Ayako Shiozawa, MD, PhD, a Marsico Lung Institute postdoctoral research fellow (PI: Kenneth Olivier, MD, MPH), received an invitation to give an oral presentation in the Rising Star session of the World Bronchiectasis Conference (WBC) in Hannover, Germany, where she was one of four presenters to receive the WBC 2026 Rising Star award. Dr. Shiozawa’s winning work was entitled “Early Mycobacterium abscessus infection drives staged epithelial remodelling in small airways.”
For more information, visit the WBC website here: https://www.world-bronchiectasis-conference.org/2026/?page_id=726#
Congratulations to Dr. Shiozawa!