Don’t miss this excellent + important article in ThoraxBMJ on availability and affordability of medicines for chronic respiratory diseases in the global south. ‘Preventative treatments varied widely in cost, were less available and largely unaffordable’ thorax.bmj.com/content/79/7/6…

Describing randomisation in participant information leaflets (PILs): Participants like plain language descriptions of what randomisation is. Don't comparing it to gambling (e.g. dice and lotteries) and don't say the computer did it. More at: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Acute respiratory illness will likely be the most common reason an athlete will seek medical input at the Olympic Games. Can we do better diagnosing this issue? Point-of-care testing to detect respiratory infections in athletes: what is the role? bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…

My team wants to find out more about how to make respiratory medicine #sustainable If you're a person who prescribes, dispense and or support patients using inhalers please help us by completing our survey British Thoracic Society (BTS) PCRS ARNS 👇🏻app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bham/inhaler…

Integrating patient and public involvement and engagement in translational medicine thelancet.com/journals/lance…

❔"Why did nobody ask us?" 📖 Have a read of this interesting blog all about co-producing research with a community, including findings, reflections and advice for other researchers interested in co-producing research: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/perc/2024/09/0… Imperial PERC #PPI

Still time to apply for this research fellow post at CRD - closing date in 1 week 02/10/2024

How can members of the public be involved in research? Our 'Briefing notes for researchers' explains the different ways! It will help you to plan, resource and support public involvement in research. Find out more: nihr.ac.uk/documents/brie… #TuesdayTips

I’m excited to join Patrick Kwan, Chris and Ella and Danielle from Australian Women with Epilepsy to discuss the latest in epilepsy care and research, and plans for consumer advisors to become more involved in our research program Join in-person or online Monash STM - Community and Researcher Engagement Translational Medicine at Monash University The Alfred

Breathing issues cause more emergency NHS admissions than any other condition - one in eight of all emergency hospital admissions in 2023-24 were for a respiratory diagnosis theguardian.com/society/2024/n… Asthma + Lung UK Royal Brompton and Harefield Guy's and St Thomas' British Thoracic Society (BTS)

Check out this fantastic video on #ConsumerEngagement in research, created by our talented placement student! 📽️✨

Join us in Melbourne to learn about the latest developments and evaluation of methods for evidence synthesis (6 Feb 2025) & a course on assessing the risk of bias of non-randomised studies (7 Feb 2025) - more details 👇cochraneaustralia.org/methods-sympos…

The benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in the immune response of COPD individuals pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39764722/

📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY! 💻 Research Associate/Research Fellow 🗺 University of Leicester 🕸 jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/1074… 📅 Deadline approaching! 18th February 2025 Research at Leicester's Hospitals National Institute for Health and Care Research jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/1074…

Our latest Ramadan research paper is out in ERS publications on fasting with respiratory diseases 🫁 This international collaborative study provides 19 key recommendations for patients with asthma, COPD, ILD, or Bronchiectasis who wish to fast. Read more via the free open

Use of corticosteroid tablets in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): we would like to know your experience with corticosteroid tablets, and your opinion on how to reduce the risks of insufficient or excessive use & side effects. Take the survey: monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3x…

Eine Befragung von COPD-Patienten: wir würden gerne von Ihnen hören, was Ihre Erfahrungen mit Kortikosteroid-Tabletten sind und wie wir die Risiken einer Unter- oder Überversorgung sowie von Nebenwirkungen aus Ihrer Sicht verringern können. monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_da…

🇮🇹 Un sondaggio tra le persone con BPCO: vorremmo conoscere la Sua esperienza con le compresse con corticosteroidi, e la Sua opinione su come ridurre i rischi di un uso insufficiente o eccessivo, e gli effetti collaterali. Partecipa: monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e8… APS- Respiriamo Insieme

New publication🎉🎉 Determining the minimum important differences for field walking tests in long–term conditions: systematic review & meta-analysis publications.ersnet.org/content/errev/… Rachael Evans Linzy Houchen-Wolloff Amy V Jones Ruth Barker (PhD) Will Sally Singh ERS publications

ELF worked with EMBARC to create a new resource designed to help people living with bronchiectasis feel more informed, confident and involved in their care. Download this free resource today: bronchiectasis.net/wp-content/upl…