These Abstract Scholarship Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society
Jessica Inskip, PhD
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
Abstract Title: Patient Perspectives on Pulmonary Rehabilitation Using Telehealth
Ronald Evans, DO
Geisinger Health System
Abstract Title: Trends of Symptom Scores in COPD Patients Followed in a Tertiary Care Pulmonology Clinic: Are Patients Feeling Better?
Christie Brillante, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus
Abstract Title: Exploring the Relationship Between the Rapid Shallow Breathing Index and Weaning From Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in ICU Survivors Receiving Multimodal Rehabilitation
Ariane Milot, MD
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
Abstract Title: Short-Term and Long-Term Changes in Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire Domains and Total Scores From Different Exercise-Training Protocols in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Leona Dowman, MSc
La Trobe University/Alfred Health Clinical School
Abstract Title: Effect of Supplemental Oxygen on Exercise Response in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Nicole DeLuca, DPT
Miami VA Healthcare System
Abstract Title: Veterans Entering Pulmonary Rehabilitation with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety May Be Greater than Expected and Be at a Substantial Disadvantage
Alessandra Adami, PhD
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Abstract Title: Reproducibility and Quality Control of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Determination of Muscle Oxidative Capacity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Pichapong Tunsupon, MD
University at Buffalo
Abstract Title: Comorbidities in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Outcomes
Isabelle Vivodtzev, PhD
University Grenoble Alps
Abstract Title: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Obese Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): A Pilot Study
Tom Reilly, BSc
University of Leicester
Abstract Title: Twice the 'Work' for Similar Effort: One Legged Cycling in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Louise L. Toennesen, MD
Bispebjerg Hospital
Abstract Title: High-Intensity Interval Training Improves Maximal Oxygen Consumption in Untrained Adult Asthmatics
Carlos A. Camillo, PT, MSc
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Abstract Title: Effectiveness of Elastic Tube Resistance Training on 6-Minute Walk Test and Muscle Force in Patients with COPD: A Randomized Control Trial
Elizabeth D. Rivard, MD
University of Montreal
Abstract Title: Clinical, Socio-Demographic and Psychological Characteristics of Participants and Non-Participants to Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Muhammad A. Zafar, MD
University of Cincinnati
Abstract Title: Application of Upper Airway Manometry to Measure the Efficacy of Positive Expiratory Pressure Breathing Techniques in Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse (EDAC)
This Abstract Scholarship Award has been funded by a generous donation from Dove Medical Press LTD
Mickael Martin, BSc
Centre de recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (CRIUCPQ)
Abstract Title: Visceral Adipose Tissue and Muscle Lipids Predict Comorbidities in COPD. An ECLIPSE Substudy
