ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly

Abstract

In this article, early career members of the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) summarise a selection of five sessions from the Society's 2022 congress, with a focus on areas of specific interest for the Assembly,i.e.epidemiology and risk factors of respiratory diseases in both children and adults. Topics covered include the characterization of obstructive respiratory diseases, their comorbidities, and their evolution, with novel insight from large cohorts. The importance of early-life factors in respiratory health was also emphasized, including maternal exposures and habits during pregnancy. As smoking behaviours have changed following the introduction of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, research remains very active to determine the health consequences and predictors of these novel uses, especially in teenagers. The impact of environmental and occupational exposures on respiratory health remains a major topic of the congress, this year with a focus on emerging risk factors such as landscape fire smoke, non-exhaust particles, and nanoparticles. Regarding workplace exposures, old and novel causes of occupational asthma and rhinitis were discussed.

ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Respiratory Clinical Care and Physiology Assembly

“…In addition to the reports from the other Assemblies [109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121], we hope that the highlights summarised hereinabove will help update readers with the impressive amount of respiratory research and advances in pulmonary clinical care presented through the sessions from ERS Assembly 1 -Respiratory clinical care and physiology, alongside with suggestions for further investigations. We also hope to have encouraged the readership to contribute to Assembly 1 activities, and to take part to the 2024 ERS International Congress to be held in Vienna next September, where further scientific novelties and clinical developments on these topics will be discussed.…”

“…Although the virtual platform allows presentations to be replayed, it can be challenging to keep up to date with all the scientific and clinical advances. That's why, every year, the Early-Career Members Committee coordinates reports summarising the most significant presentations from each Assembly [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. This article, therefore, aims to share some of the highlights from the Respiratory clinical care and physiology assembly.…”