We are pleased to announce our Chanock Awardees for the 14th International RSV Symposium.
The RSV virus was first identified in a research colony of chimpanzees in 1956 in the USA and originally called chimpanzee coryza virus. Dr Robert M. Chanock, a paediatrician and a virologist, demonstrated that the same virus caused bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants and young children and renamed it respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for its hallmark ability to form multinucleated “syncytia” in cell culture. RSV is now recognized as the leading cause of hospitalization in infants and young children worldwide, and the second cause of infant mortality around the globe. It is also recognised as a major cause of severe respiratory disease in the elderly and immunocompromised individuals.
The Chanock Award is the highest honour bestowed by the iRSV Society. At RSV2027, the award will honour two internationally recognized physician-scientists and paediatric infectious disease leaders. Their careers and pivotal contributions have had a lasting impact on the field of RSV: Professor Louis Bont (Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands) and Professor Pedro A. (Tony) Piedra (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA).
Louis & Tony will be delivering keynote lectures at RSV2027.
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