17 February, 2021

Postponed from its December slot, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BTS Winter Meeting will now be held 'virtually' on Wednesday 17 - Friday 19 February 2021.  

Jo Feary will present "The future of diagnostic tests in occupational lung disease: in vitro or in vivo?" as part of the "Hot topics in occupational lung disease: from bench to bedside and beyond" symposium on 17 February.  

Jate Ratanachina is Highly Commended in the BTS/BALR/BLF Early Career Investigator of the Year Awards.  His presentation topic is T3 "Occupational exposures and respiratory health: the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study results"; presentation date 17 February.  Further information can be seen here.  

Tamanna Kabir will deliver a spoken presentation entitled "Outcomes of firefighter applicants with a history of asthma", as part of the "Lungs at work: occupation and lung health" session, on 19 February.  

Details about the meeting can be accessed via the conference website.

Link to the programme: https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/media/455267/bts-winter-meeting-february-2021-symposia-programme.pdf 

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