Research Roundup:
August 2019
Welcome Message
We received some exciting news with the announcement that the National Dust Disease Taskforce has been established by the Australian Government Department of Health. TSANZ and its members will play a key role in the Taskforce, enabling us to further contribute to the work we have been doing around preventable occupational lung disease.
Don’t forget to visit our TSANZSRS2020 website for more details about abstracts & TSANZ Travel Awards, and keep in mind the closing date of October 11th. Our Open Awards section below highlights our ongoing awards, grants and scholarships from the Lung Foundation Australia.
Submissions are always open for our “Research Roundup Holy Grail,” supported by the limbic. Details can be found here. Our most recent submission by Dr Jane Bourke is featured in this month’s the limbic section below.
We hope you enjoy the August edition of your Research Roundup!
Prof Sandra Hodge
Chair, Research Sub-Committee
Open Awards
Thoracic Society Awards
TSANZ ASM 2020 abstract-linked Awards – closing 11 October 2019
(N.B. the submission portal will become live on July 12)
TSANZ Indigenous Respiratory Nursing Award – closes 30th October 2019
TSANZ Peter Phelan Research Award – closes 30th October 2019
TSANZ Rob Pierce Grant-in-Aid for Indigenous Lung Health – closes 30th October 2019
Lung Foundation Awards
Lung Foundation Australia / A Menarini Pty Ltd 2019 Travel Awards – APSR closing 13th September 2019 (5pm AEST)
BI / COPD Research Fellowship – closes 25 August 2019
Lung Foundation Australia / Lizotte Family Research Award for IPF Research – closes 25 August 2019
LFA / Ludwig Engel Grant-In-Aid for Physiological Research – closes 25 August 2019
Ivan Cash Grant-In-Aid for IPF Research – closes 25 August 2019
How to participate
Follow the links above to access each award application form and download the information sheet.
Please email the TSANZ Awards Coordinator with any questions, comments or enquires.
Watch this space for more award announcements…
The following articles will take you to thelimbic.com
Can normal age-related lung decline lead to COPD diagnosis?
Normal spirometry doesn’t rule out bronchiectasis: Australian registry data
Prescribing SABA alone in adults with asthma ‘negligent’ says expert
Don’t use HFNC as primary treatment for a child with bronchiolitis
Holy Grail: Dr Jane Bourke looking for a drug that reverses lung fibrosis
Home-based pulmonary rehab is second best option to outpatient PR
Respirology – Editor’s Choice
Respirology Issue 24.8 August 2019
Efficacy of corticosteroid and intravenous cyclophosphamide in acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A propensity score‐matched analysis
Hironao Hozumi, Hirotsugu Hasegawa, Koichi Miyashita, Hideki Yasui, Yuzo Suzuki, Masato Kono, Masato Karayama, Kazuki Furuhasi, Dai Hashimoto, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Yutaro Nakamura, Koshi Yokomura, Hidenori Nakamura, Takafumi Suda
Researchers from Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan. From left to right: Prof. Takafumi Suda and Dr. Hironao Hozumi
DOI: 10.1111/resp.13506
Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) from pleural fluid cell lysates is a highly accurate diagnostic biomarker of adenocarcinomatous effusions
Jose M. Porcel, Aureli Esquerda, Silvia Biesla, Anna Novell, Maria Alba Sorolla, Sonia Gatius, Carlos Zamora, Silvia Vidal, Antonieta Salud
The pleural research team at IRBLleida in Spain. From left to right: Drs Sorolla, Salud, Bielsa, Novell, Esquerda (behind) and Porcel.
DOI: 10.1111/resp.13539
Research Review
Australian Respiratory Research Review Issue 78 – 2019
New Zealand Respiratory Research Review Issue 161
Research Project and Survey Requests
What is “suspected” lung cancer?
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality and morbidity in Australia. The Cancer Council’s Optimal Care Pathway suggests that patients with suspected lung cancer on CT scan be seen by a specialist within two weeks. But what exactly is “suspected” lung cancer? Does that 5mm lung nodule found incidentally on CT coronary angiogram need urgent specialist attention?
St John of God Healthcare doctors and Curtin University researchers are inviting respiratory physicians to help us define “suspected” lung cancer. We need you to review 10 short case scenarios and tell us if each of the patients should be seen by a specialist within two weeks.
To participate, click here.
You have been anonymously invited to participate because the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand identifies you as a member. Consent is implied by your voluntary participation. This research study has been reviewed and given approval from the Curtin University and St John of God Healthcare Human Research Ethics Committees.
If you have questions or comments, you can contact the Principle Investigator on david.manners@sjog.org.au, the Curtin University HREC on hrec@curtin.edu.au or the SJOG Healthcare HREC on ethics@sjog.org.au.
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