ERS Award Winners 2017

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 award are as follows:

	ERS Presidential Award Presented to: Dr Sally Wenzel The Presidential Award is presented by ERS to recognise an outstanding contribution to the strengthening of respiratory medicine worldwide. Learn more.
	ERS Congress Chair Award Presented to: Professor Luigi Allegra 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.
	ERS Gold Medal in Asthma Presented to: Dr Bart Lambrecht The ERS Gold Medal in Asthma grants €50,000 to 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.
	ERS Gold Medal in COPD Presented to: Dr MeiLan Han The ERS Gold Medal in COPD grants €50,000 to 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.
	ERS Gold Medal in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Presented to: Professor Vincent Cottin The ERS Gold Medal in IPF grants €50,000 to a researcher who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of IPF and who is currently pursuing an active research project in IPF. Learn more.
	ERS Educational Award Presented to: Professor Stefano Nava This award honours a European clinician, scientist, allied respiratory health professional or individual in any other profession, who has made a contribution of extraordinary magnitude to education in respiratory medicine at a European or international level. Learn more.
	ERS Sadoul Lecture Presented to: Dr Dirkje S. Postma The Sadoul Lecture is intended to honour senior scientists with a worldwide reputation. It commemorates the French scientist Paul Sadoul, who was a founder member of the SEPCR and a long-time editor of the Bulletin Européen de Physiopathologie Respiratoire, which was the predecessor of the European Respiratory Journal. Learn more.
	ERS Assembly Lifetime Achievement Awards Presented to: Prof. Dr Robert Loddenkemper, Dr Erika Von Mutius, and Prof. Dr Johannes de Jongste This award is presented to multiple recipients in recognition of a lifetime of excellence in the field of respiratory medicine. Learn more about Prof. Dr Robert Loddenkemper.
	Learn more about Dr Erika Von Mutius.
	Learn more about Prof. Dr Johannes de Jongste.
	ERS Romain Pauwels Research Award Presented to: Dr James Chalmers This award is presented for excellence in achievements in clinical research on airway diseases such as asthma and related conditions, or other respiratory diseases. Learn more.
	ERS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Presented to: Dr Lewis Rubin With the support of Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., ERS offers a €10,000 grant to an investigator in recognition of lifetime achievements, advances and successful research in the field of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Learn more.
	ERS Research Award: Innovation In Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Science And Medicine Presented to: Dr Claire Andréjak The ERS Research Award: Innovation in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Science and Medicine grants € 10,000 to the recipient. This Award 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.
	ERS Excellence Award For Research In Cystic Fibrosis Presented to: Dr Jeffrey Beekman The ERS Excellence Award for Research in Cystic Fibrosis grants €7,500 to the recipient. This Award 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.
	The Sir John Vane Award for Best Publication in Pulmonary Vascular Research Presented to: Dr Frédéric Perros This award aims to encourage the present generation of new and visionary scientists in their quest to understand, and make an impact in, basic science/research in the field of pulmonary hypertension, in the memory of Sit John Vane. Learn more.