Lung tissue bank to be established at the Alfred from a CSL grant

Associate Professor Glen Westall has received a support grant of $216,000 from the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories to establish a lung tissue bank for Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) at the Alfred. This is a significant development in research capacity for a disease affecting many thousands of Australians.
See more about A/Prof Westall's work and research at:
www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/airmed/staff/westall.html

Dr Kirk Kee has received an Abstract Scholarship to attend the 2014 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in San Diego, on behalf of the Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN).

Ivan Cash Lung Foundation Australia Grant ($5000) awarded to Dr Ian Glaspole: "The effect of persistent anxiety and depression in IPF."