The Union: Submissions Open for Late-Breaker Sessions on TB, COVID-19 and Lung Health

                                    
	


Submissions Open for Late-Breaker Sessions on TB, COVID-19 and Lung Health

The 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health is pleased to announce that submissions for Late-Breaker Sessions are open from 15 July-12 August 2021. Submit now.

In keeping with the spirit of a late-breaker session, we ask that only new, innovative and significant findings of broad interest that have occurred after 12 May, or for which information has just become available, be submitted for the late-breaker sessions.  

The following three late-breaker sessions are slated for the Conference that will take place from 19-22 October 2021: 


THE UNION LATE-BREAKER SESSION ON COVID-19  

All aspects of SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19-related lung health are welcomed for presentation during the late-breaker session, from basic science in immunology and vaccines, clinical trials for vaccines or therapeutics, to operational research in adults and children.   

This session will consist of up to seven pre-recorded oral presentations of 8 minutes each, followed by live Q&A with the online audience.   


THE UNION/CDC LATE-BREAKER SESSION ON TB  

The 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce a late-breaker session related to tuberculosis (TB).  

This late-breaker session includes all aspects of TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment research (including basic and clinical science, epidemiology, social, behavioural, and health care delivery). Given the global COVID-19 pandemic, we will also consider select presentations that explore the intersection of COVID-19 and TB prevention and programmatic implementation. It will consist of 7 pre-recorded oral presentations of 8 minutes each and live Q&A at the end of the session. The session is scheduled on 22 October 2021.   


THE UNION STUDENT LATE-BREAKER SESSION ON LUNG HEALTH  

The 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health is pleased to announce the Union student late-breaker session focusing on lung health and sponsored by the Research Institute of Tuberculosis of the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (RIT/JATA).  

All aspects of lung health are welcomed for presentation during the late-breaker session, from basic science in immunology and vaccines, to operational research in tuberculosis (TB), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), pneumonia, and other lung health issues in adults and children. This session will consist of up to seven pre-recorded oral presentations of 8 minutes each, followed by live Q&A with online audience.   

Individuals submitting an abstract must be currently enrolled as a student in a university programme at undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral level either full- or part-time.  


DETAILS

All abstracts must follow the abstract submission guidelines  

For more information and details on sponsorship for late-breaker sessions: https://theunion.org/late-breaker-sessions 

For any further queries, email scientific@theunion.org 



Submit now!