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Sunday, 09/13/2009
Catia Cillóniz has been granted ERS Young Scientist Sponsorship to attend the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress
She will present the results of her research regarding the study of etiologic agents involved in community-acquired pneumonia. Doctors Antoni Torres, Miquel Ferrer, Néstor Soler, Jacob Sellarés and Eva Polverino participate in the event as well
Doctoral Researcher Catia Cillóniz has attended the ERS 2009 thanks to the ERS Young Scientist Sponsorship she has been granted as an author of one of the best abstracts regarding the study of etiologic agents involved in community-acquired pneumonia and their relationship with population factors, which is the subject of her doctoral thesis.
The ERS Annual Congress is held in Viena from 12th September until 16th September and Doctors Antoni Torres, Miquel Ferrer, Néstor Soler, Jacob Sellarés and Eva Polverino have also attended the event, which is the biggest annual scientific gathering in respiratory medicine, with 17.000 participants and growing each year.
The ERS Young Scientist Sponsorship is intended for young scientists from all countries, who are non-medical doctors, and who would not normally receive support from pharmaceutical companies to attend the Congress.