Santiago Giavedoni will be based at the ELEGI Laboratory, Queens Medical Research Institute (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), researching how lung rehabilitation and statin treatment affects muscle wastage and quality of life in patients who experience severe COPD exacerbations. Santiago’s research will start in October 2008.
Maria Pallayova will carry out research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore, United States of America) on how the metabolism may influence the function of the upper airways. Maria’s work will start in November 2008.
Dermot Stephen O’Callaghan will study at the Hôpital Antoine Béclère (Paris, France), to look at pulmonary arterial hypertension in Ireland. Dermot’s research will begin in January 2009.