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Jan 232 min read
BALR/PF-NI Summer Studentship: Amie Cherian
I was delighted to receive the BALR summer studentship award this year. I had the opportunity to spend 8 weeks working in pulmonary...
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Nov 7, 20242 min read
BALR/PF-NI Summer Studentship: Alexander Reid
As a second-year medical student, I never imagined I would have the chance delve into research Yet, here I am, reflecting on an...
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Nov 7, 20242 min read
BALR/APF Summer studentship: Martha Old
I was absolutely delighted to receive a BALR Summer Studentship and work under the supervision of Dr Alison John, Dr Iain Stewart and the...
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Nov 7, 20242 min read
BALR Summer studentship: Phoebe Ross
I was given the amazing opportunity to intern with Dr Renata Jurkowska within her lung epigenetics group lab at Cardiff University, which...
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Oct 9, 20242 min read
BALR/Breathing Matters Summer studentship: Michelle Stainbrook
It was hard work, I am not going to lie. But don't be discouraged! It was so worth it. I spent my summer, the hot England sun beating...
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Jul 23, 20241 min read
Experiences of ATS 2024: Karanjot Sandhu
I was very grateful to have been awarded the BALR Travel grant to attend the ATS Conference 2024 in San Diego, USA. As my first ever...
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BALR
May 10, 20241 min read
Summer studentship: Zenia Gandhi
I had the privilege of interning with the British Association for Lung Research (BALR), where I delved into the world of lung health and...
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Oct 31, 20232 min read
Summer Studentship 2023: Francesca Thornton-Wood
I was thrilled to be awarded a BALR summer studentship award this summer and to be able to work with Dr Iain Stewart and the Margaret...
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BALR
Sep 19, 20231 min read
Experiences of ERS 2023: Katie Horton
I was delighted to receive a BALR travel award for attendance at the ERS International Congress 2023 in Milan. I work on primary ciliary...
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BALR
Sep 19, 20231 min read
Experiences of ERS 2023: Sophie Booth
'The congress was an amazing experience and I’ve come away from it having developed knowledge and made useful contacts for the future. I...
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BALR
Sep 19, 20233 min read
Summer Studentship 2023: Shayan Shaikh
I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of Dr Joseph Jacob’s team working on “Automatic segmentation and analysis of cystic fibrosis...
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Jun 6, 20232 min read
Experiences of ATS 2023: Rachel Walters
I am very grateful to have been awarded the BALR ATS travel award which supported me in my travel to the ATS conference 2023, held in...
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BALR
Jun 5, 20232 min read
Experiences of ATS 2023: Janice Koranteng
I am very grateful to have been awarded the BALR ATS travel award, which supported my attendance to the ATS Conference 2023, held in...
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BALR
Jun 5, 20233 min read
BALR Summer Studentship 2022: Ankesh Gandhi
I am delighted to share my experience of a BALR studentship during the summer of 2022. The award involved an 8-week summer placement as...
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BALR
May 9, 20232 min read
A note from our President
Elizabeth Sapey - President of the BALR Even as a university student, I was drawn to studying lung disease, recognising that these...
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Jan 25, 20222 min read
BALR Summer Studentship 2021: Davina McLaverty
I was delighted to be awarded the BALR Summer Studentship for 2021. I spent 6 weeks at the UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing (CMIC)...
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Jul 14, 20212 min read
Experiences of BALR Summer Meeting: James Parkin
In June, I had the opportunity to attend the BALR Summer Meeting. It was a thoroughly enjoyable couple of days, with an array of...
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BALR
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Experiences of BALR Summer Meeting: Jodie Ackland
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the BALR Summer Meeting 2021 was not in sunny Exeter, but instead online in a virtual format....
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Feb 17, 20202 min read
Summer studentship: Ravinder Kaur
In 2019, the BALR offered their first summer studentships. These offered undergraduate students the opportunity to carry out 8 week of...
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Feb 17, 20203 min read
Summer studentship: Kamal Shah
In 2019, the BALR offered their first summer studentships. These offered undergraduate students the opportunity to carry out 8 week of...
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