Hana Khairina Putri Faisal
Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Persahabatan Hospital
Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
APSR-ERS Young Investigator Awardee, 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019 – post-session report
I was very honoured to receive the APSR-ERS Young Investigator Award at the APSR Congress 2019. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) for this opportunity. My deepest appreciation goes to Dr Eiso Hiyama and Dr Noboru Hattori of Hiroshima for their tremendous support. I would not be able to present the advances of our research in lung cancer biomarkers without their generous help. I would also like to deliver my gratitude to my co-authors, staff of Natural Science Center and Basic Research Development (NBARD), doctors of Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine Hiroshima University, and Dr Faisal Yunus of the University of Indonesia for the astounding encouragement and support.
In the Young Investigator Award session, I had a wonderful experience to share our work on cell-free DNA as a prognostic factor in lung adenocarcinoma. After the presentation, I received valuable feedback and encouragement which will reinforce our future study. I gained new motivation after meeting with other researchers and hearing their enthusiasm when explaining their work. Furthermore, attending the APSR Congress allowed me to meet great leaders and pillars of respiratory medicine from around the globe and hear them speak about new findings, updates, and guidelines in respiratory medicine.
During this congress, I was able to look around the city. Hanoi was truly a wonderful city with very kind and friendly citizens. It was my first time to visit Hanoi and I had a really great time staying there. I am very thankful to the ERS and the APSR for this award that provided me such a precious and once in a lifetime experience. I look forward to being part of future APSR congresses.
Hana Khairina Putri Faisal
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Dr Thierry Troosters, President of the ERS (left) and Dr Faisal (right)
Dr Faisal with doctors from the University of Indonesia and APSR leaders
Dr Faisal with doctors from the University of Indonesia
