ERS Award Winners 2019

Each year at Congress, ERS presents a number of prestigious awards to recognise the achievements of a select group of leaders in the field of respiratory medicine. The full list of recipients and the details of their awards are as follows:

Jean Louis VINCENT ERS Presidential AwardERS Presidential Award

Presented to: Professor Jean-Louis Vincent

The Presidential Award is presented by ERS to recognise an outstanding contribution to the strengthening of respiratory medicine worldwide. Learn more

Manuel G.Cosio ERS Congress ChairERS Congress Chair Award

Presented to: Professor Manuel Cosio

The ERS Congress Chair Award is awarded this year as a marker of the awardees commitment to the care of patients with lung disorders and their contribution to research and training in this area. Learn more

John FAHY Gold medal in asthmaERS Gold Medal in Asthma

Presented to: Professor John Fahy

The ERS Gold Medal in Asthma offers a €50,000 research grant to the recipient, and is awarded to recognise a researcher who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of asthma and who is currently pursuing an active research project in asthma. Learn more

Financially supported by AstraZeneca

IanADCOCK ERS gold Medal in COPDERS Gold Medal in COPD

Presented to: Professor Ian Adcock

The ERS Gold Medal in COPD offers a €50,000 research grant to the recipient, and is awarded to recognise a researcher who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of COPD and who is currently pursuing an active research project in COPD. Learn more

Financially supported by Boehringer Ingelheim

Harold Collard Gold Medal in ILDERS Gold Medal in Interstitial Lung Disease

Presented to: Professor Harold Collard

The ERS Gold Medal in ILD offers a €50,000 research grant to the recipient, and is awarded to recognise a researcher who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of ILD and who is currently pursuing an active research project in ILD. Learn more

Financially supported by Boehringer Ingelheim

ArnaudSCHERPEREEL ERS gold Medal in Lung CancerERS Gold Medal in Lung Cancer

Presented to: Professor Arnaud Scherpereel

The ERS Gold Medal in Lung Cancer offers a €50,000 research grant to the recipient, and is awarded to recognise a researcher who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of lung cancer and who is currently pursuing an active research project in lung cancer. Learn more

Financially supported by ERS

Educational Award Philippe CamusERS Educational Award

Presented to: Professor Philippe Camus

This award honours a European respiratory health professional who has made a contribution of extraordinary magnitude to education in respiratory medicine at a European or international level. Learn more

Yernault Lecture Gernot RhodeERS Jean-Claude Yernault Lecture Award

Presented to: Professor Gernot Rohde

The Jean-Claude Yernault Lecture honours active members of ERS who have made an outstanding contribution to education in respiratory medicine or the allied professions. Learn more

LifetimeAssemblyAwards AllERS Assembly Lifetime Achievement Awards

Presented to: Denis O'Donnell, Annette Boehler, Pieter Postmus, Athol Wells

This award is presented to multiple recipients in recognition of a lifetime of excellence in the field of respiratory medicine. Learn more about all winners

Klaus Bønnelykke Romain Pauwels Research AwardERS Romain Pauwels Research Award

Presented to: Professor Klaus Bønnelykke

This award offers a €50,000 research grant to the recipient, and is awarded for excellence in achievements in clinical research on airway diseases such as asthma and related conditions, or other respiratory diseases. Learn more

Financially supported by GlaxoSmithKline

NicholasMORRELL PAH Lifetime AchievementERS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Presented to: Professor Nicholas Morrell

This award offers a €10,000 research grant to the recipient, and is awarded to recognise lifetime achievements, advances and successful research in the field of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Learn more

Financially supported by Actelion

LaurentKREMER ERS AWARD INNOVATION IN NTMERS Research Award: Innovation In Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Science And Medicine

Presented to: Dr. Laurent Kremer

The award offers a €10,000 research grant to the recipient, and is offered to one awardee who is both a researcher and is pursuing an active research project in the NTM lung disease field. Learn more

Financially supported by Insmed

Scott BELL Excellence Award for Research in Cystic FibrosisERS Excellence Award For Research in Cystic Fibrosis

Presented to: Professor Scott Bell

This award offers a €7,500 research grant to the recipient, and is offered to one awardee who is both a researcher and is pursuing an active research project in cystic fibrosis science and medicine. Learn more

Financially supported by Vertex

Lies Lahousse ERS Early Career MemberERS Early Career Member Award

Presented to: Professor Lies Lahousse

This award is new for 2019 and is intended to honour a promising member of the European Respiratory Society. Learn more

ERS Award Winners 2019 multiples 2ERS Teaching Awards

Presented to: Maren Schuhmann, Pierantonio Laveneziana, Christian Laursen, Ernst Eber

This award is new for 2019, and is presented to multiple recipients to recognise their contributions to teaching and education in the field of respiratory medicine. Learn more about all winners