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Jo Feary featured in i Paper campaign on artificial stone silicosis
Tue, 16 Dec 2025
The i Paper has recently published several articles about silicosis due to artificial/engineered stone. The articles are part of a wider campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of working with this type of stone, and to improve health surveillance and accountability of UK employers which are still using these products. The i Paper is ultimately calling for ban of artificial/engineered stone ... Read more
Team wins Outstanding Occupational Health Initiative of the Year 2025
Wed, 10 Dec 2025
Our service won Outstanding Occupational Health Initiative of the Year 2025 in the recent annual awards ceremony hosted by the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) at the Royal College of Physicians on Wednesday 10th December 2025.
We were honoured to receive this award from the SOM in recognition of our service. We strive to provid ... Read more
Patrick Howlett shortlisted for MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award 2025
Fri, 28 Nov 2025
Dr Patrick Howlett was shortlisted for the MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award 2025 for his article on why his area of research matters, titled "Silicosis and tuberculosis: half the world away".
BTS Winter Meeting 2025
Wed, 26 Nov 2025
The Lungs at Work team attended, presented and chaired at the most recent British Thoracic Society (BTS) Winter Meeting between 26-28 November 2025 in Westminster, London.
Our team presented the following abstracts:
Jo Feary speaks at All Party Parliamentary Party Group on artificial stone silicosis
Mon, 03 Nov 2025
Dr Johanna Feary recently spoke to MPs and peers at the All Party Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on Occupational Safety & Health on Monday 3 November 2025, about the increasing number of patients in the UK diagnosed with silicosis caused by artificial/engineered stone.
Industry experts at the Westminster meeting including clinicians, polit ... Read more
