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:
- S112 Description of 32 cases of artificial stone silicosis from a single UK centre (presented by Dr Jo Feary)
- S113 Silicosis prevalence and association with cumulative silica exposure among current and ex- underground small-scale miners in Northern Tanzania (presented by Dr Patrick Howlett)
- S114 Longitudinal change in respiratory function in firefighters; results from the Grenfell Firefighter Study (presented by BSc medical student)
- M37 The burden and determinants of tuberculosis among small-scale miners and community members in Northern Tanzania (presented by Dr Patrick Howlett)
- P73 Changing trends in occupational asthma cases identified at a single specialist centre over 30 years (presented by nurse Tamanna Kabir)
Dr Feary was co-chair for a session on "Occupational hazards of exposure to particulates", and Dr Howlett a co-chair for a session titled "Breathing room: Confronting lung diseases from modern workplaces".
See the full event programme with full abstracts on the BTS website.
