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Each day, 700 children die from RSV which makes it the second cause of infant mortality worldwide. The RSV GOLD team starts their RSV Mortality Awareness Campaign today with a personal video entitled "Why we should all know about RSV" about Simone van Wyck, a mother who lost her son due to RSV. Will you help them to spread the word? They aim for 100,000 views within 24 hours. You can view the video on www.rsvgold.com/awareness. The campaign will be actively supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bob Belderbos attended the fifTh CRI-CIMT-EATI-AACR international cancer immunotherapy conference (CICON) in Paris, France on 25-28 September 2019.
Please be reminded that the registration of the NRS Young Investigator Symposium 2019 closes Thursday the 31st of October 23.59.
The 10th edition of the Bronchitis Symposium was "Prevention and Resolution of Lung Disease". The symposium was attended by 125 researchers from 9 countries.
A kind reminder that the deadline for abstracts for the Lung Science Conference 2020 is quickly approaching on 1 November. The conference will take place on 5-8 March, in Estoril, Portugal. The theme for this year's conference is 'Metabolic alterations in lung ageing and disease'.
The Paediatric Chest Centre of Erasmus MC organizes their first international Paediatric Chest Conference: Oxygen on the 21st and 22nd of November 2019 in the Erasmus Rotterdam. Renowned national and international speakers are invited for the two-day programme. For full details and registration, please check the programme.
Tom Gasan attended the Parasitic Helminths - New Perspectives in Biology and Infection conference in Hydra, Greece on 1-6 September 2019.
Bregtje Hermans attended the World Conference on Lung Cancer 2019 in Barcelona, Spain on 7-10 September 2019.
Today, on World Lung Day (WLD), NRS unites with other WLD partner organisations to advocate for respiratory health globally and call on policymakers to ensure that everyone has access to the services they need to improve their lung health.
Esmé Baan attended the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management held in Philadelphia, USA on 24-28 August 2019. She received the NRS travel grant before in June 2018.
Mirjam Roffel attended the International Conference of Mucosal Immunology 2019 in Brisbane, Australia on 16-20 July 2019.
17th of September 2019: first stakeholders meeting P4O2
The Schone Lucht Akkoord is a plan of the Dutch government to improve air quality in order to obtain a health gain for all. On the 10th of September 2019, the Dutch Lung Foundation and Hans in 't Veen, specialist in the Franciscus Gasthuis in Rotterdam, served a petition to the state to demand a more ambitious plan. This petition was signed by multiple health organizations, including the NRS.
A more extensive description of the proposal P4O2 is now available on the new website P4O2.org.
Nederlandse onderzoekers hebben belangrijke aanwijzingen over de schade die ingeademde stoffen op het werk in het lichaam aanrichten. 'Het effect op de werking van het DNA is vergelijkbaar met het effect door roken', zo blijkt uit een onderzoek door Marike Boezen van UMC Groningen, gesteund door het Longfonds.
The SAB Best Paper Award is presented every year to a young investigator who performed his/her research in a research institute or hospital in the Netherlands, or to a Dutch investigator who performed his/her research abroad.
Cecile Wolfs attended the International Conference on the use of Computers in Radiotherapy (ICCR) in Montreal, Canada on 17-20 June 2019. In 2017 she received her first NRS Travel Grant.
The third NRS National Lung Course was organized in Ermelo on 26-28 June 2019.
Marlies Ketelaar attended the Type 2 Immunity in Homeostasis and Disease conference in Bruges, Belgium on 21-22 February 2019.
Gwenda Vasse attended the Gordon research conference on Cell contact and adhesion in Switzerland on 2-7 June 2019.
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