The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is pleased to announce the ERS award winners for 2022.
Each year, ERS presents a number of prestigious awards to recognise the achievements of a select group of leaders in the field of respiratory medicine.
The top awards and their winners for this year are:
ERS Presidential Award: Gérald Simonneau
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the strengthening of respiratory medicine worldwide.
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ERS Congress Chair Award: Hans Henri P. Kluge
In recognition of his contribution to research and training in respiratory medicine.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Asthma (sponsored by AstraZeneca): Hamida Hammad
In recognition of her potential for further outstanding research in the field of asthma.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim): Francesca Polverino
In recognition of her potential for further outstanding research in the field of COPD.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) (sponsored by CSL Behring): Lieuwe Bos
In recognition of his potential for further outstanding research in the field of ARDS.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal for Allied Health Professionals: Anne Holland
In recognition of her potential for further outstanding research within a field of the allied health professions.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) (sponsored by Insmed): Andres Floto
In recognition of his potential for further outstanding research in the field of NTM.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy: Daniel Steinfort
In recognition of his potential for further outstanding research in this field.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Epidemiology and Environment: Zorana Jovanovic Andersen
In recognition of her potential for further outstanding research in epidemiology and the environment.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Cystic Fibrosis: Pierre-Régis Burgel
In recognition of his potential for further outstanding research in CF.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Christophe Guignabert
In recognition of his potential for further outstanding research in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal in Respiratory Clinical Care and Physiology: Robin Vos
In recognition of his potential for further outstanding research in respiratory clinical care and physiology.
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ERS Assembly 3 Lifetime Achievement Award: Rachel Chambers
In recognition of a lifetime of excellence in the field of basic and translational sciences.
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ERS Assembly 4 Lifetime Achievement Award: Walter McNicholas
In recognition of a lifetime of excellence in the field of sleep disordered breathing.
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ERS Assembly 8 Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul A. Corris
In recognition of a lifetime of excellence in the field of thoracic surgery and transplantation.
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ERS Assembly 11 Lifetime Achievement Award: Jean-Paul Sculier
In recognition of a lifetime of excellence in the field of thoracic oncology.
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ERS Assembly 12 Lifetime Achievement Award: Marjolein Drent
In recognition of a lifetime of excellence in the field of interstitial lung diseases.
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ERS Educational Award: Brendan Cooper
In recognition of his contribution of extraordinary magnitude to education in respiratory medicine at a European or international level.
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ERS Educational Award: Irene Steenbruggen
In recognition of her contribution of extraordinary magnitude to education in respiratory medicine at a European or international level.
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ERS Jean-Claude Yernault Lecture Award: Silvia Ulrich
In recognition of her outstanding contribution to education in respiratory medicine.
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ERS Teaching Award: Anita Simonds
In recognition of her dedicated contributions to ERS educational content development.
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ERS Teaching Award: Jayesh Bhatt
In recognition of his dedicated contributions to ERS educational content development.
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ERS Teaching Award: Omar Usmani
In recognition of his dedicated contributions to ERS educational content development.
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ERS Teaching Award: Stylianos Loukides
In recognition of his dedicated contributions to ERS educational content development.
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ERS President Marc Humbert said of this year’s Presidential Awardee, Gérald Simonneau:
“Gérald Simonneau is Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the Université Paris-Saclay, France. He has markedly influenced modern pulmonary vascular medicine, establishing evidence-based developments on key topics ranging from basic physiology of the pulmonary circulation, to evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension. His work has led to major discoveries and development of novel strategies for the management of acute and chronic pulmonary vascular diseases. Gérald Simonneau has been a founding member of the ESC-ERS pulmonary hypertension guidelines and he is one of the chairs of the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension. Gérald has always been very open and generous, promoting future leaders in his field of excellence all over the world. For these reasons, and many more, he is an exceptionally worthy recipient of the ERS Presidential Award.”
Congress Chairs Anita Simmonds and Thierry Troosters, said of this year’s Congress Chair Awardee Hans Henri P. Kluge:
“Dr Hans Kluge has headed the World Health Organization, European regional office since February 2020. At its first in-person international meeting since the Corona Pandemic, the Congress chairs wanted to emphasize the crucially important role that WHO and its regional office has played in reacting to the pandemic by informing the general public, national authorities and health care providers on infection control, vaccination, treatment of COVID-19, and managing the needs of patients suffering from long term consequences in need of rehabilitation. The role of WHO-Europe to maintain respiratory health and health in general, in close collaboration with the Learned Societies, cannot be underestimated, especially in times of crisis. With a background working with Medicine San Frontieres, and subsequently specializing in TB control, and organising medicine and public health in conflict zones, Dr Kluge has been the ideal person to lead these initiatives and move forward with advocates to restore physical and mental health care in Ukraine within a complex political landscape. His achievements on these multiple, exceptionally challenging fronts is truly impressive.
ERS has worked with WHO(-Europe) on several projects to improve respiratory health. These projects include smoking cessation, TB-programs and the development of air quality standards. The Society collaborated with WHO-Europe to share information throughout the Corona-pandemic. Prof Simonds and Troosters, conference chairs of the 2022 ERS congress felt it was appropriate to put the spotlight on this collaboration and the live-saving activities of WHO-Europe for respiratory health after a series of global and regional health crises.”
Further award categories and their winners are:
- ERS Early Career Member Award: Alexander Mathoudiakis
- ERS Honorary Members: Martin Kolb, Marion Delcrois
Grant recipients, sponsored delegates and winners of the HERMES examination and Lung Science Conference awards have also been announced.
Meet the ERS award winners for 2022
View the grant recipients, sponsored delegates and other awards