RespTRACT

Great being at the national trainee led research group @INSPIREresp_UK talk at the @BTSrespiratory Summer Meeting!

Listen to the latest instalment of #respGuru, interview with @AlphaCopdDoc about copd updates. Alice’s knowledge and understanding of copd research is mind bending, and a must for all respiratory clinicians @SWBHnhs ⁦@RespTract⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/res…

@bicops @CRN_WMid

Amazing work and effort by a collaborative of over 50 West Midlands respiratory trainees during the pandemic!! Supported by fantastic senior clinicians who encouraged this trainee led project rcpjournals.org/content/clinme…

@drdhruvparekh @Dr_D_Dosanjh @frangrudzinska @seblugg @shaun_thein @Louisecrowley4 @diana_crossley @marinasoltan_ @respresearchuhb @MidsThoracicSoc @INSPIREresp_UK

🆕 PIONEER pre-print | Our team has used retrospective #HealthData to evaluate discharges and readmissions using a #COVID19 'Virtual Ward' model, assess patient outcomes, and predict staffing commitments. Read more > pioneerdatahub.co.uk/publications/e… @HDR_UK @medrxivpreprint

How have #Covid19 measures - like social distancing, mask wearing and shielding for vulnerable groups - affected rates of community-acquired pneumonia? @InflamAge_UoB's Dr @frangrudzinska has been granted access to PIONEER's #HealthData to investigate > pioneerdatahub.co.uk/project-summar…

Calling all healthcare professionals who refer COPD patients to #pulmonaryrehab. @AmyBarradell is conducting research with University Hospitals Leicester looking at communication bias in patients with COPD. Can you take just 15 minutes to fill our the survey below?

Interested in airways disease? Want to do research? We're recruiting a clinical research fellow at the Birmingham #AATD service, doing a project focussing on bronchiectasis. Opportunities for #COPD training & higher degree. Apply here jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916…

Another opportunity to join our team! PhD studentship examining the role of FGF23 in modulating inflammation in critically ill patients - driver or consequence? This exciting project is led by @drdhruvparekh, UK CI of the linked @vitdalize clinical trial findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

🚨PRE-PRINT OUT NOW🚨 read all about our recent work on neutrophil function in #COVID19. A lot of hard work from the whole team during challenging times went into this, it’s great to have it out there! 🫁@kyliebelchamber @shaun_thein @DrAAronScott @e_sapey medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Delighted to announce that my review article “Understanding potential mechanisms of harm: the drivers of electronic cigarette-induced changes in alveolar macrophages, neutrophils and lung epithelial cells” has been published in @AJPLung 🥳🫁 journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

Fantastic work in store in @kyliebelchamber flash talk for @neutrophil2021! A brilliant project and exciting story. Catch your sneak peak on the Neutrophil 2021 platform 😉🫁 @shaun_thein @e_sapey @TeamRespiratory @BALRcommunity @BacrUob

Flash talk uploaded for @neutrophil2021 - our little secret project is not so secret anymore 😄 Neutrophil Mediated Collateral Damage in COVID-19 - please watch and send feedback, all comments/questions welcome! @teamneutrophil @TeamRespiratory

Check out our latest review discussing the effects of smoking on alveolar macrophage function @seblugg @drdhruvparekh @BacrUob @InflamAge_UoB thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…

Great news for Birmingham!. Pollution triggers asthma in children and adults. Public health measures save lives of children and adults with asthma. #brumbreathes #WorldAsthmaDay2021 @BWC_NHS @asthmauk @BWCHBoss @sat_rao @BHPComms @BhamCityCouncil @Dr_D_Dosanjh @AdelMansur1

We are recruiting for a clinical fellow post in #NIV and #COPD Great OOP training opportunity. Spread the word! @MidsThoracicSoc @RespTract Apply here jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916…

@MidsThoracicSoc is back, alive & kicking! Great online meeting today, high quality research by @seblugg @shaun_thein (for @RespTract ) @marinasoltan_ @Drchuntley089 @maximum_science and that's only the prizewinners on Twitter. Will def make time to attend all of it next time 🙂

Another site has been opened in the UK today. Welcome @ELHT_NHS to the VITDALIZE Trial, we look forward to your first recruit! @drdhruvparekh @79ka2011 #vitdalize #vitaminD3