Well done to the BTS/BALR/Asthma + Lung UK Early Career Investigator Award Winners 2025

3 December 2025

These highly competitive, prestigious prizes are awarded to the very best basic, translational or clinical research performed in the UK.

The prizes are awarded based on the quality and content of the research performed, the quality of the abstract submitted and in short-listed candidates, the quality of the oral presentation given at the Early Career Investigators Symposium at the BTS Winter Meeting.

After showcasing their work in front of an eminent judging panel, the winners of the BTS/BALR/BLF (British Thoracic Society, British Association for Lung Research, Asthma and Lung UK) Early Career Investigator Awards have now been announced as:

BTS Award Winner

Congratulations to Steven Cass as the winner of this award.

Congratulations are also in order for the highly commended researcher Joseph Page and his colleague Sam Gunning, who presented on the day.

BALR Award Winner

Congratulations to Rebecca Hull as the winner of this award.

Congratulations also are in order for the highly commended researcher Jiashu Shen.

A+LUK Award Winner

Congratulations to Millie Jackson as the winner of this award.

Congratulations also are in order for the highly commended researcher Isabella Drummond.