For the 3rd International Workshop on Lung Health, a call for “Rising Stars” was launched in April 2015. The purpose of the competition was to offer to brilliant young researchers/clinicians the possibility to present their valuable work for the first time in front of an international audience, and also receive feedback of experienced international speakers to help them in their early career.
The call was open to researchers/clinicians up to 42 years old who needed to present the abstract of their work. Twenty-four abstracts were received from all over the world and were evaluated blindly by the five chairmen of the Workshop on Lung Health–the main criterion being the scientific value of the work presented in connection with the topics of the Workshop. Only in the case of equal scientific score, other parameters were considered to give priority to the submitters from low-income countries or, in a second stage, to younger submitters.
The four winners, whose abstracts are given hereafter, have been invited as speakers to the Workshop and have had good visibility both through the website of the Workshop and the Workshop newsletter.
The participation of Rising Stars in the 3rd International Workshop on Lung Health was made possible, thanks to grants by Teva Europe and Zambon.
In April/May 2016 the call for Rising Stars will be open for the 4th International Workshop on Lung Health to be held in Budapest in January 2017.