Fukuchi (Respirology) Award
We are pleased to announce the availability of two Awards for outstanding original research papers published in Respirology in the year preceding the APSR Congress, selected by a panel of world-renowned international researchers. This prestigious award is named in honour of Professor Yoshinosuke Fukuchi who was Editor of Respirology 1996–1999 and President of the APSR 2004–2006.
Following a generous donation by Dr Fukuchi in 2020, this Award is complemented with a grant each year until 2039.
All original research papers published in Respirology are eligible for the Award.
The papers are selected by an international expert panel – appointed by the journal's Editor in Chief – which ranks the abstracts published in the preceding year for their novelty, importance, methodology, clarity and overall quality. A consensus on each of the two most outstanding original research papers is then obtained through a rigorous judging system. (Until 2020 there was just one award for the most outstanding original research paper.)
- US$500 (jointly funded by Dr Fukuchi and the APSR)
This will be passed to the awardee by the APSR Secretariat at the APSR Congress. - Congress registration
- Accommodation at the Congress
The accommodation will be for the length of the Congress (e.g. three nights for a four-day Congress) at a Congress-designated hotel. - Invitation to social events at the Congress
- Wiley voucher
- Commemorative certificate which will be formally presented at the Congress.
Where the paper has more than one author, the $500, complimentary registration, accommodation, invitation to Congress social events and Wiley voucher, will be for one of the authors, selected by the paper's senior author. The certificate will be in the name of all the paper's authors.
- The Awardee is required to send a report (circa 500 words) of their experience at the Congress to the APSR Secretariat within one month after the Congress. The report may be published in the APSR Bulletin and/or Newsletter.
2022 Fukuchi Award
"Outcomes of protracted bacterial bronchitis in children: A 5-year prospective cohort study"
Tom J C Ruffles, Julie M Marchant, Ian B Masters, Stephanie T Yerkovich, Danielle F Wurzel, Peter G Gibson, Greta Busch, Katherine J Baines, Jodie L Simpson, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Susan J Pizzutto, Helen M Buntain, Gregory Hodge, Sandra Hodge, John W Upham, Anne B Chang. DOI: 10.1111/resp.13950
"ACE2 expression is elevated in airway epithelial cells from older and male healthy individuals but reduced in asthma"
Peter A B Wark, Prabuddha S Pathinayake, Gerard Kaiko, Kristy Nichol, Ayesha Ali, Ling Chen, Erika N Sutanto, Luke W Garratt, Sukhwinder S Sohal, Wenying Lu, Mathew S Eapen, Christopher Oldmeadow, Nathan Bartlett, Andrew Reid, Punnam Veerati, Alan C-Y Hsu, Kevin Looi, Thomas Iosifidis, Stephen M Stick, Philip M Hansbro, Anthony Kicic DOI: 10.1111/resp.14003
Dr Ruffles
Dr Wark
2021 Fukuchi Award
"Effects of E-cigarette E-liquid components on bronchial epithelial cells: Demonstration of dysfunctional efferocytosis"
Miranda P Ween, Rhys Hamon, Matthew G Macowan, Leigh Thredgold, Paul N Reynolds, Sandra J Hodge. DOI: 10.1111/resp.13696
"Acute exacerbations of fibrotic interstitial lung diseases"
Atsushi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Kevin K Brown, Takeshi Johkoh, Kensuke Kataoka, Junya Fukuoka, Tomoki Kimura, Toshiaki Matsuda, Toshiki Yokoyama, Jun Fukihara, Masahiko Ando, Tomonori Tanaka, Naozumi Hashimoto, Koji Sakamoto, Yoshinori Hasegawa. DOI: 10.1111/resp.13682
Dr Ween
Dr Suzuki
2020 Fukuchi Award
"Predictive factors and prognostic effect of telomere shortening in pulmonary fibrosis"
Lurdes Planas-Cerezales, Elena G Arias-Salgado, Ivette Buendia-Roldán, Ana Montes-Worboys, Cristina Esquinas, López Vanesa, Vicens-Zygmunt Patricio Luburich Hernaiz, Roger Llatjós Sanuy, Virginia Leiro-Fernandez, Eva Balcells Vilarnau, Ernest Sala Llinás, Jordi Dorca Sargatal, Rosario Perona Abellón, Moisés Selman, Maria Molina-Molina. DOI: 10.1111/resp.13423
"Novel endosomal NOX2 oxidase inhibitor ameliorates pandemic influenza A virus-induced lung inflammation in mice"
Eunice E To, Raymond Luong, Jiayin Diao, John J O'Leary, Doug A Brooks, Ross Vlahos, Stavros Selemidis. DOI: 10.1111/resp.13524
Dr Lurdes
Dr To
2019 Fukuchi Award
"Three-dimensional photography for the evaluation of facial profiles in obstructive sleep apnoea"
Shih-Wei Lin, Kate Sutherland, Yu-Fang Liao, Peter A Cistulli, Li-Pang Chuang, Yu-Ting Chou, Chih-Hao Chang, Chung-Shu Lee, Li-Fu Li and Ning-Hung Chen. DOI: 10.1111/resp.13261 (See report)
From left to right: Ning-Hung Chen (author), Yu-Chen Huang (study team member), Kate Sutherland (author), Yu-Sheng Lin (study team member), Hung-Yu Huang (study team member), Li-Pang Chuang (author).
2018 Fukuchi Award
"Is bronchial thermoplasty cost-effective as treatment for problematic asthma patients? Singapore's perspective on a global model"
Hai V Nguyen, Saideep Bose, Shweta Mital, Anthony Chau Ang Yii, Shin Yuh Ang, Sean Shao Wei Lam, Devanand Anantham, Eric Finkelstein, Mariko Siyue Koh. DOI: 10.1111/resp.13027 (See report)
Co-authors (left to right): Devanand Anantham, Shin Yuh Ang, Mariko S Koh, Eric Finkelstein, Sean Shao Wei Lam
2017 Fukuchi Award
"Randomized controlled trial of the effect of regular paracetamol on influenza infection"
Sarah Jefferies, Irene Braithwaite, Steven Walker, Mark Weatherall, Lance Jennings, Michelle Luck, Kevin Barrett, Robert Siebers, Timothy Blackmore, Richard Beasley, Kyle Perrin, On behalf of the Pi Study Group. DOI: 10.1111/resp.12685 and Respirology Video
2016 Fukuchi Award
"Genetic variants of pulmonary SP-D predict disease outcome of COPD in a Chinese population"
Ou C-Y, Chen C-Z, Hsiue T-R, Lin S-H and Wang J-Y
Respirology, Vol 20, Iss 2, pp 296-303. DOI: 10.1111/resp.12427 (See report)
The award certificate was presented to Dr Ou by Dr Peter Eastwood, Editor in Chief of Respirology during the Editorial Board meeting at the congress
2015 Fukuchi Award
"Elevated plasma YKL-40 as a prognostic indicator in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension"
Guo Chen, Tao Yang, Qing Gu, Xin-Hai Ni, Zhi-Hui Zhao, Jue Ye, Xian-Min Meng, Zhi-Hong Liu, Jian-Guo He, Chang-Ming Xiong. DOI: 10.1111/resp.12283
2014 Fukuchi Award
"Alterations in inflammatory, antiviral and regulatory cytokine responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from pregnant women with asthma"
Rebecca L Vanders, Peter G Gibson, Peter A B Wark, Vanessa E Murphy. DOI: 10.1111/resp.12068
2013 Fukuchi Award
"Effects of nutritional supplementation combined with conventional pulmonary rehabilitation in muscle-wasted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A prospective, randomized and controlled study"
Alev Gurgun, Sami Deniz, Mehmet Argin, Hale Karapolat. DOI: 10.1111/resp.12019
2012 Fukuchi Award
"Effects of budesonide/formoterol combination therapy versus budesonide alone on airway dimensions in asthma"
Makoto Hoshino, Junichi Ohtawa. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02130.x
2011 Fukuchi Award
"Five-year outcome in COPD patients after their first episode of acute exacerbation treated with non-invasive ventilation"
Li Ping Chung, Peta Winship, Scott Phung, Fiona Lake, Grant Waterer. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01795.x
2010 Fukuchi Award
"Nocturnal hypoxic stress activates invasive ability of monocytes in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome"
Shinji Tamaki, Motoo Yamauchi, Atsuhiko Fukuoka, Kiyoshi Makinodan, Noriko Koyama, Koichi Tomoda, Masanori Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Kimura. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01540.x
