Awardee alumni

Family name index

Afifah Aqilah Abdul Malik

(Respiratory Unit, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Malaysia)

Respirology Case Reports Poster Awardee Dr Afifah Aqilah Abdul Malik joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Hydrofluorocarbons pneumonitis as a complication of inhalation injury following air-conditioning repairs 10.1111/resp.14150_189

Jason Thomas Ackrivo

(Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellow Academic Sleep Pulmonary Integrated Research/Clinical (ASPIRE) Fellow)

CHEST Young Investigator Awardee Dr Jason Thomas Ackrivo joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Baseline predictors of non-invasive ventilation use in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 10.1111/resp.13206_104

Galoeh Adyasiwi

(Departement of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)

APSR / APTA Young Investigator Awardee Dr Galoeh Adyasiwi joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Factors affecting time to sputum culture conversion with drug resistant tuberculosis using short-term and longer regimen in Indonesia 10.1111/resp.14149_54 (See post-session report)

Sohail Ahmad

(Faculty of Pharmacy, MAHSA University, Selangor, Malaysia)

ERS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Sohail Ahmad joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

A qualitative study exploring the barriers and challenges to asthma management as perceived by Malaysian asthmatic patients 10.1111/resp.13419_212

Jamal Al-Aghbari

(Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Jamal Al-Aghbari joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Outcomes of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension in the era of combination therapy: a report from the phsanz registry. 10.1111/resp.13206_184

Sheikh M Alif

(PhD Research Scholar, Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Sheikh M Alif joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Occupational exposure to solvents and metals and fixed airflow obstruction in women 10.1111/resp.13206_122

Venkata Sita Rama Raju Allam

(University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Venkata Sita Rama Raju Allam joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

A novel peptide from the liver fluke fasciola hepatica inhibits the mixed granulocytic airway inflammation in a mouse model of allergic asthma 10.1111/resp.13206_196

Gene Philip Louie Ambrocio

(Philippines)

ERS Young Investigator Dr Ambrocio joined the 21st Congress of the APSR in Bangkok, 2016, to present:

Anxiety and Depression Amongst Diagnosed TB Patients Seen at the UP-PGH Using the Validated Filipino Version of the Hospital Anxiety Depression Score (HADS-P)

Keisuke Anan

(Division of Respiratory Medicine, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan)

JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Keisuke Anan joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Clinical difference between direct and indirect causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome; a retrospective cohort study of 216 patients 10.1111/resp.13206_142

Keisuke Anan

(Japan)

APSR / JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Keisuke Anan joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Early tapering of corticosteroid in patients with acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective multi-center cohort study

Ralph Angeles

(Monash University, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Ralph Angeles joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Free fatty acid receptors 1 and 4 are novel bronchodilator targets for asthma 10.1111/resp.13206_136

Adhitri Anggoro

(Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Medical Faculty of Airlangga University/Dr Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Adhitri Anggoro joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

The correlation of serum fibrinogen levels and the degree of pulmonary fibrosis among COVID-19 patients using post mortem core biopsy 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0233

Naoko Arakawa

(Japan)

Respirology Case Reports Poster Award Awardee Dr Naoko Arakawa joined the 28th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023 to present their abstract.

Masako Arimura

(Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University)

APSR young investigator Dr Masako Arimura received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Telomere-associated Polymorphisms and risk of Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Results from Fold Registry (See post-session report)

Minalosani Arumugam

(Malaysia)

APSR / Paul Zimmerman Physiology Young Investigator Awardee Dr Minalosani Arumugam joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Reliability of 3% oxygen desaturation index (ODI-3%) derived from level 1 polysomnography (PSG) data and STOP-BANG questionnaire in identifying obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adults

Takanori Asakura

(Marsico Lung Institute/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA)

APSR JRS YI Awardee Dr Takanori Asakura joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis (NCFB) is a Bronchiolectatic Disease Characterized by MUC5B-dominated Mucus Hyperproduction 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0029

Benjo Ato

(Internal Medicine, Southern Philippines Medical Center, Davao City, Philippines)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Benjo Ato joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Short Term Effects in Pulmonary Function and Chest High Resolution Computed Tomography Scan Among COVID-19 Recovered Adult Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Davao City 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0541

Pradeep Bajad

(Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, Amrita Hospital & School of Medicine, Faridabad, India)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Pradeep Bajad at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society in Yokohama, 2024, to present:

Use of Novel Ultrasound Sign in the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion – A Prospective, Observational Study (See post-meeting report)

Harshana Bandara

(Senior Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital for Respiratory Disease, Welisara, Sri Lanka)

Dr Bandara joined the ATS Boot Camp (virtual format) in May 2021.

(See post-course report)

Maria Nina Banque

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Section of Pediatric Pulmonology, Philippines)

ERS Young Investigator Dr Banque joined the 17th Congress of the APSR in Hong Kong, 2012, to present:

Predictors of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Children Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery
Maria Niña Banque, Ma. Dulce Requiron-Sy, Maria Nerissa Atienza-De Leon, Milagros Salvani-Bautista
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2012, 40 (Suppl 56) P2429;

Carla Emille Barbon

(Philippine General Hospital, Philippines)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Carla Emille Barbon joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Efficacy and safety of acetazolamide for hypercapnic respiratory failure associated with metabolic alkalosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis of randomized trials 10.1111/resp.13206_145

Karen Anne Bispo

(Philippine Heart Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)

APSR/Malcolm Winterburn Lung Cancer Young Investigator Awardee Dr Karen Anne Bispo joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Primary atypical neuroendocrine tumor of the thymus: A case report 10.1111/resp.13420_570

Asha Bonney

(Department of Respiratory and Sleep, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia.
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Asha Bonney received an award to attend the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress 2023 to present:

Psychosocial consequences of lung cancer screening; early results from the Australian International Lung Screen Trial (ILST) cohort (See post-Congress report)

Asha Bonney

(Australia)

APSR / KF-CB Lung Cancer Research Young Investigator Awardee Dr Asha Bonney joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Coronary artery calcification detected on low-dose computed tomography in high-risk participants of a lung cancer screening program; early results an Australian International Lung Screen Trial (ILST) cohort

Kurtis Budden

(The University Of Newcastle, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Kurtis Budden joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Dietary fibre and microbial metabolites protect against cigarette smoke-induced lung pathology in mice 10.1111/resp.13206_3

Angela Burge

(La Trobe University, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Angela Burge joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Home-based rehabilitation for COPD using minimal resources: an economic evaluation 10.1111/resp.13206_191

Olivia Carrol

(The University of Newcastle and the Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia)

APSR TSANZ YI Awardee Dr Olivia Carrol joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

A relationship between female sex hormones, cellular metabolism, and asthma 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0017

Kristin V Carson

(Queen Elizabeth Hospital/University of Adelaide, Clinical Practice Unit (Resp. Medicine), Senior Medical Research Scientist and NHMRC/cancer Australia TRIP Fellow)

TSANZ Young Investigator Dr Carson joined the 21st Congress of the APSR in Bangkok, 2016, to present:

Superiority of a Course of Varenicline Tartrate Plus Counselling, Over Counselling Alone, for Smoking Cessation: a 24-Month Randomised Controlled Trial for Inpatients

Warawut Chaiwong

(Chiang Mai University, Thailand)

APSR Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly Awardee Dr Warawut Chaiwong joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Agreement of commonly used prediction equations for spirometry interpretation in Thai people 10.1111/resp.13206_52

Anita Nur Charisma

(Indonesia)

APSR / J Patrick Barron Medical Education Young Investigator Awardee Dr Anita Nur Charisma joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

The Correlation between Genetic Polymorphisms NAT2 and SLCO1B1 with Drug Induced Hepatotoxicity Caused Isoniazid and Rifampicin in Tuberculosis Patients

Sta Ana Charry Mae

(East Avenue Medical Center, Philippines)

APSR ERS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Sta Ana Charry Mae joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Factors affecting compliance to COVID-19 infection prevention and control measures and its effects on the risk of COVID-19 infection among physicians in a tertiary government hospital 10.1111/resp.14149_27 (See post-session report)

Delphine L Chen

(Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Dr Chen joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

PET imaging with [¹¹C]PBR28 and [¹⁸F]FDG distinguishes macrophage from neutrophil lung inflammation
Delphine Chen, Eugene Agapov, Kiran Solingapuram, Jacquelyn Engle, Elizabeth Griffin, Steven Brody, Jason Woods, Robert Mach, Richard Pierce, Michael Holtzman
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2012, 40 (Suppl 56) P1693;

Guo Chen

APSR 2015 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2014

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

Mei-Chuan Chen

(Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan)

APSR young investigator Dr Mei-Chuan Chen received an award to attend the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2022 (ATS 2022) to present:

Impact of Placenta-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Patients with Severe Lung Injury Caused by COVID-19 Pneumonia: Clinical, Serum Cytokine and Immune Aspect (See post-session report)

Shih-Yu Chen

(Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Shih-Yu Chen joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Heart-rate recovery immediately after exercise is useful in exacerbation prediction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease when spirometry is not available 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0373

Hui Juan Dorothy Cheong

(National University of Singapore)

APSR young investigator Dr Hui Juan Dorothy Cheong received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Anti-Remodelling and Anti-Airway Hyperresponsiveness Properties of Anti-Malarial Drug, Artesunate, in a House Dust Mites-Induced Chronic Mouse Model of Asthma (See post-session report)

Sotheary Chhorn

(Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, University of Sciences of Health, Cambodia)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Chhorn joined the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society in Osaka, 2018, to present:

Percutaneous transthoracic biopsies (PTB) ultrasound guided of lung tumour (See post-meeting report)

Takumi Chinen

(University of The Ryukyus Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Okinawa, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Takumi Chinen received an award to attend the virtual American Thoracic Society International Conference 2021 (ATS 2021) to present:

Association of Prehospital Advanced Airway Management by Physician or Emergency Medical Service Personnel with Return of Spontaneous Circulation After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Drowning (See post-session report)

Li Ping Chung

APSR 2011 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2010

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

Nikko John Dalisay

(Division of Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philippine Heart Center, Philippines)

Respirology Case Reports Poster Awardee Dr Nikko John Dalisay joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Clinical Outcome of Supervised Pulmonary Telerehabilitation Program among Adult Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Symptoms (PACS): A Case Series

Nikko John Dalisay

(Philippines)

APSR / PCCP Young Investigator Awardee Dr Nikko John Dalisay joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Correlation of Fat-to-Muscle Mass Ratio Using the Bioimpedance Analyzer with VO2 Max Among COPD and PRISm Patients

Saswati Das

(Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, India)

APSR / J Patrick Barron Medical Education Young Investigator Awardee Dr Saswati Das joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Online team-based learning: A novel pedagogical approach for undergraduate MBBS students 10.1111/resp.14150_268 (See post-session report)

Mannuel Sanchez de la Torre

(Group of Translational Research in Respiratory Medicine, IRB Lleida. CIBERes, Departament de Ciéncies Médiques Básiques, University of Lleida, Spain)

ATS Young Investigator Dr de la Torre joined the 21st Congress of the APSR in Bangkok, 2016, to present his paper.

Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: Towards a precision medicine (APSR6-0841)

Ke Deng

(China)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Ke Deng joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Association between triglyceride-glucose index and the risk of asthma exacerbation: a prospective cohort study

Nagesh Dhadge

(Central Government Health Services, Central Health Services, Pune, India)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Nagesh Dhadge joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Correlation of pulmonary function measured by Forced Oscillation Technique, Spirometry and asthma control questionnaire 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0113

Marian Dimabuyu

(Center for Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Philippines)

APSR / PCCP Young Investigator Awardee Dr Marian Dimabuyu joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Determination of antibody titers of filipino healthcare workers after COVID-19 vaccination (Sinovac and Astrazenica) - A preliminary report 10.1111/resp.14149_47 (See post-session report)

Van Duong-Thi-Thanh

(Viet Nam)

APSR / J Patrick Barron Medical Education Young Investigator Awardee Dr Van Duong-Thi-Thanh joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

A web-based dynamic nomogram to predict the risk of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus spp. infection in patients with nosocomial pneumonia

Khoa Duy Dương

(Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City (UMP-HCMC))

APSR/Paul Zimmerman Physiology Young Investigator Awardee Dr Khoa Duy Dương joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

Multi-center study to adapt STOP-Bang questionnaire to Vietnamese population (See post-session report)

Mathew Suji Eapen

(Clinical and Translational Research in Chronic Lung Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Mathew Suji Eapen joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Increased upregulation of Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1 (LAMP-1) in the airway wall of COPD is associated with decreased physiological outcomes and potential role in autophagy 10.1111/resp.13206_69

Denby Evans

(Australia)

APSR / TSANZ Young Investigator Awardee Dr Denby Evans joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in survivors of very preterm birth

Hana Khairina Putri Faisal

(Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Persahabatan Hospital)

APSR-ERS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Hana Khairina Putri Faisal joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

Cell-free DNA as a prognostic factor in lung adenocarcinoma (See post-session report)

Lieyang Fan

(China)

APSR Clean Air Congress Abstract Awardee Dr Lieyang Fan joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Role and mechanism of WNT5A in benzo(a)pyrene-induced acute lung injury and lung function decline

Laura Cecere Feemster

(University of Washington, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care)

ATS Young Investigator Dr Feemster joined the 21st Congress of the APSR in Bangkok, 2016, to present:

Facilitating Adoption of COPD Evidence Based Care in Outpatient Settings (FACES)

Chuan Tai Foo

(Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Chuan Tai Foo received a travel award to attend the 2021 Virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress, 5-8 September 2021, to present:

A novel approach in the management of malignant pleural effusion by combining medical thoracoscopy, talc poudrage and insertion of an indwelling pleural catheter into a single day-case procedure (See post-session report)

Rachel Ee Lin Foong

(NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Rachel Foong received a travel award to attend the 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society, 12-14 April 2019 in Tokyo, Japan, to present:

Ability of the Lung Clearance Index to Monitor the Progression of Early Lung Disease in Children with Cystic Fibrosis (See post-session report)

Adam H Fox

(Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Charleston, SC, USA)

APSR ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Adam H Fox joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Pulmonologists and molecular biomarker testing for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer 10.1111/resp.14149_84

Tatsuma Fukuda

(University of the Ryukyus, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Tatsuma Fukuda joined the ATS International Conference in San Diego, 18–23 May 2018, to present:

Endotracheal intubation versus supraglottic airway insertion after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A nationwide population-based cohort study (See post-conference report)

Tatsuma Fukuda

(University of the Ryukyus, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Tatsuma Fukuda joined the CHEST Annual Meeting in New Orleans, 19–23 October 2019, to present:

Association of Bystander-Initiated Conventional versus Compression-only CPR with Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest due to Drowning (See post-conference report)

Tatsuma Fukuda

(University of the Ryukyus, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Tatsuma Fukuda joined the ERS International Virtual Congress 2020, to present:

Time to advanced airway management and neurologically favourable survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (See post-conference report)

Taiki Furukawa

(Nagoya University Hospital, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Taiki Furukawa received a travel award to attend the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Development of a Machine Learning Combination with Deep Learning for Diagnosing Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Interstitial Lung Disease (See post-session report)

Taiki Furukawa

(Japan)

Fukuchi Award for outstanding Respirologyarticleee Dr Taiki Furukawa joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

A comprehensible machine learning tool to differentially diagnose idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis from other chronic interstitial lung diseases

Koji Furuuchi

(Kurashiki Central Hospital, Japan)

Recipient of the APSR Travel Award and also the APSR Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous) Assembly Award, Dr Koji Furuuchi joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Risk stratification for the development of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with mycobacterium avium complex lung disease 10.1111/resp.13206_39

Koji Furuuchi

(Fukujuji Hospital/Kurashiki Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)

JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Koji Furuuchi joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Clinical significance of Aspergillus species isolated from respiratory specimens in patients with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease 10.1111/resp.13419_210

John Ray T Galamay

(Adult Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Philippine Heart Center)

APSR young investigator Dr John Ray T Galamay received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Association of Serum Uric acid Levels and Outcomes of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a Prospective Cohort Study (See post-session report)

John Ray T Galamay

(Adult Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Philippine Heart Center)

APSR young investigator Dr John Ray T Galamay received the APSR Travel Award to attend the CHEST 2018 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, 5-10 October 2018, to present:

Accuracy of Gas Exchange Measurements as Predictors of Early Successful Weaning among ICU Patients of Philippine Heart Center: a Prospective Cohort Study (See post-session report)

John Ray T Galamay

(Philippine Heart Center, Quezon City)

APSR/Norbert Berend COPD Young Investigator Awardee Dr John Ray Galamay joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Association of serum uric acid levels and outcomes of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study 10.1111/resp.13420_674

Mihir Raman Gangakhedkar

(All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh, India)

APSR ERS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Mihir Raman Gangakhedkar joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

IVC 'MIS'-guided fluids? An evaluation of the effect of different peep on the IVC indices of COPD patients on NIV 10.1111/resp.14149_66 (See post-session report)

Tumen-Ulzii Gankhuyag

(Department of Pulmonology and Allergology, Mongolian National University Medical Science, Mongolia)

APSR / J Patrick Barron Medical Education Young Investigator Awardee Dr Tumen-Ulzii Gankhuyag joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

The effect of asthma education programme of asthmatic patients 10.1111/resp.14150_759 (See post-session report)

Luke W Garratt

(University of Western Australia)

TSANZ Young Investigator Dr Garratt joined the 19th Congress of the APSR in Bali, 2014, to present:

Identification of MMP dysregulation in early CF - Evidence based rationale for anti-protease therapy
Garratt L W, Sutanto E N, Ling K M, Looi K, Kicic-Starcevich E, Iosifidis T, Martinovich K M, Knight D A, Stick S M, Kicic A, On behalf of Arest CF
Respirology Volume 19, Issue Supplement S3 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12416

Philip Hester M Gilbuena

(Chong Hua Hospital Cebu, Philippines)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Philip Hester M Gilbuena joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

The peak expiratory flow rate and respiratory health of children 7 to 18 years-old living near the Inayawan Landfill Site, Cebu City, Philippines 10.1111/resp.14149_26

Crestita A Gorme

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Section of Pediatric Pulmonology, Philippine Heart Center, Philippines)

APSR / Peter Sly Paediatric Young Investigator Awardee Dr Crestita A Gorme joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Bilateral and multilobar congenital pulmonary airway malformation type 2: a rare case 10.1111/resp.13207_514

Crestita A Gorme

(The Philippine Heart Center, Philippines)

APSR/Geoffrey Bush Paediatric Young Investigator Awardee Dr Crestita A Gorme joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Utility of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) levels in differentiating upper respiratory tract infection and bronchial asthma from healthy normal school children 10.1111/resp.13419_122

Crestita Gorme

(Philippine Heart Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Section of Pediatric Pulmonology)

APSR young investigator Dr Crestita Gorme received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Utility of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) Levels in DifferentiatingUpper Respiratory Tract Infection and Bronchial Asthma from Healthy Normal School Children (See post-session report)

Yuki Goto

(Iizuka Hospital, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Yuki Goto joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

A familial case of Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome (BHDS) complicated with bladder cancer and lung cancer; a case report and literature review. 10.1111/resp.13206_49

Achmad Gozali

(University of Indonesia, Indonesia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Achmad Gozali joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

A rare case of concomitant medullary thymoma with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis 10.1111/resp.13206_163

Buddhi Malinda Gunawardana

(Sri Lanka)

APSR/KYF Geriatric Respirology Young Investigator Awardee Dr Buddhi Malinda Gunawardana joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

Spirometric feasibility in a cohort of elders from residential care facilities in Colombo district (See post-session report)

Alev Gurgun

APSR 2013 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2012

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

Tomohiro Handa

(Department of Advanced Medicine for Respiratory Failure / Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan)

Silver Awardee at the Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 21 November 2020 to present:

Quantitative Analysis of Chest Computed Tomography in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Parenchymal Analysis on a Regional Basis (See post-session report)

Edward Harris

(Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Edward Harris received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Malignant and non-malignant findings from 5 years of Low dose CT scans screening for lung cancer in the Western Australian Asbestos Review Programme (See post-session report)

Ng Boon Hau

(Malaysia)

APSR Teaching Library Case Submission Award Awardee Dr Ng Boon Hau joined the 28th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023 to present their abstract.

Sumedha Samankantha Heenagamage

(Teaching Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka)

APSR / Norbert Berend COPD Young Investigator Awardee Dr Sumedha Samankantha Heenagamage joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

A descriptive study regarding radiological abnormalities in a cohort of COPD patients in central Sri Lanka 10.1111/resp.13207_421

Moulid Hidayat

(Juntendo University, Japan)

ERS Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Moulid Hidayat joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Role of quiescence cancer stem cells in the gefitinib resistance in EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer 10.1111/resp.13206_36

Mari Hikichi

(Division of Respiratory Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Mari Hikichi joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Identification of a new target for diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with autoimmune features 10.1111/resp.13419_214

Nok Him

APSR Clean Air Research Awardee Dr Nok Him joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Targeting the human βc receptor inhibits inflammatory myeloid cells and lung injury caused by acute cigarette smoke exposure

Tsunahiko Hirano

(Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan)

Silver Awardee at the Asthma Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 28 November 2020 to present:

Airway TNF-LIGHT expression and associated molecular inflammatory profiles in asthma patients with persistent airflow limitation (See post-session report)

Makoto Hoshino

APSR 2012 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2011

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

Yi-An Hsieh

(Center of Sleep Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Yi-An Hsieh joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Intermittent hypoxia resulted in defective phagocytosis of phagocytes and poorer sepsis outcomes in murine and in vitro study 10.1111/resp.14150_789

Yan Hu

(China)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Yan Hu joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Peripheral blood markers associated with treatment response and survival in resectable NSCLC patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy

Alan Hsu

(Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia)

TSANZ Young Investigator Dr Hsu joined the 17th Congress of the APSR in Hong Kong, 2012, to present:

Deficient Antiviral Responses to Influenza in Primary Bronchial Epithelial Cells of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Alan Chen-Yu Hsu, Malcolm R Starkey, Irwan Hanish, Kristy Parsons, Tatt Jhong Haw, Linda J Howland, Ian Barr, James B Mahony, Paul S Foster, Darryl A Knight, Peter A Wark, and Philip M Hansbro "Targeting PI3K-p110α Suppresses Influenza Virus Infection in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease", American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 191, No. 9 (2015), pp. 1012-1023. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201501-0188OC

Nai-Chien Huan

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)

Respirology Case Reports Poster Awardee Dr Nai-Chien Huan joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi 2019, to present:

Acute pulmonary complications following cosmetic silicone breast injections: 2 rare cases 10.1111/resp.14150_11
and

Rapidly progressive honeycombing in a spontaneously breathing patient with COVID-19 pneumonia 14150_278

Nai-Chien Huan

(Malaysia)

Dr Huan joined the ATS Boot Camp (virtual format) in May 2021.

(See post-course report)

Hung-Ling Huang

(Kaohsiung medical university hospital in Taiwan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Hung-Ling Huang joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Gut microbiota signature can distinguish latent TB infection among poorly diabetic patients 10.1111/resp.14149_51

Yen-Hsiang Huang

(National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)

APSR / KF-CB Lung Cancer Research Young Investigator Awardee Dr Yen-Hsiang Huang joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

High PD-L1 expression influenced the clinical outcomes of osimertinib in treatment naïve advanced EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer patients 10.1111/resp.14149_74 (See post-session report)

Tomohiro Ichikawa

(Department of Respiratory Medicine Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Tomohiro Ichikawa joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Role of reactive persulfide species in influenza virus-induced lung inflammation 10.1111/resp.14149_13

Satoshi Ikeo

(Kyoto University Hospital, Japan)

APSR JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Satoshi Ikeo joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Transplantation of lung progenitors derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells into the murine lungs 10.1111/resp.14149_14 (See post-session report)

Hiroaki Ikushima

(Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Hiroaki Ikushima joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) approach for age-dependent features in bronchoscopy images

Yunjoo Im

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea)

APSR young investigator Dr Yunjoo Im received an award to attend the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2022 (ATS 2022) to present:

Which Came First, Emphysema or Small Airway Disease? A Longitudinal Analysis of Parametric Response Mapping on Chest Computed Tomography in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (See post-session report)

Yunjoo Im

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea)

APSR young investigator Dr Yunjoo Im received an award to attend the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress 2023 to present:

Development and validation of a scoring system for predicting pulmonary complications after curative resection in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients with early stage lung cancer (See post-Congress report)

Muhammad Imran

(Institute of Hepatology, COVID-19 Hospital, Nishterabad, Peshawar, Pakistan)

Silver Awardee at the Respiratory Infections (Non-Tuberculous) Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 10 November 2020 to present:

Prevalence of COVID-19 in asymptomatic healthy residents of border quarantine facilities in district Khyber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (See post-session report)

Matthew Ing

(Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia)

Silver Awardee at the Respiratory Infections (Non-Tuberculous) Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 10 November 2020 to present:

Management of thoracic empyema in an Australian tertiary referral hospital: A 36-month retrospective study (See post-session report)

Jennifer Ingram

(Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Dr Ingram joined the 17th Congress of the APSR in Hong Kong, 2012, to present:

Interleukin-13-Directed Airway Fibroblast Invasion in Asthma
Jennifer L Ingram, Molly J Huggins, Tony D Church, Dave Francisco, Rafael Firszt, Simone Degan, Paul W Noble, Denise Beaver, Mary E Sunday, Monica Kraft
ATS Journals Chapter DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2010.181.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1072

Thomas Iosifidis

(University of western Australia, Perth, Australia)

TSANZ Young Investigator Awardee Dr Thomas Iosifidis joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Identifying a novel therapeutic strategy for asthma: targeting airway epithelial cell restitution 10.1111/resp.13206_195

Ryo Itotani

(Assistant Director, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Division of Respiratory, Osaka, Japan)

JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Ryo Itotani joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

The efficacy and safety of carboplatin and weekly paclitaxel combination therapy for previously treated small cell lung cancer patients with interstitial lung disease 10.1111/resp.13206_178

Masaaki Iwabayashi

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Masaaki Iwabayashi joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

The effects of smoking cessation therapy on pulmonary function and predictive factor of the FEV1 increase 10.1111/resp.14149_29

Anjuli May P Jaen

(University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH), Philippines)

APSR/APTA Young Investigator Awardee Dr Anjuli May P Jaen joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

A meta-analysis on indwelling pleural catheters versus pleurodesis in the management of malignant pleural effusions: A modern dilemma 10.1111/resp.13420_675

Jade Jaffar

(Dept. of General Respiratory and Lung Transplantation Immunology and Pathology, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Australia)

APSR young investigator Jade Jaffar received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

New models of fibrosis that involve primary, patient-derived cells, believed to give us the best chance of discovering better targets for development of anti-fibrotic therapies. (See post-session report)

Jimin Jang

(Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Jimin Jang joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Involvement of RAGE and oxidative stress in chronic inflammation 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0625

Mirae Jang

(Yonsei University / Wonju College of Medicine, Republic of Korea)

APSR Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology Assembly Awardee Dr Mirae Jang joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Comparison of asbestos fiber detection methods in bal fluid and lung tissue of rat 10.1111/resp.13206_125

Sarah Jefferies

APSR 2017 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2016

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 (See post-session report)

Anggar Jito

(Department of Pulmonology, Indonesia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Anggar Jito joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

The nutritional status assessed by malnutrition screening tools in pulmonary tuberculosis and its relation to bacterial load 10.1111/resp.13206_19

Yong Suk Jo

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St Mary Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

APSR ERS YI Awardee Dr Yong Suk Jo joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Prevalence, Characteristics, and Risk of Exacerbation in Young patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0013

Dong-Hyun Joo

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

APSR / J Patrick Barron Medical Education Young Investigator Awardee Dr Dong-Hyun Joo joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Risk factors associated with treatment response in patients with idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0041

Min J Joo

(Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Dr Joo joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

Healthcare Utilization Associated with Misdiagnosis of COPD in Primary Care
Ann Bunyan, Todd A Lee, David H Au, Min J Joo
ATS Journals ajrccm-conference.2013.187.1_MeetingAbstracts.A5020

Catherine Jordan

(St. Luke's Medical Center, Manila, Philippines)

Gold Awardee at the Respiratory Infections (Non-Tuberculous) Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 10 November 2020 to present:

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) (See post-session report)

Catherine Jordan

(Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, St Luke's Medical Center, Manila, Philippines)

APSR / PCCP Young Investigator Awardee Dr Catherine Jordan joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Determination of ability of individual inflammatory markers in predicting critical COVID and mortality: A retrospective cohort study 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0045

Punchalee Kaenmuang

(Respiratory and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand)

APSR / Norbert Berend COPD Young Investigator Awardee Dr Punchalee Kaenmuang joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

The stability of blood eosinophil count and clinical outcomes in Thai chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A prospective study 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0077

Yedham Kang

(Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Republic of Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Yedham Kang joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Comparison of active tuberculosis case finding strategies for immigrants in South Korea: epidemiology and cost-effectiveness analysis 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0173

Dr Keiko Kan-o

(Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan)

Gold Awardee at the Asthma Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 28 November 2020 to present:

Incense smoke induces airway hyperresponsiveness, alterations of tight junction proteins and loss of airway epithelial barrier integrity via oxidative stress (See post-session report)

Keiko Kan-o

(Japan)

APSR Clean Air Congress Abstract Awardee Dr Keiko Kan-o joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

The effects of goblet cell hyperplasia on airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Motoyasu Kato

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Motoyasu Kato joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Combination therapy with nintedanib and prednisolone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 10.1111/resp.13419_211

Paramita Khairan

(Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)

APSR Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous) Assembly Awardee Dr Paramita Khairan joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Modification of CURB-65 score as mortality predictor of hospitalized pneumonia patients with comorbidity: CAR score 10.1111/resp.13206_41

Sze Shyang Kho

(Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Sze Shyang Kho joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Radial probe endobronchial ultrasound (R-EBUS) guided transbronchial cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of peripheral lung mass 10.1111/resp.13207_396

Sze Shyang Kho

(Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia)

APSR young investigator Dr Sze Shyang Kho received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

A retrospective study on the diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion. (See post-session report)

Yet-Hong Khor

(Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Khor Yet Hong received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Ambulatory Oxygen versus Air via Portable Concentrator in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease (See post-session report)

Yet-Hong Khor

APSR young investigator Dr Khor Yet Hong received an award to attend the virtual American Thoracic Society International Conference 2021 (ATS 2021) to present:

Nocturnal Hypoxemia in Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Review (See post-session report)

Bo-Guen Kim

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

APSR / KATRD Young Investigator Awardee Dr Bo-Guen Kim joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

The lung microbiota in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0033

Jehun Kim

(Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Jehun Kim joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by new definition: incidence, risk factors and outcome 10.1111/resp.13206_112

Joong-Yub Kim

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Republic of Korea)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Joong-Yub Kim joined the ATS International Conference 2023 in Washington DC to present:

Distinct microbiome signature predicts early treatment response of patients with mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease (See post-conference report)

Yeon Wook Kim

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea)

APSR / KF-CB Lung Cancer Research Young Investigator Awardee Dr Yeon Wook Kim joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Comparison of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy and transthoracic needle biopsy for diagnosing bronchus sign positive pulmonary lesions 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0049

Youlim Kim

(Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Republic of Korea)

APSR young investigator Dr Youlim Kim received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Impact of bronchiectasis on clinical outcome and medical utilization in COPD patients" (See post-session report)

Youlim Kim

(Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Republic of Korea)

APSR / KATRD Young Investigator Awardee Dr Youlim Kim joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Pulmonary hyperinflation and the risk of COPD exacerbation: Analysis from KOCOSS cohort 10.1111/resp.14149_68 (See post-session report)

Yun Seok Kim

(Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Incheon St Mary Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

APSR / J Patrick Barron Medical Education Young Investigator Awardee Dr Yun Seok Kim joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Clinical Significance of Normalized FEV1/FVC in the Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD). 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0065

Charles Matthew Kinsey

(Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Charles Matthew (Matt) Kinsey joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Risk in high-risk populations; moving ct screening beyond the search for a potential lung cancer 10.1111/resp.13206_174

Rachel Knipe

(Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)

APSR ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Rachel Knipe joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

The Pulmonary Endothelium Plays a Critical Role in the Fibrotic Response to Lung Injury through S1PR1 and ROCK Mediated Cytoskeletal Rearrangements 10.1111/resp.14149_18

Rachel S Knipe

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)

APSR ATS YI Awardee Dr Rachel S Knipe joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Loss of endothelial sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1PR1) exacerbates injury-induced pulmonary fibrosis 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0005

Kenji Kobayashi

(Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan)

JRS Young Investigator Dr Kobayashi joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

Mechanisms of Autophagic Regulation of Myofibroblast Differentiation in Ipf Pathogenesis.
Kobayashi K, Araya J, Minagawa S, Hara H, Saito N, Kadota T, Sato N, Yoshida M, Tsubouchi K, Kurita Y, Ito S, Fujita Y, Takasaka N, Utsumi H, Yanagisawa H, Hashimoto M, Wakui H, Kojima J, Shimizu K, Numata T, Kawaishi M, Kaneko Y, Asano H, Yamashita M, Odaka M, Morikawa T, Nakayama K, Kuwano K
PubMed DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600265

Sokchinda Kong

(Medical Department, Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia)

APSR / Woolcock Vietnam Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Sokchinda Kong joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Late diagnosis of congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) in a child with recurrent respiratory symptoms 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0069

Sokchinda Kong

(Medical Department, Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia)

APSR / Woolcock Vietnam Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Sokchinda Kong joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Late diagnosis of congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) in a child with recurrent respiratory symptoms 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0069

Yohei Korogi

(Kyoto University Hospital, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Yohei Korogi received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Early High Glycemic Variability was Associated with an Increased 30-day Mortality in Patients with Sepsis (See post-session report)

Ho-chang Kuo

(Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Ho-chang Kuo joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Peanut sensitivity and allergic rhinitis at 6 years of age are associated with increased symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder later in life 10.1111/resp.13206_129

Naoyuki Kuse

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan)

APSR-JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Naoyuki Kuse joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

The safety of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) via flexible bronchoscope with combination of radial endobronchial ultrasonography (R-EBUS) and fluoroscopic guidance in diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease in Japan (See post-session report)

Kwok Wang Chun

(Hong Kong)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Kwok Wang Chun at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society in Yokohama, 2024, to present:

Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and systemic immune-inflammation index in predicting hospitalized COPD exacerbation risks (See post-meeting report)

Edmund M T Lau

(Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia)

TSANZ Young Investigator Dr Lau joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

Novel Noninvasive Techniques for Assessing Dynamic Pulmonary Vascular Function
Edmund M Lau, Elizabeth A Bailey, Shareen K Jaijee, Tamera J Corte, Lisa Simmons, Paul J Torzillo, Dale L Bailey and David S Celermajer
American Heart Association Circulation. 2012;126:A17786,

Hong Le

(Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Australia)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Ms Hong Le joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Traffic-related air pollution and respiratory health: A cross-sectional study among adolescents in Vietnam 10.1111/resp.14149_28

Hong Le

(Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)

APSR / VNRS Young Investigator Awardee Ms Hong Le joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Children respiratory health during COVID-19 lockdown and after 6-month re-exposure to poor air quality 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0061

Chien-Feng Lee

(National Taiwan University Hospital)

APSR young investigator Dr Chien-Feng Lee received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Management of Massive Pulmonary Hemorrhage with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and Temporary Clamping of the Endotracheal Tube (See post-session report)

Hyun Woo Lee

(Division of Respiratory and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Hyun Woo Lee joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Risk factors of rapid lung function decline in COPD patients of real world 10.1111/resp.14149_64

Ji-Young Lee

(Inflammation-Cancer Microenvironment Research Center, Inflammation-Cancer Microenvironment Research Center College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Ji-Young Lee joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Combined association of climatic change, air pollution, and green space exposure with risk of respiratory diseases in 6-month-old infants 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0629

Jooyeon Lee

(Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Jooyeon Lee joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Priming with cytokine B enhances therapeutic capacities of mesenchymal stem cells in acute lung injury (ALI) 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0633

Pyng Lee

(Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Pyng Lee joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Bronchial Thermoplasty or Biologics for Severe Asthma: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0689

Song-I Lee

(Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Song-I Lee joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

The effectiveness of IL-6 and PD-1 antibody blockade combination therapy in a murine model of sepsis 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0693

Yu-Che Lee

(Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)

APSR young investigator Dr Yu-Che Lee received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Early High Glycemic Variability was Associated with an Increased 30-day Mortality in Patients with Sepsis (See post-session report)

Jing Li

(School of Medical Graduate, Fudan University, China)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Jing Li joined the ATS International Conference in Denver, 2015, to present:

Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Autophagy via PI3K/AKT Signaling to Reduce the Severity of Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Lung Injury
Jing Li, Jian Zhou, Chunxue Bai
ATS Journals ajrccm-conference.2015.191.1_MeetingAbstracts.A2064

Wen-Yang Li

(The First Hospital of China Medical University, China)

APSR / Paul Zimmerman Physiology Young Investigator Awardee Dr Wen-Yang Li joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Assessment of soft palate muscle fatigue and its effect on velopharyngeal upper airway dynamics 10.1111/resp.13206_91

Shih-Wei Lin

APSR 2019 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2018

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)

Shu-Yung Lin

(National Taiwan University Hospital, Jin-Shan Branch)

APSR young investigator Dr Shu-Yung Lin received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Genome-wide RNA-seq Analyses of O-glycan Glycosyltransferases for Molecular Prognostic Markers in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (See post-session report)

Shu-Yung Lin

(Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital)

APSR young investigator Dr Shu-Yung Lin joined the ERS International Virtual Congress 2020, to present:

Higher adverse drug reactions but better completion rate of twelve-dose weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid comparing with nine-month daily isoniazid for latent tuberculosis infection among patients under maintenance dialysis (See post-session report)

Wei Liu

(China)

APTA Young Investigator Awardee Dr Wei Liu joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

The effect of propylene oxide exposure on lung function was modified by genetic susceptibility and physical activity: A repeated-measurement cohort study

Kevin Looi

(School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia)

ERS Young Investigator Dr Looi joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

Human Rhinovirus Infection of Asthmatic Airway Epithelial Cells Causes Tight Junction Disassembly Resulting in Increased Permeability
Kevin Looi, Alex Larcombe, Graeme Zosky, Paul Rigby, Darryl A Knight, Stephen M Stick, Anthony Kicic
18th Congress of the APSR - abstract book DOI: 10.1111/resp.12183_9

Jiaying Luo

(Guangzhou Medical University, China)

ERS Young Investigator Dr Luo joined the 19th Congress of the APSR in Bali, 2014, to present:

The relationship between environment and the prevalence of allergy rhinitis in pre-school children in Guangzhou City
L Jiaying, H Huimin, Z Manning, W Nili, S Baoqing
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Respirology Volume 19, Issue Supplement S3 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12416

Jiaying Luo

(State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease / National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, China)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Jiaying Luo joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

The application of sigE/sigG4 and ifn-y in infantile allergy march 10.1111/resp.13206_128

Jamaluddin Madolangan

(Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Jamaluddin Madolangan joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Correlation of fungal infection risk factor on fungal colonization in pulmonary tuberculosis sequelae patients with recurrent hemoptysis in labuang baji hospital 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0913

Suguru Majima

(Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly Awardee Dr Suguru Majima joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Measurement of airway dimensions by 3-D CT in inflammatory bowel disease patients. 10.1111/resp.13206_54

Katsunori Masaki

(Keio University, School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Katsunori Masaki received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

A smartphone application entitled "CureApp", a smoking cessation tool based on a multicentre cooperative single group intervention study. It is not only drug therapy, but also rehabilitation and environmental adjustment that are important in the treatment of respiratory diseases. (See post-session report)

Kazuto Matsunaga

(Japan)

Harasawa Research Awardee Dr Kazuto Matsunaga joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Plenary lecture: New strategies to realize clinical remission in asthma

Hiyaso Matsuyama

(Toho University Omori Medical Center, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Hiyaso Matsuyama received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

how mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells act in sarcoidosis patients (See post-session report)

Deebya Raj Mishra

(BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal)

ERS Young Investigator Dr Mishra joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

Study of Incidence, Outcome and Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in ICU of Tertiary Care Hospital In Nepal
Deebya Raj Mishra
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2013, 42 (Suppl 57) P2744;

Deebya Raj Mishra

(B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Deebya Raj Mishra joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Study of diagnostic utility of Xpert MTB/RIF test on pleural fluid in the evaluation of patients presenting with pleural tuberculosis in nepal 10.1111/resp.13206_73

Deebya Raj Mishra

(Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal)

APSR / Malcolm Winterburn Lung Cancer Young Investigator Awardee Dr Deebya Raj Mishra joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

EBUS and EUS-B in resource-limited settings: a single center experience from Nepal 10.1111/resp.14150_664 (See post-session report)

Alicia Mitchell

(St Vincent's Hospital, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Alicia Mitchell joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

A single centre, prospective, longitudinal study of the human respiratory virome after lung transplantation 10.1111/resp.13206_79

Alicia Mitchell

(Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Alicia Mitchell joined the ATS International Conference in San Diego, 18–23 May 2018, to present:

Transient populations of the human pulmonary virome are not associated with acute rejection after lung transplantation (See post-conference report)

Seong Mi Moon

(Samsung Medical Center, Republic of Korea)

APSR young investigator Seong Mi Moon received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Long-term natural history of non-cavitary nodular bronchiectatic nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (See post-session report)

Mohammad Ashkan Moslehi

(Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Mohammad Ashkan Moslehi joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Cryotherapy: new concept in pediatric airway disorders 10.1111/resp.13206_61

Jason Aboudi Mouabbi

(St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

CHEST Young Investigator Dr Jason Aboudi Mouabbi was nominated for the award, though unable to join the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) as predictive markers 10.1111/resp.13206_186

Yasushi Murakami

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Yasushi Murakami received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

The prognostic role of blood lymphocytopenia in patients with postoperative pneumonia (See post-session report)

Aisya Natasya Musa

(Malaysia)

APSR Teaching Library Case Submission Award Awardee Dr Aisya Natasya Musa joined the 28th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023 to present their abstract.

Jun-Pyo Myong

(Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Myong joined the 19th Congress of the APSR in Bali, 2014, to present:

The association between occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and asbestosis in Korea-Asbestos Health Damage Relief System
Jun-Pyo Myong, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim, Jeung Sook Kim, Soon-Hee Jung
19th Congress of the APSR – Poster Presentation – Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology
Respirology (pages 139–145) DOI: 10.1111/resp.12417_8

Masayuki Nakajima

(Tsukuba, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Masayuki Nakajima received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Role of PD-1 pathway in pulmonary MAC infection using mice model" (See post-session report)

Yasuhiko Nakamura

(Japan)

APSR / JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Yasuhiko Nakamura joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Immune checkpoint inhibitors-related pneumonitis in lung cancer with Interstitial pneumonia: a multicenter retrospective study in Japan

Hiroshi Nakano

(Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Nakano joined the ERS 2016 Congress in London, UK, to present:

E-selectin as a prognostic factor of patients who hospitalized for respiratory inflammation diseases; a single institutional study
Masamichi Sato, Yoko Shibata, Sumito Inoue, Akira Igarashi, Yoshikane Tokairin, Tomomi Kimura, Keiko Yamauchi, Takako Nemoto, Kento Sato, Hiroshi Nakano, Takahito Yagihashi and Isao Kubota
ERS Education Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 628

Gizal Nakshbandi

(Netherlands)

Fukuchi Award for outstanding Respirologyarticleee Dr Gizal Nakshbandi joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Home monitoring of lung function, symptoms and quality of life after admission with COVID-19 infection: The HOMECOMIN study

Ho Namkoong

(Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Ho Namkoong joined the ATS International Conference in Dallas, 17–22 May 2019, to present:

Genome-wide association study in patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease (See post-conference report)

Ho Namkoong

(Department of Infectious Diseases, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

APSR JRS YI Awardee Dr Ho Namkoong joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Genome-wide association study in patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0025

Lam Nguyen-Ho

(Viet Nam)

APSR / Woolcock Vietnam Young Investigator Awardee Dr Lam Nguyen-Ho joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Bronchial lavage fluid from patients with clinically non-significant and significant bronchiectasis

Damith Nandadeva

(Department of Physiology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

ERS Young Investigator Dr Nandadeva joined the 17th Congress of the APSR in Hong Kong, 2012, to present:

Unilateral Diaphragmatic Paralysis: How Far to Investigate?
D Nandadeva, D Madegedara, D Yasaratne, N Dissanayake, V Weerasinghe
(2012) Clinical Respiratory Medicine. Respirology, 17: 55–60.
doi:10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02292.x

Denis Naumov

(Far Eastern Scientific Center of Physiology and Pathology of Respiration)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Denis Naumov joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Evidence of association between GABBR2 gene polymorphism and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in asthma patients 10.1111/resp.13206_87

Boon Hau Ng

(Respiratory Unit, Department of Medicine, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

APSR / APTA Young Investigator Awardee Dr Boon Hau Ng joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Diagnostic Utility of Adenosine Deaminase in Differentiating Tuberculous and Non-Tuberculous Exudative Pleural Effusions 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0037

Hai V Nguyen

APSR 2018 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2017

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 post-session report)

Lam Nguyen-Ho

(University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

APSR-VNRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Lam Nguyen-Ho joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Clinical characteristics of pulmonary melioidosis diagnosed at respiratory Department of the Tertiary Hospital in Southern Vietnam 10.1111/resp.14150_280 (See post-session report)

Minh Nguyen

(Emory University, USA)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Nguyen Hoan Le Minh joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Current smoking by socioeconomic status in a representative Japanese population 10.1111/resp.14149_30

Thi Kim Phuong Nguyen

(Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children, Vietnam)

APSR/Peter Sly Paediatric Young Investigator Awardee Dr Thi Kim Phuong Nguyen joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

Proposed pragmatic algorithm to reduce unnecessary hospitalisation and antibiotic use among children hospitalised with pneumonia in Vietnam (See post-session report)

Thi Mai Phuong Nguyen

(National TB Control Program, National Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Thi Mai Phuong Nguyen joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Effectiveness and safety of Bedaquiline-based, modified shorter treatment regimen for Rifampicin resistant Tuberculosis in Vietnam 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0665

Koichi Nishino

(Division of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Koichi Nishino joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Isolation and characterization of lymphatic endothelial cells from lung tissues affected by lymphangioleiomyomatosis 10.1111/resp.14150_99

Peter Noble

(Centre for Neonatal Research and Education, School of Women's and Infants' Health, University of Western Australia; School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Noble joined the ATS International Conference in Philadelphia, 2013, to present:

The Asthmatic Airway In Vitro: Narrowing, Compliance and Bronchodilatory Response to Deep Inspiration
Peter B Noble, Robyn L Jones, Alvenia Cairncross,Howard W Mitchell, Alan L James, Peter K McFawn
ATS Journals DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2012.185.1_MeetingAbstracts.A268910.1164

Fariz Nurwidya

(Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Nurwidya joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

Knockdown of Zinc Finger E-Box Binding Homeobox1 (Zeb1) Reduces Stem Cells Characteristic of Gefitinib-Resistant-Persisters of Pc9 Cells
Fariz Nurwidya, Fumiyuki Takahashi, Akiko Murakami, Isao Kobayashi, Motoyasu Kato, Takehito Shukuya, Ryo Ko, Shigehiro Yagishita, Ryo Koyama, Keiko Muraki, Motomi Takahashi, Naoko Shimada, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Respirology Volume 18, Issue Supplement S4 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12183

Fariz Nurwidya

(Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia)

ERS Young Investigator Dr Nurwidya joined the 21st Congress of the APSR in Bangkok, 2016, to present:

Knockdown of OCT4 Reverses Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Induced by Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 In Lung Cancer

Fariz Nurwidya

(Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Fariz Nurwidya joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

The role of zinc finger e-box binding homeobox 1 in the hypoxia-induced CD133 upregulation and self-renewal capacity in non-small cell lung cancer 10.1111/resp.13206_25

Miku Oda

(Kyorin University School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Miku Oda joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Evaluation for the therapeutic response by using a quantitative computed tomographic method in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis 10.1111/resp.13206_206

Keiji Oishi

(Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan)

APSR young investigator Keiji Oishi received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Medication persistence rates and predictive factors of anti-fibrotic agents for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A real-world observational study (See post-session report)

Keiji Oishi

(Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Ube, Japan)

APSR-JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Keiji Oishi joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

Imaging biomarkers of the small airways disease in asthmatics (See post-session report)

Soshi Okamoto

(Department of Geriatrics Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Soshi Okamoto joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Breathing irregularities before sleep onset on polysomnography in patients with heart diseases 10.1111/resp.14149_105

Tadasu Okaya

(Chiba University Hospital, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Tadasu Okaya joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Clinical features of novel phenotype in pulmonary hypertension along with mild lung parenchymal change without severe ventilatory impairment 10.1111/resp.14149_134

Brian Nelson Ong

(Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Brian Nelson Ong joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy of telemedicine compared to face-to-face consultations in promoting CPAP compliance among OSA patients 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0729

Mary Claire Orden

(Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Lung Center of the Philippines)

APSR/Paul Zimmerman Physiology Young Investigator Awardee Dr Mary Claire Orden joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

A case report on bilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction due to bilateral phrenic nerve neuropathy in a 65-year-old male with dyspnea on supine position 10.1111/resp.13420_289

Emmanuel Twumasi Osei

(USA)

APSR / ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Emmanuel Twumasi Osei joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Complex epithelial-fibroblast-ECM interactions assessed via biomimetic lung models and the link between inflammatory and fibrotic disease mechanisms in asthma and COPD

Chiyako Oshikata

(Department of Allergy and Respirology, Hiratsuka City Hospital & Department of Pulmonology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Chiyako Oshikata joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Mite allergen avoidance decreases allergic symptoms in children in Ishinomaki City after natural disasters 10.1111/resp.14150_177

Shinya Otsuka

(Surgery, National Hospital Organization Hakodate National Hospital, Hakodate, Japan)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Shinya Otsuka joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

The Changes in Antibody Responses Induced by the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Healthcare Workers in a Single Community Hospital in Japan 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0253

Chih-Ying Ou

(National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Dou-Liou, Yunlin, Taiwan)

APSR 2016 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2015: Genetic variants of pulmonary SP-D predict disease outcome of COPD in a Chinese population

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, 20: 296–303. doi:10.1111/resp.12427 (See report)

Sun Young Paik

(Republic of Korea)

APSR / KATRD Young Investigator Awardee Dr Sun Young Paik joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Increased risk of new-onset interstitial lung disease after COVID-19 infection: A nationwide population-based cohort Study

Stephanie Palacios

(Internal Medicine, West Visayas State University Medical Center, Iloilo, Philippines)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Stephanie Palacios joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Clinical Profile of COVID-19 Vaccinated Individuals who Developed Breakthrough Infections: A Systematic Review 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0621

Sheng-Wei Pan

(Taipei Veterans General Hospital)

APSR young investigator Dr Sheng-Wei Pan received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

The risk of tuberculosis and other infections in diabetic patients using statins versus nonstatin lipid-lowering agents (See post-session report)

Luca Parisi

(Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), University of Auckland, New Zealand)

APSR young investigator Luca Parisi received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Work on a gold standard and novel imaging systems of lung structure and function, state-of-the-art, subject-specific computational and (patho)physiological modelling, advanced statistical analyses, lung tissue biomechanics, and the use of advanced mathematical and biophysical techniques to model, understand and define normal lung physiology and pathophysiology. (See post-session report)

Sarang Patil

(India)

APSR / Norbert Berend COPD Young Investigator Awardee Dr Sarang Patil joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Tele-pulmonology ... connecting the last dot

Alejandro A Pezzulo

(Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Iowa, USA)

APSR ATS YI Awardee Dr Alejandro A Pezzulo joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

The role of airway epithelia in sarcoidosis 10.1111/resp.14433#resp14433-sec-0001

Luan Pham

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, 108-Military Central Hospital, Ha Noi, Vietnam)

APSR-Woolcock Vietnam Awardee Dr Luan Pham joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

The efficacy of gefitinib as a first-line therapy in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations 10.1111/resp.14149_89 (See post-session report)

Luan Pham

(Viet Nam)

APSR / VNRS Young Investigator Award for Lung Cancer Researchee Dr Luan Pham joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Comparative effects of afatinib and gefitinib as first-line treatment in patients with advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer with common EGFR mutations: real-world data on PFS

Lam Luk Ping

(Hong Kong)

APSR Teaching Library Case Submission Award Awardee Dr Lam Luk Ping joined the 28th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023 to present their abstract.

Lurdes Planas-Cerezales

(Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain)

APSR 2020 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2019

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)

Eva M Carmona Porquera

(Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)

APSR-ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Eva M Carmona Porquera joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

Diagnosis and treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and Update on treatment of fungal infection in immunocompromised patients (See post-session report)

Brijesh Prajapat

(Pulmonary & Critical care medicine, Yashoda Super Specialty Hospital, East Delhi, India)

ERS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Brijesh Prajapat joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Evaluation of upper airway (UA) anthropometry using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and lateral cephalometry in patients of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in north Indian population 10.1111/resp.13419_213

Melissa Preissner

(Monash University, Australia)

Recipient of the APSR Travel Award and also the APSR Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly Award, Dr Melissa Preissner joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

High speed, high resolution in vivo dynamic lung imaging using a laboratory X-ray source to measure regional lung function and pulmonary vasculature 10.1111/resp.13206_55

Pandu Putra

(University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)

APSR / Norbert Berend COPD Young Investigator Awardee Dr Pandu Putra joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

The effectiveness of home-based upper arm endurance and strength exercises with eggwhite supplementation on functional capacity and quality of life in stable COPD patients 10.1111/resp.resp.14150_495 (See post-session report)

Chu Qin

(Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated To Nanjing Medical University, China)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Chu Qin joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

The role of cIAP2 in avian influenza a (H7N9) induced acute lung injury through inducing RIPK1/3-dependent necroptosis 10.1111/resp.13206_146

Ling Qin

(Central South University, China / University of Newcastle, Australia)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Ling Qin joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Aging related DNA methylation in peripheral blood of smokers and patients with COPD 10.1111/resp.13206_67

Vu Tran Thien Quan

(Vietnam)

APSR member Dr Vu Tran Thien Quan received travel support to be an Educational Leader at the ATS Resident Boot Camp in 2023.

Mamunur Rashid

(National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Rashid joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

Clinical and Laboratory Profiles and Outcomes of Critically Ill Chest Disease Patients in a Tertiary Care Chest Hospital
Mamunur Rashid, Asfia Niger, Rashidul Hassan
Respirology Volume 18, Issue Supplement S4 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12183

Animesh Ray

(India)

APSR Teaching Library Case Submission Award Awardee Dr Animesh Ray joined the 28th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023 to present their abstract.

Paul Reynolds

(Australia)

Woolcock Research Awardee Dr Paul Reynolds joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Plenary lecture: Macrolides and Airways Disease – Bench to Bedside

Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric

(Washington University School of Medicine, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Dr Rivera-Spoljaric joined the 19th Congress of the APSR in Bali, 2014, to present:

Identifying early signs and symptoms of impending asthma exacerbations in children
Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric
Respirology Volume 19, Issue Supplement S3 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12416

Raissa Joyce Ronquillo-Guarin

(University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center, Philippines)

APSR young investigator Dr Raissa Joyce Ronquillo-Guarin received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Adherence of Residents in Training of University of Perpetual Help DALTA Medical Center to the 2009 International Standards for Tuberculosis Care and Their correlation with Treatment Outcome (See post-session report)

Eugene Roscioli

(Lung Research Laboratory, Dept. of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia)

TSANZ Young Investigator Dr Roscioli joined the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society in Osaka, Japan, 27–29 April 2018, to discuss his research describing the:

Molecular and cellular origin of COPD (See post-meeting report)

Saleela Ruwanpura

APSR Young Investigator Dr Saleela Ruwanpura's abstract was selected for the Japanese Respiratory Society Early Career Development Award at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society for Leaders in Lung Health & Respiratory Science of the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand in 2020 and submitted for the JRS Annual Meeting in 2021. Abstract presentation was prevented by the Covid-19 pandemic. Her research was:

Novel role in inflammasome activities in Chronic Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exacerbations

Sarina K Sahetya

(USA)

APSR / ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Sarina K Sahetya joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

The Association between PEEP-related Driving Pressure Changes and Mortality in Patients with Moderate-Severe ARDS

Narongkorn Saiphoklang

(Internal Medicine, Thammasat University Faculty of Medicine, Pathum Thani, Thailand)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Narongkorn Saiphoklang joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Factors affecting CPAP adherence in Thai patients with obstructive sleep apnea 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0717

Nayuta Saito

(Divison of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine - Tokyo)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Saito joined the ERS 2017 Congress in Milan, Italy, to present:

Role of lamin B1 in COPD pathogenesis

Takuya Saito

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Takuya Saito joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Siglec-1-negative alveolar macrophages are associated with COPD exacerbation and may represent pro-inflammatory phenotypes 10.1111/resp.14149_62 (See post-session report)

Toshihiro Sakakibara

(Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Toshihiro Sakakibara received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

A New Scoring System for Predicting Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients with Community-Onset Pneumonia (See post-session report)

Arif Santoso

(Hasanuddin University, Indonesia)

APSR young investigator Dr Arif Santoso received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

(Awaiting title) (See post-session report)

Juvenita Sartika Dewi

(Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, University of Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia)

APSR / Malcolm Winterburn Lung Cancer Young Investigator Awardee Dr Juvenita Sartika Dewi joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Low compliance factors of NSCLC patients who refuse chemotherapy at dr. zainoel abidin hospital banda aceh 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0081

Rebecca E Sell

(University of California, San Diego, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Dr Sell joined the 19th Congress of the APSR in Bali, 2014, to present:

Difference in outcomes between senior physician and medicine resident LED code blues
Sell R E, Chappell R, Davis D P
Respirology Volume 19, Issue Supplement S3 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12416

Jemma Seyfang

APSR Young Investigator Dr Jemma Seyfang's abstract was selected for the Japanese Respiratory Society Early Career Development Award at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society for Leaders in Lung Health & Respiratory Science of the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand in 2020 and submitted for the JRS Annual Meeting in 2021. Abstract presentation was prevented by the Covid-19 pandemic. Her research was:

Exosome characterization to identify proteins unique to PAH

Nicole Sheers

(Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia,)

APSR TSANZ Young Investigator Award Education Awardee Dr Nicole Sheers joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Lung volume recruitment therapy in people with neuromuscular disease 10.1111/resp.14149_3

Rebecca A Shilling

(Center for Immunobiology, Walther Hall, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Dr Shilling joined the 17th Congress of the APSR in Hong Kong, 2012, to present:

T cells Reject the Lung: Lessons from a Mouse Orthotopic Lung Transplant Model
Q Wu, P Gupta, H Suzuki, S Wagner, L Fan, D S Wilkes, R A Shilling
Respirology Volume 17, Issue Supplement S2 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012

Hye-Young Shin

(Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Shin Hyeyoung joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Associations between long-term exposure to PM10 and NO2 and serum metabolite concentration in CODA cohort 10.1111/resp.14150_182

Sun Hye Shin

(Samsung Medical Center, Seoul)

APSR young investigator Dr Sun Hye Shin received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Diseases Caused by Mixed Infection with Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus complex (See post-session report)

Sun Hye Shin

(Republic of Korea)

APSR young investigator Dr Sun Hye Shin received a travel award to attend the 2021 Virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress, 5-8 September 2021, to present:

Exhausted T lymphocytes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: single-cell analysis of human lung tissue (See post-session report)

Yusuke Shiraishi

(Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)

APSR JRS YI Awardee Dr Yusuke Shiraishi joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Distinct impacts of centrilobular vs. paraseptal emphysema on annual decline in pulmonary function in COPD. 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0021

Chin-Chung Shu

(National Taiwan University)

APSR young investigator Dr Chin-Chung Shu received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

The roles of programmed death-1, regulatory T cells and myeloid derived suppressor cells in patients with Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease (See post-session report)

Claudia Sim

(Australia)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Claudia Sim joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Profiling markers of silicosis in a Victorian cohort of engineered stone workers

Joan P Y Sim

(St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney, Australia)

Gold Awardee at the Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 21 November 2020 to present:

Investigation of airway oscillometry indices in post-lung transplantation: a cross-sectional assessment (See post-session report)

Peter Sottile

(Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Peter Sottile joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Ventilatory dyssynchrony in mechanically ventilatedpatients: is it a problem? 10.1111/resp.13206_144

Apisara Suriyakul

(Internal Medicine, Thammasat University Faculty of Medicine, Pathum Thani, Thailand)

APSR ERS YI Awardee Dr Apisara Suriyakul joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Correlation between hand grip strength and peak inspiratory flow rate in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0009

Atsushi Suzuki

(Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Tosei General Hospital, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Atsushi Suzuki received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy on exercise capacity for fibrosing interstitial lung disease: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial (See post-session report)

Atsushi Suzuki

APSR 2021 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2020

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)

Yoshifumi Suzuki

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Yoshifumi Suzuki joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Exploratory study of predictive factors of disease progression in the early stage of COVID-19 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0241

Erina Tabata

(Department od Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kanagawa, Japan)

JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Erina Tabata joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Long-term clinical course of unclassifiable idiopathic interstitial pneumonia diagnosed by surgical lung biopsy 10.1111/resp.13206_208

Aizhamal Tabyshova

(National Center of Cardiology and Internal Therapy named after M.Mirrakhimov - Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan))

APSR Young Investigator Dr Tabyshova joined the ERS 2017 Congress in Milan, Italy, to present:

Indoor air pollution and respiratory symptoms, and pneumonia in highland children in Kyrgyzstan

ERS Education 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA1276

Shingo Takahashi

(Shizuoka General Hospital)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Shingo Takahashi joined the CHEST Annual Meeting in New Orleans, 19–23 October 2019, to present:

Forced Oscillatory Parameters as Predictors of COPD Assessment Test Improvement in Untreated COPD Patients (See post-conference report)

Shun Takao

(Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Shun Takao joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Mesenchymal stem cells cultured in serum-free medium suppress murine bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by enhancing regulatory T cell induction 10.1111/resp.resp.14150_98

Shinji Tamaki

APSR 2010 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2009

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

Naoya Tanabe

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan)

Silver Awardee at the Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 21 November 2020 to present:

Disproportionally impaired diffusion capacity relative to airflow limitation in COPD (See post-session report)

Clarice Tang

(Western Sydney University, Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Clarice Tang received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Does an immediate commencement of pulmonary rehabilitation following hospitalisation for an exacerbation of COPD positively impact attendance and completion rates: A pilot randomised controlled trial (See post-session report)

Yiting Tang

(General Medicine (Respiratory Medicine), Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore)

APSR YI Awardee Dr Yiting Tang joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Impact of change in CPAP initiation practice during COVID-19 pandemic on acceptance and short-term adherence. 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0709

Noriyuki Tashima

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University, Japan)

Silver Awardee at the Asthma Assembly Symposium at the APSR Assembly Virtual Meeting on 28 November 2020 to present:

Elevated serum free fatty acids may be a risk factor of adult onset asthma: Nagahama Study (See post-session report)

Hiroki Tashiro

(Division of Hematology, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University)

APSR young investigator Dr Hiroki Tashiro received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Sex differences in the effect of dietary fibre on ozone-induced airway hyperresponsiveness: role of the microbiome (See post-session report)

Meredith A Tennis

(School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Meredith A Tennis joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Epigenetic regulation of Fzd9 and iloprost lung cancer chemoprevention 10.1111/resp.13419_216

Ryo Teramachi

(Tosei General Hospital, Aichi, Japan)

JRS Young Investigator Dr Teramachi joined the 18th Congress of the APSR in Yokohama, 2013, to present:

One Year Changes of Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Interstitial Lung Disease
Ryo Teramachi, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Tomoki Kimura, Kensuke Kataoka, Toshiaki Matsuda, Toshiki Yokoyama
Respirology Volume 18, Issue Supplement S4 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12183

Neeta Thakur

(Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA)

ATS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Neeta Thakur joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

A multi-level approach to asthma health disparities: from biomarkers to geocoded data 10.1111/resp.13419_217

Muhammad Akbar Tirtosudiro

(Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia)

APSR / Peter Sly Paediatric Lung Disease Young Investigator Awardee Dr Muhammad Akbar Tirtosudiro joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in Children: Experience From a Referral Tertiary Hospital in a High-Burden Country 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0073

Eunice To

(School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia, and Dept of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia)

TSANZ Young Investigator Awardee Dr Eunice To joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Endosomal NOX2 oxidase inhibitor protects against highly pathogenic influenza virus morbidity 10.1111/resp.13419_215

Eunice To

(School of Health Sciences and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia)

APSR 2020 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2019

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)

Ryuichi Togawa

(Japan)

APSR / JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Ryuichi Togawa joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Role of Serum Decoy Receptor 3 as a Predictor of Prognosis in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Interstitial Pneumonia

Prakarn Tovichien

(Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Thailand)

APSR / Peter Sly Paediatric Young Investigator Awardee Dr Prakarn Tovichien joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Comparing admission days of tracheostomized children admitted with bTARTIs 6-month before and after home respiratory care training 10.1111/resp.14149_124 (See post-session report)

Tai Tran-Quoc

(Viet Nam)

APSR / ERS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Tai Tran-Quoc joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Evaluating eligibility for pneumonectomy in patients with bronchial stenosis and atelectasis after pulmonary tuberculosis using cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Ming-Ju Tsai

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Ming-Ju Tsai joined the ATS International Conference in San Francisco, 2016, to present:

The Role of Acyl-CoA Thioesterase Gene Family in Lung Adenocarcinoma
Ming-Ju Tsai, Meng-Chi Yen, Shyh-Ren Chiang, Jen-Yu Hung, Ming-Shyan Huang, Ya-Ling Hsu
ATS Journals ajrccm-conference.2016.193.1_MeetingAbstracts.A2567

Hironobu Tsubouchi

(University of Miyazaki, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Hironobu Tsubouchi joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Ghrelin protects against airway eosinophilic inflammation in asthma 10.1111/resp.13206_134

Ryosuke Tsugitomi

(St Luke's International Hospital, Japan)

APSR young investigator Dr Ryosuke Tsugitomi received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy (PTTM) Diagnosed by Autopsy in Thymic Adenocarcinoma Patient (See post-session report)

Khe Muoy Um

(Cambodia)

APSR / Peter Sly Paediatric Lung Disease Young Investigator Awardee Dr Khe Muoy Um joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Outcome Of Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation At Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Dian Prastiti Utami

(Universitas Indonesia-Persahabatan Hospital, Indonesia)

ERS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Dian Prastiti Utami joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Recurrent pyopneumothorax in multi drug resistant tuberculosis patient: a case report 10.1111/resp.13206_21

Pham Uyen

(Children's Hospital No 1, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam)

APSR/Peter Sly Paediatric Young Investigator Awardee Dr Pham Uyen joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

Pneumonia due to burkholderia pseudomallei in children at the Children's Hospital No 1, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 10.1111/resp.13419_120

Dong Nguyen Van

(Viet Nam)

APSR / VNRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Dong Nguyen Van joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Two-drug versus three-drug regimens in treating mycobacterium avium complex infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Rebecca L Vanders

APSR 2014 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2013

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

Joanne Van der Velden

(Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne. Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia)

TSANZ Young Investigator Dr Van der Veldenv joined the 17th Congress of the APSR in Hong Kong, 2012, to present:

K_ca3.1 Blockade Improves Lung Function and Retards Allergen-induced Increases in Mast Cell Density in a Sheep Model of Chronic Asthma
J Van Der Velden, D Barker, G Barcham, E Koumoundouros, H Wulff, Neil Castle, P Bradding, K Snibson
Respirology Volume 17, Issue Supplement S2 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012

Ralph Elvi M Villalobos

(Philippine College of Chest Physicians)

APSR young investigator Dr Ralph Villalobos received a travel award to attend the 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society, 12-14 April 2019 in Tokyo, Japan, to present:

Safety and Efficacy of Beta Blockers in COPD: A review (See post-session report)

Ralph Elvi M Villalobos

(Philippine College of Chest Physicians)

APSR young investigator Dr Ralph Villalobos received a travel award to attend the 2019 Congress of the European Respiratory Society, 28 September - 2 October 2019 in Madrid, Spain, to present:

The end does not always justify the means (See post-session report)

Cary Amiel Villanueva

(Philippines)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Cary Amiel Villanueva joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Estimating the effects of physical activity and physical fitness on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease development using graphical causal models: a UK Biobank study

Trang Vu

(Bach Mai Hospital, Vietnam)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Trang Vu joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Clinical, laboratory features and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia in alcoholic patients in Respiratory Center, Bach Mai Hospital 10.1111/resp.13206_38

Yosuke Wada

(Shinzu University School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Yosuke Wada joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

Reduction of antioxidant activity in rats of emphysema, with pulmonary hypertension induced by SU5416/Hypoxia (See post-session report)

Hao Wang

(Australia)

APSR Clean Air Research Awardee Dr Hao Wang joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Targeting the human βc receptor inhibits inflammatory myeloid cells and lung injury caused by acute cigarette smoke exposure

Kimberley Wang

(Telethon Kids Institute, Western Australia, 6008)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Wang joined the ERS 2016 Congress in London, UK, to present:

Effect of prenatal hypoxia-induced growth restriction on lung structure in adult rats
Kimberley C Wang, Jude S Morton, Sandra T Davidge, Alexander N Larcombe, Alan L James, Peter B Noble
ERS Education International Congress London 2016

Lei Wang

(China)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Lei Wang joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Culin5/TRAF6/NF-κb/VEGF-mediated endothelial dysfunction aggravates hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

Ye Wang

(China)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Ye Wang joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Developing and Validating Prediction Models for Severe Exacerbations and Readmissions in Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbation (SERCO) in China: a Prospective Observational Study

Yina Wang

(Geriatric Department, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Yina Wang joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Information-motivation-behavioral skills intervention increases the CPAP adherence in old OSAHS patients 10.1111/resp.14149_104

Yina Wang

(Department of Geriatric, The Second Xiangya Hospital, CSU, CHANGSHA, China (Mainland))

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Yina Wang joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

OSAHS can induce retinal microvascular abnormalities 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0713

Dhammika Leshan Wannigama

(Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Research Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Thailand)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Dhammika Leshan Wannigama joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

A novel broad-spectrum peptide therapy for acute and chronic lung infections with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria 10.1111/resp.14149_33

Dhammika Leshan Wannigama

(Center of Excellence in Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Research, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Dhammika Leshan Wannigama joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Combining a novel cyclic peptide with antibiotics to treat acute and chronic pulmonary infections with multidrug resistance gram-negative bacteria 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0529

Dhammika Leshan Wannigama

(Thailand)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Dhammika Leshan Wannigama joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Novel inhale treatment of IgY immunoglobulin combination with macrocyclic peptide eliminate multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa pulmonary infections

Yasuyoshi Washio

(Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Yasuyoshi Washio joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Association of preserved ratio impaired spirometry with mortality risk: The Hisayama study 10.1111/resp.14149_65

Naoaki Watanabe

(Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Naoaki Watanabe joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Anomalous epithelial variations and ectopic inflammatory response in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 10.1111/resp.14149_63 (See post-session report)

Satoshi Watanabe

(Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Satoshi Watanabe joined the ATS International Conference 2023 in Washington DC to present:

Japan RCB monocyte-derived interstitial macrophages stimulate angiogenesis to promote lung regeneration following pneumonectomy (See post-conference report)

Miranda Ween

(Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Miranda Ween received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

What's Your Flavour? Effects of E-cigarette Coil Temperature on Flavour Dependent Reductions of Phagocytosis of Bacteria and Apoptotic Airway Cells (See post-session report)

Miranda Ween

(Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia)

2021 Fukuchi Award winner for the best original research paper published in Respirology in 2020

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)

Shanshan Wei

(China)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Shanshan Wei joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Short-term ambient fine particulate matter exposure and peripheral leukocyte count and classification: results from the population-based cohort study in China

Sasanka Wijayawardhana

(National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka)

APSR / Paul Zimmerman Physiology Young Investigator Awardee Dr Sasanka Wijayawardhana joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

A novel mutation in SEPN 1 gene causing rigid spinal muscular dystrophy presenting as diaphragmatic dysfunction and respiratory failure in adulthood 10.1111/resp.14150_803 (See post-session report)

Charles Wong

APSR Teaching Library Case Submission Award at the APSR 2021 Congress

TL-00197: Treatment of non-severe COVID-19

TL-00198: Young lady with hypermobile shoulders

TL-00199: COVID-19 patient with hypoxemia

TL-00200: Recurrent symptomatic malignant pleural effusion with trapped lung

See post-congress report)

Charles Wong

(Department of Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, HKSAR, Hong Kong)

APSR / Hong Kong Young Investigator Awardee Dr Charles Wong joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Microbiology and treatment outcomes of pleural infection in a tertiary hospital in Hong Kong: A 10-year review 10.1111/resp.14149_44 See post-congress report)

Xinhui Wu

(Netherlands)

APSR / ERS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Xinhui Wu joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

The secretome of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells supports alveolar epithelial growth

Ranpu Wu

(China)

APSR / Malcolm Winterburn Lung Cancer Young Investigator Awardee Dr Ranpu Wu joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Mechanism of afatinib resistance in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer patients with non-classical EGFR mutations: A multicenter study

Tingting Xu

(Southern Medical University, China)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Tingting Xu joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Obesity is an independent risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea in children 10.1111/resp.13206_99

Koichi Yamaguchi

(Gunma University Hospital, Japan)

APSR-JRS Young Investigator Awardee Dr Koichi Yamaguchi joined the 24th Congress of the APSR in Hanoi, 2019, to present:

Association between anti-MDA5 antibody positive DM patients and the relapse of ILD (See post-session report)

Masatsugu Yamamoto

(James Hogg Research Centre, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Institute for HEART+LUNG Health, Vancouver; Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, UBC, Vancouver; Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Yamamoto joined the ATS International Conference in Philadelphia, 2013, to present:

Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs in Peripheral Blood of Asthmatics Undergoing Allergen Inhalation Challenge
Masatsugu Yamamoto, Amrit Singh, Jian Ruan, Gail M Gauvreau, Paul M O'Byrne, Chris Carlsten, J Mark FitzGerald, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Scott J Tebbutt
ATS Journals ajrccm-conference.2012.185.1_MeetingAbstracts.A4907

Yasuhiko Yamano

(Tosei General Hospital, Aichi, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Yamano joined the ATS International Conference in Denver, 2015, to present:

Acute Lung Injury Pattern in Anti-ARS Antibody Positive Interstitial Pneumonia Patients.
Y Yamano, H Taniguchi, Y Kondoh, J Fukuoka, T Johko, T Tanaka, H Sumikawa, T Kimura, K Kataoka, T Matsuda, T Yokoyama
Respirology Volume 18, Issue Supplement S4 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12183

Dawei Yang

(Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Dawei Yang joined the ATS International Conference in San Francisco, 2016, to present:

A Preliminary Comparison Study of Bioconductance Measurement with 18FDG-PET in Evaluation CT Detected Lung Lesion Suspicious for Lung Cancer
D Yang, J Li, X Gong, R Yung, C Bai
ATS Journals ajrccm-conference.2016.193.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1292

So Young Yang

(Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea)

ERS Young Investigator Dr Yang joined the 19th Congress of the APSR in Bali, 2014, to present:

Associations of SRAGE and S100A12 on postoperative respiratory complications according to different two ventilation modes after laparoscopic-assisted colorectal surgery
So Young Yang, Hyun Kang, Chong Wha Baek, Young Cheol Woo, Yong Hun Jung, Seong Deok Kim
Respirology Volume 19, Issue Supplement S3 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12416

Tian Yang

(Xi'an Jiaotong University, College of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Yang joined the 19th Congress of the APSR in Bali, 2014, to present:

MIR-15A induces cell apoptosis and inhibits metastasis by targeting BCL2L2 in non small cell lung cancer
Tian Yang, Asmitananda Thakur, Tianjun Chen, Li Yang, Gao Lei, Yiqian Liang, Shuo Zhang, Mingwei Chen
Respirology Volume 19, Issue Supplement S3 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12416

Tian Yang

(Xi'an Jiaotong University, College of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

APSR Young Investigator Dr Yang joined the 19th Congress of the APSR in Bali, 2014, to present:

Wong Fung Yee

(Hong Kong)

APSR member Dr Wong Fung Yee received travel support to train at the ATS Resident Boot Camp in 2023.

Yoomi Yeo

(Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri-si, Republic of Korea)

APSR / KYF Young Investigator Award for Geriatric Respirology Dr Yoomi Yeo joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Analysis of brain functional connectivity in COPD patients with functional brain MRI 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0053

Dr Mei Ching Yong

(Respiratory Medicine Unit, Medical Department, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia)

APSR / Paul Zimmerman Physiology Young Investigator Awardee Dr Mei Ching Yong joined the 26th Congress of the APSR in Seoul, 2022, to present:

Remote telemonitoring among patients on home non-invasive ventilation (NIV): the Sarawak experience 10.1111/resp.14433#14433-sec-0085

Jung-Ki Yoon

(Seoul National University Hospital, Republic of Korea)

APSR young investigator Dr Jung-Ki Yoon received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of nontuberculosis mycobacterium (NTM) from co-habiting patients with NTM pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) to track the source of infection (See post-session report)

Yuki Yoshimatsu

(Iizuka Hospital, Japan)

APSR / KYF Young Investigator Award for Geriatric Respirology Awardee Dr Yuki Yoshimatsu joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Development and implementation of an aspiration pneumonia diagnostic algorithm for the practical application of the JRS guidelines 10.1111/resp.14149_8 (See post-session report)

Akihiro Yoshimura

(Department Of Respiratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Japan)

APSR Travel Awardee Dr Akihiro Yoshimura joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Serum CEA and CYFRA responses as prognostic factors in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients 10.1111/resp.13206_176

Ryuji Yoshinaga

(Japan)

APSR / KYF Young Investigator Award for Geriatric Respirologyee Dr Ryuji Yoshinaga joined the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, 2023, to present:

Handgrip strength as a predictor of independent walking upon discharge in critically ill adults: a prospective study in advanced emergency and critical care center

Yoshiaki Zaizen

(Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan)

APSR Young Investigator Travel Awardee Dr Yoshiaki Zaizen joined the 25th Congress of the APSR in Kyoto, 2021, to present:

Artificial intelligence-assisted pathological screening of acid-fast bacilli may be useful for early detection of mycobacteriosis 10.1111/resp.14149_52

Razia Zakarya

(Respiratory Cellular and Molecular Biology Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe NSW, Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Razia Zakarya received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2018 (ATS 2018) 19 May 2018 in San Diego, to present:

The role of histone acetylation in fibrosis in COPD (See post-session report)

Razia Zakarya

(Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe NSW, Australia)

APSR young investigator Dr Razia Zakarya received a travel award to attend the ISRD-APSR Joint Session in the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2019 (ATS 2019) 18 May 2019 in Dallas, to present:

Small airway fibrosis in COPD is mediated by histone acetylation (See post-session report)

Yijue Zhong

(Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China)

APSR / KYF Geriatric Respirology Young Investigator Awardee Dr Yijue Zhong joined the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei, 2018, to present:

The role of sirtuin1 in the macrophage polarization induced directly by airborne PM2.5 10.1111/resp.13419_73

Zewei Zhou

(Southeast University, China)

APSR Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology Assembly Awardee Dr Zewei Zhou joined the 22nd Congress of the APSR in Sydney, 2017, to present:

Circular RNA mediates silica-induced macrophage activation via HECTD1 dependent ubiquitination 10.1111/resp.13206_126