me, please!

Was an absolute privilege, though, to see Nobel Laureate Peter Ratcliffe (!) give the plenary talk! Great rundown of his research career and great parting tip for early career researchers: don't be afraid to be bold with your research direction.

Fantastic speakers in my session, all tough acts to follow! Survived, and co-chair dutifully asked a question I planted during the talk, which was lovely

Behind the lectern myself this afternoon ("Biography of a lung" session), can I get a "good luck" from chat pls

Caitlin Notley (UEA) busting myths about e-cigarettes and reiterating CMO message: if you don't smoke, don't start vaping, but if you do smoke it likely helps you quit.

In a similar vein, Mahdi Sheikh from WHO making the case that it shouldn't be considered too late at a lung cancer diagnosis to stop smoking. 25-50% smoking at diagnosis, but ~25% reduction in mortality at two years after diagnosis in those who quit at time of diagnosis!

Highlights from yesterday from my notes: Matt Evison (Manchester) presenting compelling evidence of the almost immediate mortality benefit of a standardised smoking cessation intervention for inpatients. Varenicline/cytisine + NRT + hospital service referral for as many inpatients as possible!

Maybe worth adding #BTSWinter2024 while I'm waiting for the tobacco dependence session to start

Went undercover in an occupational lung disease session: one particularly cool talk on OLD in workers in the UK wind energy sector (Thomas McLay, Manchester). Indoor blade makers higher risk than outdoor workers, but the latter still at risk of hazards (isocyanates, bird guano, algal blooms).

That's very kind of you to say, thank you! It'd be great to see if we can do it in prospectively collected data without the limitations of the datasets we had access to, and with some knowledge of at least some of the causative antigens.

Every day for me, but the only thing that will change tomorrow is the size of the building and the importance of the people!

I'm a pulmonologist who was at Aarhus University Hospital for a week earlier this year! (Presumably you recognise the header image on my profile?)

I do it for the warm, fuzzy feeling it gives my CV