12 September, 2019

We had some fascinating talks at our flagship study day 'Occupational Lung Disease - Keeping up to Date'; to see photos, click on the underlined lecture title hyperlinks below! -

• Introduction and welcome * - Prof Paul Cullinan
• Cases from the Clinic - (1) Feathered friends or foes? * – Dr Jo Szram ; (2) What could it be? A case to test your mettle * – Dr Carl Reynolds ; (3) When recycling goes wrong – Dr Jo Feary
• Newsround - Dr Jo Szram
• An occupational health surveillance programme for silica-exposed workers in the Potteries ** - Dr John Hobson, Hobson Health, Stoke on Trent; WorkFit UK, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Response to TB in workplace settings ** - Dr Anita Roche, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control and PHE London TB Lead [image also used for thumbnail]
• Controversies in Occupational Lung Disease - Professor Paul Cullinan
• Occupational Asthma: Keeping on our toes - Dr Jo Feary
• Sleep and fatigue: a contemporary approach to workforce management - Dr Alanna Hare, Royal Brompton Hospital, London

Feedback - comments in response to the question 'What was the highlight of the day?' included:

• I thoroughly enjoyed the entire day
• Degree of interaction with the speakers
• The quality/standard of knowledge demonstrated by all presenters: dynamic and enjoyable.  All topics very relevant, with practical application
• I have been attending this fantastic event for a number of years. Thank you
• Interesting topics/fantastic speakers

Photo credits:  * Jo Feary; ** Jenny Welch