ERS Award Winners 2015

Each year at the ERS International Congress, leaders in the field of respiratory medicine are recognised for their achievements with the ERS Awards. 

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ERS award winners 2015

We are delighted to present our 2015 award winners. Click each winner's name or photograph to find out more about their work.

ERS Presidential Award

Jeff Drazen

Professor Jeffrey M. Drazen will be presented with the ERS Presidential Award during the Opening Ceremony, on Saturday 26 September, 2015 from 17:45 in the Auditorium.

ERS Educational Award

Prof Artigas

Professor Antonio Artigas will be presented with the ERS Educational Award during the Opening Ceremony on Saturday 26 September, 2015 from 17:45 in the Auditorium.

ERS Congress Chair Award

Peter Sterk

Professor Peter Sterk will be presented with the ERS Congress Chair Award during the Opening Ceremony, on Saturday 26 September, 2015 from 17:45 in the Auditorium.

ELF Award

Andre Lassooij André Lassooij will be presented with the ELF Award award during the Opening Ceremony, on Saturday 26 September, 2015 from 17:45 in the Auditorium.

 ERS Cournand Lecture

Silke Ryan

Dr Silke Ryan will deliver the Cournand lecture on 'Inflammatory pathway activation by intermittent hypoxia in obstructive sleep apnoea' at the 'Obstructive sleep apnoea in adults and children session', on Sunday 27 September at 10:45 in Room 7.2.

ERS Assembly Lifetime Achievement Awards

Dr. Laurent Brochard High Res 2 of 12b Mario Cazzola

 Mark Woodhead

The ERS Assembly Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Professor Laurent Brochard, Professor Mario Cazzola and Professor Mark Woodhead during the Opening Ceremony, on Saturday 26 September, 2015 from 17:45 in the Auditorium.

ERS Gold Medal in COPD

Annemie Schols Professor Annemie Schols will be presented with the ERS Gold Medal in COPD during the Opening Ceremony, on Saturday 26 September, 2015 from 17:45 in the Auditorium.

ERS Maurizio Vignola Gold Medal In Asthma

A Custovic Professor Adnan Custovic will be presented with the ERS Maurizio Vignola Gold Medal In Asthma during the Opening Ceremony, on Saturday 26 September, 2015 from 17:45 in the Auditorium.

ERS Romain Pauwels Research Award

Saglani Sejal high res Dr Sejal Saglani will be presented with the ERS Romain Pauwels Research Award during the Ground Round: Asthma and smoking: dangerous liaisons on Monday 28 September 2015, from 14:45 in Room 7.1.

ERS Pulmonary Hypertension Research Awards

frances de man 1.1 sébastien bonnetThe ERS Pulmonary Hypertension Research Awards will be presented to Frances De Man and Sébastien Bonnet the Year in Review: Interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism and sleep apnoea, on Sunday 27 September 2015, from 14:45 in Room 7.1.

ERS Research Award: Innovation in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Science and Medicine

Andres Floto Professor Andrés Floto will be presented with the ERS Research Award for Innovation in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Science and Medicine at the Year in Review: Tuberculosis: short-course chemotherapy, on Monday 28 September 2015, from 08:30 in Room 7.1.

ERS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Andrew Peacock Professor Andrew Peacock will be presented with the ERS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Sunday 27 September, 2015 from 14:45 in Room 7.1. The Ceremony will be followed by Year in Review: Interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism and sleep apnoea.

ERS Research Award on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Antje Prasse Dr Antje Prasse will be presented the ERS Research Award on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis on Sunday 27 September from 10:45 in the Forum room before the hot topic session, 'IPF: an airway-derived disease?'.

Sir John Vane Grant For Best Recent Publication In Pulmonary Vascular Research

Rajkumar Savai Dr Rajkumar Savai will be presented with the Sir John Vane Grant award during the members' meeting of the Clinical Physiology and Integrative Biology Assembly (Assembly 4) in Room 13.2 on Sunday 27 September, 2015 from 13:00.