A warm welcome to our RESPIRE PhD students, who arrived in Edinburgh this week for their induction week (26 – 30 March 2018). Image RESPIRE PhD students pictured outside the University of Edinburgh A vibrant community Based across our four partner countries – Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and Pakistan – RESPIRE PhD students form a vibrant global respiratory community of early career researchers. Each PhD student is undertaking a unique project in the field of global respiratory health, co-supervised by leading researchers at the University of Edinburgh and partner institutions. Read more about the PhD students and their projects Getting acquainted The induction week provides a great opportunity for our PhD students to meet each other and also make useful introductions with Edinburgh-based RESPIRE staff. During their week, the group will find out more about RESPIRE and life as a PhD student, as well as more general information about studying at the University of Edinburgh and living in the UK – hearing first hand from previous international students. Publication date 13 Feb, 2019