agents in ARDS
Professor Daniel McAuley (Belfast)

11:15am  -  Biomarker-driven stratification and management for sepsis in critical care
Professor Manu Shanker-Hari (London)

11:45am  -  Beyond survival: airway clearance and recovery
Professor Bronwen Connolly (Belfast)

DAY 1

Oral presentations of selected abstracts, grouped by theme.

10:50am to 12:25pm: Lung cancer: AI and risk (Abstracts S25 - S30)

10:50am to 12:25pm: Rewriting the immune landscape of the lung (Abstracts S31 - S36)

10:50am to 12:25pm: Beyond type 2 asthma  (Abstracts S37 - S42)

10:50am to 12:25pm: Occupational lung disease – focus on silicosis  (Abstracts S43 - S48)

Mediating best immune responses: which is greatest the nose or the lung? 

DAY 1

Professor Daniela Ferreira (Oxford)

Introduced by Professor Calum Semple OBE, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland, The Scottish Government (Edinburgh)

DAY 1

Chaired by: Professor Michael Steiner (Leicester) and Professor Richard Russell (London)

2:15pm  -  Enabling early and accurate diagnosis of respiratory disease
Professor William Man (London)

2:45pm  -  Expanding Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Professor Sally Singh (Leicester)

3:15pm  -  A policy legacy: continuing respiratory transformation
Dr Jonathan Fuld (Cambridge)

The impact of air pollution on respiratory health from birth to adolescence

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Sonal Kansra (Sheffield) and Dr Alex Adams (Leeds)

2:15pm  -  From womb to childhood: biological mechanisms linking air pollution exposure to lung development and disease
Professor Pia Hardelid (London)

2:45pm  -  Indoor air pollution and child respiratory health: hidden exposures, mechanisms, and modifiable risks
Dr Shamil Haroon (Birmingham)

3:15pm  -  From evidence to action: health policy levers to reduce the respiratory impact of air pollution in children
Dr Abigail Whitehouse (London)

DAY 1

Judged by: 

Professor Robina Coker (London), Professor Mona Bafadhel (London), Dr Amanda Tatler (Nottingham)

To be selected from submitted asbstracts

DAY 1

Moderated discussions of selected posters.

2:15pm to 4:00pm: ILD: biomarkers and beyond (Abstracts M1 - M15)

DAY 1

Oral presentations of selected abstracts, grouped by theme.

2:15pm to 4:05pm: Advancing lung cancer diagnostics and treatment (Abstracts P1 - P15)

2:15pm to 4:00pm: Cough clinical profiles and novel interventions (Abstracts P16 - P29)

2:15pm to 4:00pm: Pulmonary vascular disease – from novel therapies to clinical service improvements (Abstracts P30 - P41)

2:15pm to 4:00pm: Breaking barriers – improving lives, transforming access to healthcare (Abstracts P42 - P56)

2:15pm to 3:50pm: TB: from diagnosis to care (Abstracts P57 - P70)

Presentation of:

• BTS Medal
• BTS President’s Award
• BTS Award for Meritorious Service
• BTS/BALR/A+LUK Early Career Investigator Awards
• BTS/A+LUK/BALR Mid-Career Lecture Awards
• BTS Medical Student Awards

Education and Networking: The Power to Shape the Future

DAY 1

Professor Adam Hill (Edinburgh)

Introduced by Professor Robina Coker (London)

DAY 1

BTS members only

Members are warmly invited to attend our AGM. This is an important opportunity to hear updates from the board and participate in decisions that affect the future of BTS.