RespTRACT

The Respiratory Trainee Research Collaborative in the West Midlands
Enabling trainees across the region to collaborate and increase the reach of their research

[RespTRACT @RespTract]

Great being at the national trainee led research group @INSPIREresp_UK talk at the @BTSrespiratory Summer Meeting!

[Respiratory Guru @respguru]

Listen to the latest instalment of #respGuru, interview with @AlphaCopdDoc about copd updates. Alice’s knowledge and understanding of copd research is mind bending, and a must for all respiratory clinicians @SWBHnhs ⁦@RespTract⁩ https://t.co/Y5luyRG4Om

[RespTRACT @RespTract]

@bicops @CRN_WMid

[RespTRACT @RespTract]

Amazing work and effort by a collaborative of over 50 West Midlands respiratory trainees during the pandemic!! Supported by fantastic senior clinicians who encouraged this trainee led project https://t.co/Vv5Liioxdq

[RespTRACT @RespTract]

@drdhruvparekh @Dr_D_Dosanjh @frangrudzinska @seblugg @shaun_thein @Louisecrowley4 @diana_crossley @marinasoltan_ @respresearchuhb @MidsThoracicSoc @INSPIREresp_UK

[PIONEER Hub @pioneer_hub]

🆕 PIONEER pre-print | Our team has used retrospective #HealthData to evaluate discharges and readmissions using a #COVID19 'Virtual Ward' model, assess patient outcomes, and predict staffing commitments. Read more > https://t.co/Nk4oTKBpd0 @HDR_UK @medrxivpreprint

[PIONEER Hub @pioneer_hub]

How have #Covid19 measures - like social distancing, mask wearing and shielding for vulnerable groups - affected rates of community-acquired pneumonia? @InflamAge_UoB's Dr @frangrudzinska has been granted access to PIONEER's #HealthData to investigate > https://t.co/ogogFrj5xU

[Midland Thoracic Society @MidsThoracicSoc]

Calling all healthcare professionals who refer COPD patients to #pulmonaryrehab. @AmyBarradell is conducting research with University Hospitals Leicester looking at communication bias in patients with COPD. Can you take just 15 minutes to fill our the survey below?

[Alice Turner @AlphaCopdDoc]

Interested in airways disease? Want to do research? We're recruiting a clinical research fellow at the Birmingham #AATD service, doing a project focussing on bronchiectasis. Opportunities for #COPD training & higher degree. Apply here https://t.co/fvhVTwrnrI

[Aaron Scott @DrAAronScott]

Another opportunity to join our team! PhD studentship examining the role of FGF23 in modulating inflammation in critically ill patients - driver or consequence? This exciting project is led by @drdhruvparekh, UK CI of the linked @vitdalize clinical trial

https://t.co/hM6ipOQwrV

[Team Neutrophil @teamneutrophil]

🚨PRE-PRINT OUT NOW🚨 read all about our recent work on neutrophil function in #COVID19. A lot of hard work from the whole team during challenging times went into this, it’s great to have it out there! 🫁@kyliebelchamber @shaun_thein @DrAAronScott @e_sapey https://t.co/IgErOVcRiJ

[Alice Jasper @_alicejasper]

Delighted to announce that my review article “Understanding potential mechanisms of harm: the drivers of electronic cigarette-induced changes in alveolar macrophages, neutrophils and lung epithelial cells” has been published in @AJPLung 🥳🫁
https://t.co/IocRHWnH7y

[Team Neutrophil @teamneutrophil]

Fantastic work in store in @kyliebelchamber flash talk for @neutrophil2021! A brilliant project and exciting story. Catch your sneak peak on the Neutrophil 2021 platform 😉🫁 @shaun_thein @e_sapey @TeamRespiratory @BALRcommunity @BacrUob

[Kylie Belchamber @kyliebelchamber]

Flash talk uploaded for @neutrophil2021 - our little secret project is not so secret anymore 😄 Neutrophil Mediated Collateral Damage in COVID-19 - please watch and send feedback, all comments/questions welcome! @teamneutrophil @TeamRespiratory

[Aaron Scott @DrAAronScott]

Check out our latest review discussing the effects of smoking on alveolar macrophage function @seblugg @drdhruvparekh @BacrUob @InflamAge_UoB https://t.co/mKTUjRYWdd

[Prasad Nagakumar @PrasadNagakumar]

Great news for Birmingham!. Pollution triggers asthma in children and adults. Public health measures save lives of children and adults with asthma. #brumbreathes #WorldAsthmaDay2021 @BWC_NHS @asthmauk @BWCHBoss @sat_rao @BHPComms @BhamCityCouncil @Dr_D_Dosanjh @AdelMansur1

[Alice Turner @AlphaCopdDoc]

We are recruiting for a clinical fellow post in #NIV and #COPD Great OOP training opportunity. Spread the word! @MidsThoracicSoc @RespTract
Apply here https://t.co/M5XHXNkKub

[Alice Turner @AlphaCopdDoc]

@MidsThoracicSoc is back, alive & kicking! Great online meeting today, high quality research by @seblugg @shaun_thein (for @RespTract ) @marinasoltan_ @Drchuntley089 @maximum_science and that's only the prizewinners on Twitter. Will def make time to attend all of it next time 🙂

[VITDALIZE UK @vitdalize]

Another site has been opened in the UK today. Welcome @ELHT_NHS to the VITDALIZE Trial, we look forward to your first recruit! @drdhruvparekh @79ka2011 #vitdalize #vitaminD3