QUB PhD student Orla Dunne undertook her viva examination on December 1st, defending a doctoral thesis entitled “ATP, TRP Channels and Airway Neuronal Sensitisation.” Her Examination Panel included Professor Kian Fan Chung, MD, DSc (Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of Experimental Studies at Imperial College London), and Professor Cliff Taggart (Internal QUB).
Congratulations Dr Orla Dunne – and well done to the supervisory team, led by Dr Fionnuala Lundy.
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Kids Outreach News
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is serious progressive lung disease, and is prevalent in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland. People with COPD are in the high risk category for the coronavirus. The central mission of the BREATH Team is combating COPD through research and public awareness.
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The 18th Lung Science Conference held by the European Respiratory Society took place in Estoril, Portugal from the 5-8th March. The meeting took place across four days which included scientific presentations of outstanding quality. The theme of the conference this year was “Metabolic alterations in Lung Ageing and Disease”.
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Delighted to received visit from Marianne van de Vorle, Programme Officer and Paschal Boijmans, Head of Unit for INTERREG EU Commission, and to present them an overview of our successful INTERREG-funded 7.7M Euro BREATH project. A valuable meeting – the visit was much appreciated.
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