Conferences

American Thoracic Society International Conference 14-19 May 2010 New Orleans, Louisianna
European Respiratory Society Congress 18-22 September 2010 Barcelona, Spain
Australasian Sleep Association Annual Scientific Meeting 21- 23 October 2010 Christchurch, New Zealand
Asia Pacific Society of Respirology 15th Congress 22-25 November 2010 Manila, Philippines
TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting 1-6 April 2011, Perth WA
American Thoracic Society International Conference 13-18 May 2011 Denver, Colorado
6th World Congress of the World Sleep Federation 15-20 October 2011 Kyoto, Japan
Australasian Sleep Association 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting 2011 27-29 October 2011, Sydney
TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting 30 March-4 April 2012, Canberra ACT
American Thoracic Society International Conference 18-23 May 2012 San Francisco, California
Asia Pacific Society of Respirology 16th Congress 2011 Shanghai, China
Australasian Sleep Association 24th ASM 2012 10-13 October 2012, Darwin
American Thoracic Society International Conference 17-22 May 2013 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Research News

WASDRI had a weekend of successes at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (WA Branch)with achievements by the following staff:

Kelly Shepherd
Young Investigator Award
" The effect of continuous positive airway pressure on lower oesophageal sphincter function"

Mark Carroll
Best Poster Award
" Comparison of mast cell densities in endobronchial biopsies and adjacent airway sections"

Peta Maxwell
Janine Panizza Award
Presented to an Associate member of the TSANZ who has made a substantial or outstanding contribution to the work of the TSANZ