23rd August, 2018

BREATH Ayrshire Stakeholder Event

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Breath COPD Research hosted an event bringing together over 50 healthcare workers, scientists, businesses and policy makers to discuss Scotland’s progress towards the deadly lung disease, COPD, and was publicised in a radio interview with Dr Gary Litherland broadcast on West FM:

The event at the University’s campus in Ayrshire – a known COPD ‘hotspot’ – hosted attendees looking to learn more about new research on the lung disease which takes over 600,000 lives in the EU every year.

Several key players presented, including (L to R): Dr Gary Litherland (UWS), Dr Keith Thornbury (BREATH Lead; DkIT), Prof John Lockhart (UWS), Prof Lorcan McGarvey (QUB), Dr Anur Guhan (NHS Ayrshire & Arran) and (not pictured), Dr Iain McLellan (UWS).

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