News in Occupational Respiratory Medicine

About this webinar

This webinar presents some of the latest developments in occupational respiratory medicine, covering occupational risks of pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung disease (ILD), a review of the effects of workplace exposures on the small airways, and work-related invasive pneumococcal infections in Finland. The presentations will be followed by a joint discussion and summary.

Timeline

13:00   Welcome (NIVA)
13:05   Introduction ( Anna-Carin Olin)
13:10   Occupational risks of pulmonary fibrosis/ILD (Inge Iversen)
13:40   Review: Occupational exposures and physiological effects in small airways  (Sanna Kjellberg)
14:10   Break
14:15    Occupational invasive pneumococcal infections (Francesca Manca and Lotta Siira)
14:50   Q&A and summary

Lecturers

Anna-Carin Olin, Professor, Chief Physician, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Sanna Kjellberg, Researcher, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Inge Brosbøl Iversen, MD, PhD, Consultant and Head of Research, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital, Denmark

Lotta Siira, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department of Public Health, Microbiology Unit
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Maria Francesca Manca, Medical Doctor, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Contact person

Nathalie Räihä
Project Manager at NIVA
email: nathalie.raiha@niva.org