The Irish Thoracic Society Poster Awards 2009

Kindly sponsored by Allen & Hanburys

1st Prize  - C.M. Costello, School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, UCD

Poster title: Potential Selective Role for CXCR7/CXCL12 Signalling in the Lung in Response to Hypoxic Stress

2nd Prize - D.M. Ryan, Respiratory Research Division, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9

Poster title: Secretory Leukoprotease Inhibitor and Calpain Inhibition: a Novel Anti-Chemotactic Mechanism

3rd Prize - P.M. Lucey, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Mercy University Hospital, Cork

Poster Title: Predictors of Dropout from Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Ms Eimear Caslin, Allen & Hanbury's presenting Dr Terry O'Connor, Mercy University Hospital Cork with the runner up award for best poster received on behalf of P.M. Lucey, Mercy University Hospital Cork.