Plan to attend CHEST 2017 in Toronto

Publish date: March 10, 2017

 

Oct 28 – Nov 1

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us in wonderful Toronto for CHEST 2017, where we’ll connect a global community in clinical chest medicine. Our program will deliver current pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine topics presented by world-renowned faculty in a variety of innovative instruction formats. Take advantage of these opportunities to get involved now:

Submit Abstracts and Case Reports

Submission deadline: March 31

Submit an abstract of your original investigative work, case reports, and clinical case puzzlers for presentation at CHEST 2017. Submission is free, and accepted abstracts become eligible for investigative awards from the CHEST Foundation. Accepted abstracts and case reports (excluding clinical case puzzlers) will be published in an online supplement to the journal CHEST. Slide or poster presentations will be considered, along with poster discussion presentations for abstracts. Four types of case reports will be considered:
  • Fellow Case Reports.
  • Medical Student/Resident Case Reports.
  • Global Case Reports.
  • Clinical Case Puzzlers.

Learn more and submit at chest2017.abstractcentral.com.

Apply for 2017 CHEST Foundation Grants

Application deadline: March 31

The CHEST Foundation has started accepting applications for its clinical research, distinguished scholar, and community service grants. Every year, the CHEST Foundation awards more than a half-million dollars to the next generation of lung health champions.

The grants available are:

  • GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Scholar Research Grant in Respiratory Health: $150,000 over 3 years
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer: $50,000-$100,000* over 2 years
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: $25,000 1-year grant
  • CHEST Foundation and Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: $25,000 1-year grant
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: $10,000-$30,000* 1-year grant
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Venous Thromboembolism: $30,000 1-year grant
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis: $30,000 1-year grant
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: $50,000 1-year grant
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women’s Lung Health: $10,000 1-year grant
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Asthma: $15,000 - $30,000* 1-year grant
  • CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic Fibrosis: $30,000 1-year grant
  • Community Service Grant Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP: multiple awards up to $15,000 per 1-year grant

*Amount contingent on funding.Apply for grants at chestfoundation.org/grants.

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