Centre represents at European Respiratory Society International Congress 2020

Members from the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research are proud to be taking part in the 30th European Respiratory Society’s (ERS) International Congress next week.

The Congress is the leading showcase of work within the field of respiratory medicine and gathers the respiratory community to connect, share the latest scientific data and access educational opportunities.

Virtual congress

This year, the Congress is being held virtually between the 7th and 9th September 2020. There are a wide range of sessions for delegates to attend including ePosters, oral presentations, hot topics and clinical trials sessions.

There will also be an opportunity to replay any part of the full programme of events until 30 December 2020.

Centre members taking part in the Congress

Professor Andy Bush has been awarded the Congress Chair Award in this year’s event.

"This is a fantastic opportunity not merely to showcase the work of the Centre in the biggest respiratory meeting in the world, but also to network with professionals and patients from all over the world to stimulate new collaborations and ideas."

Professor Andy Bush

If you are planning to attend the Congress, don’t miss the sessions below that our members are involved in. See their sessions below.

 

Monday 7th September

15:40 - 16:40 - Session: 312 Presentation: 4013 - Oral presentation: Diagnosis and Management of airways disease in primary care

"I don't think there's a simple way of doing it." the use of an electronic alert to identify excessive prescribing of short-acting beta2-agonists for people with asthma – a qualitative study with asthma experts and primary care staff

Shauna McKibben, Andy Bush, Chris Griffiths

 

Tuesday 8th September

09:30 – 10:30 - Session 358 - Clinical trials session: ALERT: Ventilation and rehabilitation

Andy Bush (Chair)

10:40 – 11:40 - Session 362 - Primary care session: Part I: From symptoms to diagnosis in primary care

Hilary Pinnock (Chair)

10:40 – 11:40 - Session 367 - Symposium: Cystic fibrosis: from cradle to old age

Andy Bush (Chair)

11: 50 – 12:50 - Session 377 - Symposium: How much lung disease is really caused by work, and how to assess the worker who wishes to continue working?

Andy Bush (Chair)

18:00 – 19:00 - Session 417 - Oral presentation: Digital technologies in airway diseases

Hilary Pinnock (Chair)

 

Wednesday 9th September

09:30 – 10:30 - Session 442 - Hot topics: Insights from wearable respiratory sensors and AI

Hilary Pinnock (Chair)

09:30 - 10:30 - Session 443 - Grand round: Paediatric grand round

Andy Bush (Chair)

10:40 – 11:40 - Session 450 - Joint session: Inhalers for COPD and asthma: reviews

Hilary Pinnock (Chair)

11:50 – 12:50 - Session 456 - Symposium: Digital health: a brave new world?

Hilary Pinnock (Chair)

11:50 – 12:50 - Session 457 - Lungs on fire: Paediatric respiratory diseases

Andy Bush (Chair)

15:40 - 16:40 - Session 477 Presentation: 5205 - Symposium: Improving the delivery of tobacco-use treatment

Engaging patients in smoking cessation: from patient involvement to patient health education

Monica Fletcher

 

ePosters

Additionally, members from the Centre have presented ePosters at the Congress. These posters can be accessed on the ERS Congress website with a valid Congress registration.

Theoretically informed education to support asthma self-management in primary care: part of the IMP2ART programme

Marsh V, McClatchey K, Last R, Steed E, Taylor S, Pinnock H.

Methodological insights from ‘pre-pilot’ phases of two complex interventions(IMP2ART and TANDEM) for respiratory conditions

Steed EA, McClatchey K, Morrow S, Sohanpal R, Taylor SJC, Pinnock H. for the IMP2ART and TANDEM groups

Long-term condition (LTC) review templates in clinical consultations: A mixed-methods systematic review

McClatchey K, Morrissey M, Shepherd EA, Kinley E, Pinnock H.

Understanding information needs of patients with asthma in the United Kingdom.

Jackson T, McClatchey K.

Defining high probability of an asthma diagnosis in primary care: results from a consensus meeting

Daines L, Lewis S, Schneider A, Sheikh A, Pinnock H.

What features do patients and clinicians ‘want’ in the future Internet Of Thing (IoT) systems for asthma: a mixed method study

Hui CY, McKinstry B, Buchner M, Fulton O, Pinnock H for the A4A+ project team.

“I don’t think there’s a simple way of doing it:” the use of an electronic alert to identify excessive prescribing of short-acting beta2-agonists for people with asthma – a qualitative study with asthma experts and primary care staff

McKibben S, Bush A, Thomas M, Griffiths C.

An electronic alert to reduce excessive prescribing of short-acting beta2-agonists for people with asthma in east London: a retrospective case-control study using routine primary care data

McKibben S, Newby C, Bush A, Thomas M, Griffiths, C.