ERS Vision – Live Panel Discussion

Phenotyping and endotyping of chronic obstructive airway diseases in real clinical practice

Overview

Taking place on 28 March, this ERS Vision Live panel discussion focuses on phenotyping and endotyping of chronic obstructive airway diseases in real clinical practice.

The expert panellists will be discussing key areas, including:

  • The use of lung function and bronchial challenges for phenotyping and endotyping,
  • Phenotyping and endotyping in Asthma,
  • Phenotyping and endotyping in COPD.

This event is free to access but registration is required.

Chairs

Prof. Dave Singh - profile image
Prof. Dave Singh
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK

Prof. Dave Singh is Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK. His research interest is the development of new drugs for asthma and COPD.

He has acted as principal investigator in over 400 clinical trials and is a member of the GOLD Science Committee. He was previously the chair of the European Respiratory Society airway pharmacology group.

He is currently an editor of the European Respiratory Journal and European Respiratory Review.


Prof. Renaud Louis - profile image
Prof. Renaud Louis
Full Professor and Academic Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at University of Liege and CHU of Liege, Belgium

Prof. Renaud Louis has been Professor and Academic Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at University of Liege and CHU of Liege, Belgium since 2004.

He was President of the Belgian Thoracic Society from 2013 until 2014 and he served as secretary of the ERS Group 5.3: Allergy and Immunology of Assembly 5: Airway diseases, asthma, COPD and chronic cough.

Prof. Louis currently sits on the steering committee of the SHARP (Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration) and is Co-Chair of the current ERS task force on 'Diagnosis in asthma in adults'.


Speakers

Prof. Maarten Van Den Berge - profile image
Prof. Maarten Van Den Berge
Pulmonologist at the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

Prof. Maarten Van Den Berge is a pulmonologist at the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands.

He is involved in clinical and translational research with a focus on applying multi-omics analyses to unravel the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of asthma and COPD. He is a past ERS CRC Director and current Associate Editor for Respirology.


Prof. Dr Florence Schleich - profile image
Prof. Dr Florence Schleich
Head of Clinics and Associate Professor at the University of Liege and CHU of Liege, Belgium

Prof. Dr Florence Schleich is currently Head of Clinics and Associate Professor at the University of Liege and CHU of Liege, Belgium and has been since 2013.

She passed her thesis entitled “Clinical interest of airway inflammatory markers” in 2014. She is the Vice President of the Belgian Respiratory Society and the Co-Chair of SHARP since 2022.

Since 2008, she has focused her clinical research on asthma, severe asthma, asthma inflammatory phenotypes and biomarkers such as induced sputum and exhaled volatile organic compounds.


Prof. Mona Bafadhel - profile image
Prof. Mona Bafadhel
Professor in Respiratory Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK

Mona is Professor in Respiratory Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford, UK.

She has now joined the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine and the School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences at King's College London, as the Professorial Chair in Respiratory Medicine.

In 2019, Mona was awarded the prestigious Gaulstonian Lectureship from the Royal College of Physicians, London.