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ISSUE #80
January 2026
Jane Davies
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Colleagues and Friends, I hope you are well and that you had a good start to the year. 2025 was a great year for the ECFS with the Basic Science Conference in Lido di Camaiore, the Annual Conference in Milan, and many meetings of Working Groups and Special Interest Groups. There will be ECFS Board elections in 2026: Dorota Sands and Carsten Schwarz will complete their second term in June, and Carlos Farinha is stepping down to take the reins of the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. I encourage you to consider your own nomination or to nominate a member you believe would benefit the ECFS community. Memberships for 2026 are now open. Planning for the 21st Basic Science Conference in Malta and the 49th European CF Conference in Lisbon is well underway, and registration for Lisbon is now open. We have received a fantastic number of abstract submissions — thank you to everyone who contributed. The ECFS Award, the Gerd Döring Award and the AHP Outstanding Contribution Award will again be presented at the June conference — please send in your nominations. The European Post-Doctoral 3-year Research Fellowship also continues this year, with six applications currently under review. Best wishes, Jane Davies
HIGHLIGHTS & AWARDS
2026 ECFS Board elections
Three Board positions open. Dorota Sands and Carsten Schwarz complete their second terms; Carlos Farinha steps down to lead the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. Nominations close 3 April 2026 — submit a personal statement, candidate agreement and CV to christine.dubois@ecfs.eu.
Call for nominations: ECFS Awards
Nominations open for the ECFS Award, the Gerd Döring Award and the AHP Outstanding Contribution Award, to be presented at the 49th Conference in Lisbon.
Nursing SIG awards (deadline 20 April 2026)
The Nursing Special Interest Group is funding two awards: the Nursing Innovation and Research Award, and NSIG Travel Grants.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
The ECFS Post-Doctoral 3-year Research Fellowship continues in 2026. Six applications are under review; the awardee will be announced at the June conference in Lisbon.
New ECFSPR website live
The new ECFS Patient Registry site is live at https://pr.ecfs.eu/.
Winter Meetings in Brussels
The ECFS Board, Standards of Care, Clinical Trials Network and Patient Registry Steering Committees met in Brussels at the end of January for their annual winter meetings.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Diagnostic Network Working Group Meeting
19th European Young Investigator Meeting
21st ECFS Basic Science Conference
Early-registration deadline 9 February 2026.
Scientific Meeting (ScieM) — Mukoviszidose e.V.
49th ECFS Conference
Notification of abstract acceptance early March; early-registration deadline 19 March 2026.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Mucus biology in CF
Basic Science series.
Mouse models for obstructive lung diseases
Basic Science series.
Host–pathogen interactions in CF
Basic Science series.
Frailty and aging in CF
Physiotherapy webinar, 16:00 CET.
Musculoskeletal updates for adults with CF
Physiotherapy series, 13:00 CET.
Physical Literacy Milestones in Paediatrics
Physiotherapy series, 13:00 CET.
Accessing ECFSPR data for collaborative research
Patient Registry webinar, 14:00 CET.
How much care can you offer over telehealth?
Telehealth webinar.
How can you improve the telehealth care you already offer?
Telehealth webinar.