BTS PATS Travel Fellowship 2023
The British Thoracic Society Global Lung Health Group in partnership with the Pan African Thoracic Society is delighted to announce another exciting programme of placements.
The British Thoracic Society Global Lung Health Group in partnership with the Pan African Thoracic Society is delighted to announce another exciting programme of placements.
In the words of Professor Emerita Sonia Buist, “leadership is not necessarily an intuitive skill and needs to be learned.
Thanks to a generous donation from Professor Emerita Sonia Buist, we are delighted to announce this unique opportunity for PATS MECOR graduates.
PATS MECOR student Dr Nelson C. Eze carried out research on "Predictors of Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Public and Private Health Institutions in Abakaliki, Southeast, Nigeria" using a BREATHE small award received during PATS MECOR.
PATS student, Charles Batte, recently published the article The accuracy of a mobile phone application (Wulira app) compared to standard audiometry in assessing hearing loss among patients on treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Uganda in the Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society.
In January, Patrick Katoto, a PATS MECOR alumni and current faculty successful defended his Ph.D. at KU Leuven in Belgium.
In January, a study by a group including researchers who had attended PATS MECOR in 2015 and initiated the study as part of their group work was published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society (AnnalsATS).
The Buist Pathway to Leadership Award gave me the opportunity to fill a gap that I had aspired to fill in the last few years.
Thanks to a generous donation from Professor Emerita Sonia Buist, we are delighted to announce this unique opportunity for PATS MECOR graduates.
Thanks to a generous donation from Professor Emerita Sonia Buist, we are delighted to announce this unique opportunity for PATS MECOR graduates.
ATS Foundation has awarded $5,000 to Herve Lawin, MD, of the University of Abomey in the Republic of Benin, Africa, to support his research investigating the effects of biomass fuel use in rural and urban homes on respiratory symptoms and lung function.
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation offers young Africans who exhibit academic prowess as well as broader leadership potential an educational opportunity unique on the continent. While pursuing their chosen post-graduate degree, each Scholar benefits from access to leadership development programmes, rooted in the principles underpinning the Foundation.