Kimberly Black successfully undertook her viva voce examination on the 20th June, the final day of her COVID isolation, defending a doctoral thesis entitled: Elucidating the role of PAR2 in bronchial smooth muscle in COPD.
Her examiners included external, Dr Yvonne Dempsie from Glasgow Caledonian University and Dr John McLean (UWS).
Congratulations Dr Black – and well done to the supervisory team, led by Dr Gary Litherland and including Dr Andrew MacKenzie and Prof John Lockhart.
General News QUB
Dr James Reihill (Senior Research Fellow, QUB) has been shortlisted for the 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prize.
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Kids Outreach News UWS
New PhD student Jennifer Loudon (funded by Cunningham Trust) and BREATH PI Dr Anne Crilly presenting the BREATH misssion to combat COPD at Girvan Academy.
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General News Outreach News
World COPD Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world.
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