National Lung Course 2023

The NRS National course on lung diseases and lung research aims at bringing basic and applied lung research in the Netherlands at a higher level by training young talented researchers. Participants will learn both the basics and state-of-the-art developments in the areas of (patho)physiology, treatment, methodologies, diagnosis, and career development. Disease areas that will be covered include asthma, allergy, interstitial lung diseases, orphan lung diseases, infectious diseases, COVID-19, COPD and lung cancer.

The main target groups of the course are PhD candidates (or Master students who are likely to start a PhD in the respiratory field in the next year) and postdoctoral fellows early on in their trajectories - NRS membership required - with either a basic science, translational or clinical background.

It will be a 3-day course (February 8-10 2023), combined with two 1-day programs at the annual Young Investigator Symposium (YIS, December 9th 2022). The program (in English) will consist of lectures, interactive workshops with researchers, patients and fellow participants, career development activities and a social program. Study load will be 140 hours, which is comparable to 5 ECTS points. A certificate and accreditation of the 5 ECTS will be provided after completion of the 3-day course and attendance (either in the future or in the past) of two Young Investigator Symposia. However, it is possible to only attend the 3-day course, without ECTS accreditation. Admission to the course is €50,- (but NRS membership required) and 2 overnight stays in a single room, breakfasts & lunches and 2 dinners are included.

If you want to join the National Lung Course, please register as soon as possible as there is only place for 30 participants. Note, attendance of the entire course is mandatory. Because of the great deal of interest in this course last year, we have been using a waiting list. At the opening of the enrollment, people on the waiting list receive precendence.

Registration is full. If you would like to be on the waiting list, please email nrs@nrs-science.nl.