ERS Grant recipients and sponsored delegates 2016

ERS Grant for Best abstracts in Rehabilitation and Chronic Care

Financially supported by Invacare
1st prize €1,250, 2nd prize €750 and 3 prizes of €375 (the final ranking will be announced at Congress)

Nicola Benjamin (Germany) for the abstract "Exercise training improves peak oxygen consumption and hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary hypertension - a prospective, randomized, controlled trial"

Melanie Palmer (United Kingdom) for the abstract "Minimal versus specialist equipment for the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD"

Mara Paneroni (Italy) for the abstract "Home telerehabilitation maintenance program for patients affected by COPD and CHF"

Diego Agustin Rodríguez (Spain) for the abstract "Skeletal muscle function and structure in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis."

Coby Van de Bool (Netherlands) for the abstract "Physiological effects of nutritional supplementation as adjunct to exercise training in COPD patients with low muscle mass. The double blind, placebo controlled multi-centre NUTRAIN-trial."

ERS Interventional Pulmonology Travel Grant

Konstantina Kontogianni (Germany) for her abstract "A single center experience with lung volume reduction coil (LVR-coil) treatment of patients with advanced emphysema. Effectiveness and complications after 1 year"

Ana Maria Munoz Fernandez (Spain) for her abstract "Safety of transbronchial lung criobiopsy in mechanically ventilated patients in critical care. Multicenter study"

ERS Grant for Best Abstract in Noninvasive Ventilatory

Marieke L. Duiverman (Netherlands) for her abstract "Surface respiratory EMG during different settings of non-invasive ventilation in stable COPD"

ERS Excellence Grant in Clinical Physiology and Exercise

Financially supported by MGC Diagnostics
One prize of €1,500

Eline Oppersma (Netherlands) for her abstract "Influence of bicarbonate on ventilatory drive in healthy subjects"

ERS Grant for Best Abstract in Paediatric Respiratory Physiology

Andrea Crespo Sedano (Spain) for the abstract "Automated analysis of overnight oximetry recordings by means of support vector machines to assist in the diagnosis of paediatric sleep apnoea"

ERS/ELF Best Abstract Grant for Healthy Lungs for Life
One prize of €2,000

Lidwien A.M. Smit (Netherlands) for her abstract "Hotspots of livestock farms may influence lung function of neighboring residents

ERS/ELF Travel Grant for best abstract in Patient Centered Research
Two prizes of €1,500

Annemarie Lee (Canada) for her abstract "An exploration of pain experiences and their meaning in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)"

Nienke Nakken (Netherlands) for her abstract "Differences in proxy-reported and patient-reported outcomes: assessing problematic activities of daily life in patients with COPD"

ERS Travel Grant for Best Abstract in Lung Transplantation

Domenica Federica Briganti (United States of America) for her abstract "Effects of infections on lipidomic profile of Bronchial Washing (BW) and Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) after lung transplantation"

ERS Travel Grants for Best Abstracts from Allied Respiratory Health Professionals

Caroline Stridsman (Sweden) for her abstract "Girls with asthma have worse health related quality of life than boys - a population based study"

Rodrigo Torres-Castro (Chile) for his abstract "Effects of a comprehensive program of physical training and oropharyngeal exercises in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial"

Fernando C. Wehrmeister (Brazil) for his abstract "Is there a direct effect of physical activity on lung function gain in adolescents? The 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort"

ERS Young Researcher Grant: Respiratory Infection Aetiological Diagnosis

Wouter H. van Geffen (Netherlands) for the abstract "Diagnosing viral and bacterial respiratory infections in acute COPD exacerbations by electronic nose" 

ERS Grant for Best Abstract in Bacterial Pneumonia

Financially supported by Basilea
One prize of €1,500

Aran Singanayagam (United Kingdom) for the abstract "Fluticasone propionate alters the respiratory tract microbiota and has dose-related effects on anti-bacterial host defence" 

ERS Grant for the Best Non-CF Bronchiectasis Abstract

Gerard Munoz Castro (Spain) for his abstract "Long-term randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of low expiration with the open glottis in the lateral posture (ELTGOL) in patients with bronchiectasis (BC)" 

Sponsored delegates

Sister societies guests

Sato Masamichi (Japan), Hiroshi Nakano (Japan), Wang Kimberley (Australia), Asano Fumihiro (Japan), Ishii Takashi (Japan), Kasai Hajime (Japan), Sato Mineyoshi (Japan), Suzuki Yasuhito (Japan), Uematsu Manabu (Japan)

Silver sponsored delegates

Abdolahinia Ali (Iran), Acarturk Tuncay Eylem (Turkey), Agarwal Amit (India), Agarwal Kshitij (India), Akhter Saima (Pakistan), Alexandr Lemeschewskij (Belarus), Apte Komalkirti (India), Artiom Jucov (Moldova), Aryan Ehsan (Iran), Aryanpur Mahshid (Iran), Assawasaksakul Theerada (Thailand), Ayo-Ogunseye Oyenike Adedoja (Nigeria), Ayten Omer (Turkey), Bachouch Imen (Tunisia), Barkane Linda (Latvia), Bediwy Adel Salah (Egypt), Beránková Katarina (Czech Republic), Böcskei Renáta Marietta (Hungary), Cakmak Aslihan (Turkey), Chee Shee Chai (Malaysia), Cherif Hela (Tunisia), Chiavegato Luciana (Brazil), Cybulska Agnieszka (Poland), Dasgupta Angira (India), Dawar Ujaas (India), de Paula Vieira Rodolfo (Brazil), Denysov Aleksey (Ukraine), Dmytriiev Kostiantyn (Ukraine), Dudnyk Andrii (Ukraine), Elhefny Radwa (Egypt), Ergan Begüm (Turkey), Evman Serdar (Turkey), Fabro Alexandre (Brazil), Ferreira Eloara VM (Brazil), Galetskayte Yanina (Russia), Ghobadi-Marallu Hassan (Iran), Ghulam Mustafa (Pakistan), Gorbach Larissa (Belarus), Goyal Abhishek (India), Imanalieva Aida (Kyrgyzstan), Jankovic Jelena (Serbia), Januskevicius Andrius (Lithuania), Jiang Mei (China), K. K. Mujeeb Rahman (India), Kameneva Marina Yu. (Russia), Karabatic Sandra (Croatia), Kargin Feyza (Turkey), Keles Elvan (Turkey), Kmyta Vladyslava (Ukraine), Kojicic Vukoja Marija (Serbia), Kolacinska-Flont Marta (Poland), Konishcheva Anna (Russia), Konstantynovska Olha (Ukraine), Konyaeva Olga (Russia), Kumar Sachin (India), Lalić Kristina (Croatia), Lazova Snezhina (Bulgaria), Li Haosi (China), LI XIAOOU (China), Lima Fabiano (Brazil), Madas Sapna (India), Magnitskaya Olga (Russia), Mansour Ahmed (Egypt), Marinova Dora (Bulgaria), Merola Pietro (Brazil), Mesbahul Islam Sheikh Abul Hasanat Mohammad (Bangladesh), Mijakoski Dragan (FYROM (Macedonia)), Mikoś Marcin (Poland), Mullerpattan Jai (India), Mustafaoglu Rüstem (Turkey), Nazarenko Ksenia (Ukraine), Nedelcu Ramona Elena (Romania), Nogueira Felix Soraia (Brazil), Onikiienko Oleksandr (Ukraine), Ozmen İpek (Turkey), Pákó Judit (Hungary), Paranicova Ivana (Slovakia), Pereira Ana Carolina Alves Caporali (Brazil), Peter Simona (Romania), Pichurov Alexey (Russia), Pinto Natália (Brazil), Prado Carla (Brazil), Prasad V Pratibh (India), Raghavan Simi (India), Ramos Roberta Pulcheri (Brazil), Rashad Mahmoud Alaa (Egypt), Ristevska Tara (FYROM (Macedonia)), Rodoman Iulia (Moldova), Salman Sever Özlem (Turkey), Sari Rabia (Turkey), Shah Jeenam (India), Shah Wasib (Pakistan), Shaymuratov Rustem (Russia), Şişmanlar Tuğba (Turkey), soni laxman kumar (India), Starshinova Anna (Russia), Subhan Hira (Pakistan), Tarazona-Meza Carla E. (Peru), Tong Xiang (China), Touil Amany (Tunisia), Toujani Chekki Sonia (Tunisia), Trivic, D M Sc Pharm Bojana (Serbia), Trojova Ivana (Slovakia), Tsikelashvili Tamar (Georgia), Tudorache Emanuela (Romania), Tumanova Tatiana (Russia), Ugur Caliskan Sena (Turkey), Uzokov Jamol (Uzbekistan), Vasileva Neliia (Russia), Vsevolodskaia Elena (Russia), Wandtke Tomasz (Poland), Yalaz Tekan Ülgen (Turkey), Yarovoy Sergey (Russia), Zaibi Haifa (Tunisia), Zaric Bojan (Serbia), Zhelenina Ludmila (Russia), Zhong Zhicheng (China), Zhou Tianyu (China), Zhumagaliyeva Ardak (Kazakhstan), Zunic Svetlana (Serbia)

Young scientists

Abdul Roda Mojtaba (Netherlands), Agarwal Dhiraj (India), Baillieul Sébastien (France), Basso-Vanelli Renata (Brazil), Bédard Annabelle (United Kingdom), Cabiddu Ramona (Brazil), Calciano Lucia (Italy), D Freitas Patricia (Brazil), Dabral Swati (Germany), Demeyer Heleen (Spain), Earing Christopher (United Kingdom), Furlanetto Karina Couto (Brazil), Habre Rima (United States of America), Hajipouran Benam Kambez (United States of America), Houssaini Amal (France), Ilmarinen Pinja (Finland), Irving Samantha (United Kingdom), Ivanaga Ivan (Brazil), Jackson Megan (United Kingdom), Janssens Thomas (Belgium), Javadi Alireza (Iran), Jungnickel Christopher (Germany), Kammerl Ilona (Germany), Langie Sabine (Belgium), Lexmond Anne (United Kingdom), Lipszyc Joshua (Canada), Macovei (Pavel) Ina Iuliana (Romania), Mairinger Fabian (Germany), Miura Ayako (Japan), Osadnik Christian (Australia), Pavel Ionuț (Romania), Phimphasak Chatchai (Thailand), Runström Gunilla (Sweden), santellano brenda (Mexico), Sonbahar Ulu Hazal (Turkey), Sousa Andrey (Brazil), Spaziano Giuseppe (Italy), Suehiro Camila (Brazil), Sun Qingzhu (Switzerland), Topalovic Marko (Belgium), Urs Rhea (Australia), Ween Miranda (Australia), YORDI LEON ANDREA CECILIA (Spain), Zinsky Rica (Germany)