The APSR offers the following awards to recognise excellence in different areas of respiratory medicine based on abstract submissions. These awards are financially supported by APSR.

Awardees for the November 2020 symposia

Gold

Dr Jordan Comparison of CRB-65 and Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (QSOFA) in Predicting Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Admission and Mortality of Adult Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) by Dr Catherine Jordan, St. Luke's Medical Center, Manila, Philippines See post-seminar report. Dr Kan-o Incense smoke induces airway hyperresponsiveness, alterations of tight junction proteins and loss of airway epithelial barrier integrity via oxidative stress by Dr Keiko Kan-o Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan See post-seminar report. Dr Sim Investigation of airway oscillometry indices in post-lung transplantation: a cross-sectional assessment by Dr Joan P Y Sim St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney, Australia See post-seminar report.

Silver

Dr Handa Quantitative Analysis of Chest Computed Tomography in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Parenchymal Analysis on a Regional Basis by Dr Tomohiro Handa Department of Advanced Medicine for Respiratory Failure / Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan See post-seminar report. Dr Hirano Airway TNF-LIGHT expression and associated molecular inflammatory profiles in asthma patients with persistent airflow limitation by Dr Tsunahiko Hirano Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan See post-seminar report. Dr Imran Prevalence of COVID-19 in asymptomatic healthy residents of border quarantine facilities in district Khyber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan by Dr Muhammad Imran Institute of Hepatology, COVID-19 Hospital, Nishterabad, Peshawar, Pakistan See post-seminar report. Dr Ing Management of thoracic empyema in an Australian tertiary referral hospital: A 36-month retrospective study by Dr Matthew Ing Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia See post-seminar report. Dr Tanabe Disproportionally impaired diffusion capacity relative to airflow limitation in COPD by Dr Naoya Tanabe Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan See post-seminar report. Dr Tashima Elevated serum free fatty acids may be a risk factor of adult onset asthma: Nagahama Study by Dr Noriyuki Tashima Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University, Japan See post-seminar report.