Events

As part of the “BREATHE – Building REspirAtory and infecTious disease Education And HEalthcare capacity in Ukraine” programme, the lecture series aims to support medical education and continuous training for medical students, residents, and young physicians in Ukraine.
The lectures will be delivered in English, and presentation slides will be translated into Ukrainian, kindly coordinated by colleagues at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

This is a weekly lecture series. Upcoming topics:

• 18.09.2026: COPD
  Professor Sir Peter Barnes (UK)
• 25.09.2026: Asthma
  Professor Marek Lommatzsch (Germany)
• 02.10.2026: Cigarette smoking and lung diseases
  PD Dr. Klaas Franzen (Germany)
• 09.10.2026: Non-CF bronchiectasis
  Professor James Chalmers (UK)
• 16.10.2026: Prevention of pulmonary infections & Ukrainian vaccination calendar
  Dr. Fedir Lapiy (Ukraine)
• 23.10.2026: Pulmonary hypertesion
  Professor Marc Humbert (France)
• 30.10.2026: Interstitial lung diseases
  Ass. Professor Oxana Munteanu (R. Moldova)
• 06.11.2026: Occupational lung diseases
  Professor Dennis Nowak (Germany)
• 13.11.2026: Respiratory failure, non-invasive and invasive ventilation
  Professor Michael Dreher (Germany)
• 20.11.2026: Respiratory emergencies
  Professor Wolfram Windisch (Germany)
• 27.11.2026: Cystic fibrosis
  Professor Andrea Gramegna (Italy)
• 04.12.2026: Sleep-related breathing disorders
  Professor Alexandru Corlateanu (R. Moldova)
• 11.12.2026: Community acquired pneumonia
  Professor Stefano Aliberti (Italy)
• 18.12.2026: Post TB Lung Diseases
  Professor Gunar Günther (Switzerland)
• 08.01.2027: Rare lung diseases
  Professor Michael Kreuter (Germany)
• 15.01.2027: Pulmonary rehabilitation
  Professor Rembert Koczulla
• 22.01.2027: Jeopardy
  Dr. Olha Konstantynovska (Ukraine)
  Dr. Ivan Grek (Ukraine)
  PD Dr. Thomas Theo Brehm (Germany)
  Professor Christoph Lange (Germany)