Infection in Pulmonary Vascular Disease (iPVD) Consortium

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iPVD Team

The Infection in Pulmonary Vascular Disease (iPVD) Consortium’s primary focus is to enhance awareness about the role of infection on PVD, and foster research collaborations in infectious diseases covering basic science, translational and clinical aspects, aiming to better understand its mechanisms and global impact.

Symposia & Conferences 

The iPVD consortium annual meetings are usually held as a pre-conference session during the annual PVRI meeting. This meeting brings together researchers and clinicians from around the world to share their latest findings on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious pulmonary vascular diseases. The meeting covers a wide range of topics, including:
•    The epidemiology and risk factors for infectious pulmonary vascular diseases
•    The molecular mechanisms by which infections trigger and worsen pulmonary vascular disease.
•    New diagnostic tools and biomarkers for infectious pulmonary vascular diseases
•    Emerging therapeutic strategies for infectious pulmonary vascular diseases

Virtual Symposia by the iPVD Consortium

Another successful output of the iPVD Consortium is its Virtual Symposium webinar series, which has continued into 2024 after delivering six webinars on inflammation and infection in 2023. The series, hosted by PVRI, is a global education programme highlighting the latest research on infections in PVD. The webinars provide a great opportunity for international speakers to participate, present, and ask questions of our fantastic committee. Webinars are held on the last Wednesday of the month at 15:00 BST/GMT, and recordings are available on our website. 

The Microbes webinar series 

Other webinars

Publications 

Find out more about iPVD consortium. If you are interested in joining this Task Force, please get in touch.

Leaders

Navneet Kaur Dhillon, University of Kansas Medical Centre, USA
Ghazwan Butrous, University of Kent, UK
Rudolf Oliveira, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
Suellen Darc Oliveira, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Vinicio de Jesus Perez, Stanford University, USA
Peter Nyasulu, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Sharilyn Almadovar, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre, USA