Kirsty McCallum successfully undertook her viva voce examination on the 9th Sep, defending a doctoral thesis entitled: Pulmonary Ageing in COPD.
Her examiners included external, Dr Amanda Tatler from University of Nottingham, and internals, Dr Farah -Hijazi and Professor Fiona Henriquez-Mui (UWS).
Congratulations Dr McCallum – and well done to the supervisory team, led by Dr Gary Litherland.
General News
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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General News Research UWS
Bryn Short undertook his viva voce examination on the 31st May, defending a doctoral thesis entitled: Defining and modelling the microbiome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Kids Outreach News
Belmont Primary school in Stranraer has achieved the BREATH Certificate of Excellence for their successful completion of a set challenge linked with an important lung health programme rolling out across South West Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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