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Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2019
Dr Alex Franciosi, RCSI Beaumont Hospital, received the prize for Best Oral Presentation from Ms Linda Caulfield, Boehringer
Ingelheim for his presentation ‘Clarifying the risk of lung disease in
SZ alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)Pictured L-R at the Irish Thoracic Society Case Study Forum: Mr Marcel Gordon, Astra
Zeneca; Dr Aidan O’Brien, University Hospital Limerick; Prof Anthony O’Regan; Prof JJ
Gilmartin; Dr Bob Rutherford, Galway University Hospital; Ms Mary Barry; and Mr David
Bourke, Astra Zeneca
2nd prize – Dr Shahid Farooq, South West Acute
Hospital, Enniskillen
1st prize – Dr Sam Grennan, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 
2nd Prize – Dr Brian Gaffney, Letterkenny University Hospital, pictured with Prof
Vera Keatings, Letterkenny University Hospital; and Dr Jacqueline Rendall, Belfast
City Hospital
Dr Oliver McElvaney, RCSI, Beaumont Hospital, received the
award for Best Poster from Ms Niamh Tuite, Boehringer Ingelheim
for his poster titled ‘Specific inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasone
as an anti-inflammatory strategy in cystic fibrosis’
The Inaugural Jean Norton Award for Best Research Paper on Chronic Restrictive Pulmonary
Disease was awarded to Dr Evelyn Lynn, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, for her
presentation ‘Clinical Characteristics and Novel Biomarkers of LAM in an Irish Population’. Pictured
L-R: Dr Cormac McCarthy, St Vincent’s University Hospital Dublin; Mr Michael Corless (representing
the Norton/Corless Family); Dr Evelyn Lynn, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; Prof Anthony
O’Regan; and Prof Ross Morgan, President ITS
Recipients of the ITS GSK BTS Bursary 2019 – Ms Antoinette Doherty, Letterkenny University
Hospital and Dr Oliver McElvaney, RCSI, Beaumont Hospital. Pictured L-R: Prof Ross Morgan,
President of the Irish Thoracic Society; Ms Sonya Murray, Letterkenny University Hospital (receiving
bursary on behalf of Antoinette Doherty); Dr Oliver McElvaney, RCSI, Beaumont Hospital; Ms Sandra
Doyle; Ms Geraldine O’Connor; and Ms Sarah Flood, all GSK
1st Prize – Dr Khalid Elkholy, University Hospital Limerick 
3rd Prize – Dr Marie Talty, Galway University Hospital 
Dr Kimberley Black received the runner-up prize for Best Oral Presentation ‘Enhanced airway smooth muscle relaxation via proteinase activated receptor 2’, received on her behalf by Prof
Lorcan McGarvey, Queen’s University Belfast from Ms Linda
Caulfield, Boehringer Ingelheim
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